Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group

Natural methods are really great. However, since MDs get so little training in nutrition and the pharmaceutical industry does really have heavy hands in getting MDs to embrace the drugs they manufacture there is little room for natural methods.

Try changing your MD for an Osteopath. They do have more nutrition education in their curriculum path to earn that Osteopath title. But some of them are reluctant to buck the pharmaceutical industry and the AMA.

I take xarelto. It supposedly doesn't interact with any type of food, but I worry about the blood thinning effects of some foods like garlic, which I think would really help my blood pressure. One burning question in my mind is, if these foods thin the blood naturally, why are they not the first line of defense instead of blood thinning medication. My whole life I have used natural remedies for different things. But this time, I told myself that this is not a cold, or a pulled muscle. This is my heart. It terrified me and I am afraid to make a mistake by using non FDA approved methods to prevent blood clots cause by my afib. So I follow my doctor's orders and take my meds. Any ideas on this?

Thanks @yoanne. Never knew the actual nomenclature, only "ocular migraines". That is exactly what mine were. I no longer have to endure them.

When I went on the web I saw some persons had taken the time to make gifs of the visual effect. Mine looked like crescents of leaded glass but were not like stained glass as they had no color effects. Began having them around the time I turned 43 and had great amounts of stress coming from supervisor and the effects of caring for a disabled teen who even at age 41 needs care that due to age (I'm now 70) and heart problems is more difficult for me to provide.

Thanks. Will google it.

hello sue 225, this is called "scintillating scotoma". you will find the description , wenn you google it, it can happen in one or two eyes. it belongs to the migraine auras. , not necessarly followed by headache.
yoanne

Ya know your description of the visual is exactly like mine and the ophthalmologist called them ocular migraines.

I have the kardia monitor. Also have a YAMAY Smart Watch, $46 on amazon- great value!, which gives me my continuous bpm and history which lets me know when I am exerting too much, etc.

It's only happened to me twice in my life. And the opthalmologist specifically said retina irritation. I had no other symptoms. No aura. No blackness. Just at the edge of one eye like looking through a kaleidoscope.pieces breaking apart.

Occular migraines do not always cause pounding headaches, nor do they cause the pressure observed with the other types of migraine. Having been a slave to them for about 15 or so years I can testify that I did not always get the pain associated with migraines though I did get the visual auras and even sometimes lost my vision completely and saw only blackness.

Each time I simply used some homeopathic remedies to allow my veins to dilate and then followed with several cups of tea to cause even constriction of same. Later, when I had the heart procedure the migraines almost completely disappeared and have had only 2 in 4.5 years as the blood was actually getting to my head due to cleared out arteries.

The problem with AFIB is the heart is not pumping the blood around for you. I do think you might need the ablation, but, due to your age the Docs are rather hesitant lest they cause far more damage than good.

Keep taking care of your self; rest, keep up your lifestyle as some exercise is better than none.