Meds to stop Afib

It CAN BE bad. The medical profession will advise you, prior to a MIBI stress test, to abstain from any tea, coffee, alcohol, chocolate, and added is that even decaf still has some residual caffeine that can affect the test results. In fact, tea also contains theobromine, which is also a stimulant, but I don't really know if some or all of that is removed during the decaffeination. I have never looked for the answer.

It was a rough 10 days to decaffeinate. Try A&W root beer- no caffeine.

Appreciated your comments and the referral to the Sinatra web site. Will check that out today.

Per your decaf question and very helpful comments: The advice on the caffeine/decaf was not specific. I dropped both. However, being so restricted in what I could drink I did try some decaf green tea recently and was surprised at how it affected me .. negatively and it was fairly quickly. I've concluded when there are few dietary restrictions overall I was not aware of how any one food would affect me. It's been an eye opener.

I may have replied to this twice ... thanks for the tip -- much appreciated!

Thank you. I’ll watch my decaf coffee intake now

I have never been a coffe person but found the Mocha.. i only do half a satchet now from Aldi (Alcafe) is amazing.... half a satchet only contains i think 2 mg's of coffee .... if i have a full one geez i notice a huge difference in my heart. I have electrical problems and on medication for 17,000 ectopic heart thuds a day that came after my 3rd Covid vax. It is called cordilox 180mg. i used to have 80gm twice a day and wasn't helping but having started this slightly higher version at night finally i have found a difference in my heart. hopefully that helps someone here take care everyone

I'm pretty sure nothing stops it except an ablation. I had mine in April 2022 and have not experienced any abnormal heart rhythm since. She's probably talking about heart rhythm control..

Tikosyn (dofetilide) stops it for me. I don't think I would ever want an ablation since they don't seem to last. Been happy with Tikosyn for the past 8+ years.

Whatever works, don't break it! Or fix it. That said, neither drugs nor ablation seem to be the final 'fix' for atrial fibrillation, not in quite a number of cases. It's not readily apparent to me what the numbers are, but if you google the question about AF's progressive nature, and ask google for the apparent success of ablations over cases over time, a great many require novel approaches or to be re-ablated after a few years. I don't know that this is necessarily a bad thing since ablation, and drugs, don't offer to 'fix' the electrophysiology of a wonky heart. Instead, they offer management. Ablation doesn't stop the AV node re-entrant circuits; it just blocks those impulses from entering the endothelium of the atrium and causing the ectopic/mistimed beats. If my heart could be returned to its non-ablated state, it would immediately resume fibrillating. That problem hasn't changed. And the empirical evidence suggests strongly that the process of electrical disorder continues, which is why so many ablatees require a second or a third ablation in time. Similarly, the drug doses seem to rise, or eventually they don't work any longer and another drug is substituted.
The previous poster has done well (no hard feelings.. 🙂 ), and it should encourage us that a great many also go long spells with just a pill. Great to see, personally. But, I know of several people who have had several ablations until one finally provided the relief they sought. Thankfully, one has not had repeat AF for over four years, while another is an unfortunate mess and finally had to have a pacemaker installed. She practically lived in an ER this past year.
I hope I don't come across as pessimistic. I am free of AF seven months now, and my heart seems to be steady, even when climbing a long flight of steps oceanside nearby. Over 250 of them with a pitch near 1/3. The previous poster is doing swimmingly, and good for that person. Optimism is what I prescribe, and aggressive pursuit of competent care. Don't take it lying down!!