Pill In Pocket For A-Fib

I read about this and it is called “ sick sinus syndrome” -
I have mentioned this to my doctor and he wasn’t concerned about it at all.

I tried beta blockers and could not feel my arms 🙂
To be clear, I believe GI gas presses on my heart or a nerve. I did get a bad episode from an alarm though. There are vagal and adrenal sources of afib, I read- in the paroxysmal afib forum. Paroxysmal is not constant but episodic. Also some people have heart valve involvement. If not I believe it is called "lone" afib. So we are all different...

I discovered by accident that when I had a Sinus headache and took over the counter sinus meds, the AF went away. So I felt in control by taking a sinus pill that took care of my sinus headache and the AF. As I said, I have very few sinus headaches now, but keep pills always on hand.

I had my first AFIB a couple of years ago and landed in the ICU. Now I'm on a blood thinner Xarelto 20 mg, which the Doctor wants me to keep taking, even though I have only had a few episodes since. I also have to take 1 Flecainide 50 mg. every morning and 1 Metoprolol 25 mg every night. When I have an AFIB episode, I have to take 1 Metoprolol 25 mg. wait 5 minutes and take 1 Flecainide 50 mg. wait 1 hour and take another Flecainide 50 mg. If still in AFIB after 30 minutes more I'm supposed to go to the hospital, but so far this has worked for me. I live in a very rural area and health care is not the best. It is hard to get an appointment with my heart doctor. It usually takes a year to see him, but he has an assistant that I can see when I have a problem. I went through a period of having my BP drop when I exercise and she tried to change some of my meds after 3 visits she told me just leave things alone and send her an email with my BP readings, which I do not like doing.

I have AF around once every 4 months. I take an atenolol tablet, a 100mg Flecainide and one Eliquis and this regime has resolved all episodes within about 2-3 hrs.

I have paroxysmal AFib that has been controlled with two ablation procedures. However, on some days I experience lots of PACs and other palpitations that affect me adversely. When that happens, I take a low dose of nebivolol -usually half a 2.5 mg tablet. This calms my heart and improves the way I feel. I keep a nebivolol tablet with me wherever I go. Nebivolol used in this way doesn't cause me adverse side effects, such as excessive tiredness, which are often the result of other beta blocker meds such as metoprolol.

@lawsonsa do you take those meds every day or only when you have afib?

I am aware of a vagal and adrenal A-Fib.
I feel for me and i too am paroxysmal, I have a little of both.
Sounds to me with your GI issues its a lot of vagal for you since vagal nerve is related to digestion..
Yes we are all different what works for one does not work for another.
I am a very disciplined person doing boxing, martial arts etc. I try to attack or game plan a situation. If you have read any of my other posts I express so much frustration with A-Fib because there is at least for me NO game plan to work on it it seems to have a mind of its own. Sometimes its one trigger at other times another. So frustrating. Or as I always lament no rhyme or reason to it.

Thank you for your feedback.
Good to hear you are obtaining some good results from your meds.
Best of luck

Thank you for your reply.
You are fortunate your episodes are infrequent.
Glad to hear your med regiment works for you.