I had four afib attacks in 3 months that took me to the emergency room. Before that, I had a cardio inversion from an afib attack in 2017 that lasted 3 days. I stopped taking any medication 6 weeks after the attack in 2017. I have low BP so traditional medication was crashing me. I did have an ablation on September 30th and have had 3 more afib attacks about 2 months apart that resolved after about 20 minutes after I took an additional 50 mg of flecainide. ( I currently take eliquis and 50 mgs 2xs a Day.) I guess you would say it’s “under control” but I think it should be better. I’m going to go ahead and get the meditronic linq inserted to monitor what might be going on even though I wore a heart monitor for a month and had no attacks. I had just about convinced myself to go off meds when it happened again. A glass of red wine three nights in a row with dark chocolate and a cappuccino in the afternoon? I don’t know.. Was the ablation necessary? Probably,. I can’t second guess myself. In addition I had a pretty stressful summer that possibly triggered the four attacks. I love a good red wine, but it’s not for me to love anymore.🙃 Also prayer has considerably lowered my anxiety and stress level. My best medicine.

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