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Afib triggered at onset of sleep; what to do?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 14, 2023 | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
Hi @windyshores — I wonder why you only get afib once a year? What does the cardiologist think? What do they do for you at the hospital? My heart rate never goes above 125. I feel fatigued. I get afib 2-4 times a month.
The other day a friend was coming over to help me plant new plants. I woke up in afib and stupidly didn’t cancel. When I stated digging a hole I got so dizzy, weak and nauseous it scared me and I stopped. Luckily those symptoms stopped in 2 hours with rest even though the afib kept going. Won’t do that again.
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Are you on a blood thinner?
When I have afib it is like a big fish flopping around in my chest, my heart rate goes to 180+, short of breath, chest and arm pain, woozy. My blood pressure is low so diltiazem needs to be monitored in case bp goes too low (I watch the hospital monitors myself). Last time they put me in ICU due to bp issues with meds. It lasted 7 hours so they did an echocardiogram to make sure no clots (and gave me a shot of Lovenox.
I read a study that supported short term anticoagulation. I always ask for that but it isn't in practice yet. With my first episode in 2015 the hospital docs told me to take aspirin for a month but that is no longer recommended as effective, I was told.
I have slowly identified triggers and believe I have both adrenal and vagal triggers. I just went two years without an episode. It is also possible that some cancer drugs I was on started all this, and I am off now.