Questions on A-Fib

[jagerbombme]

i agree with everything you said. it starts as a rapid heartbeat and then turns into afib. i am positive it is afib, i read the physical things that happen during afib and it's whats going on, in my chest i can feel fluttering like crazy, like my hearts going way way to fast, but in my pulse is all over the place, skipping beats, then back to the races then slow, all while skipping irratically. apparently the atril atrium? is beating way way to fast and then the ventrical side of the heart realizes there's an error and tries to correct the situation but knows not to beat the 200-400bpm that the atrium is blasting out. now, i've woken up outta sleep with my heart doing this. the first time it happened is when i got all checked out. i told my doc i was on the shit and he said we better investigate whats going on. shit came back normal and better than normal. i am going on 31 years old also. i went through all that mortality anxiety a few years ago. but being that i just started fucking with juice for the first time in my life, over the last year. and now i'm having issues. i don't know, makes me nervous, i got two kids. i want to grow old. now, if the stress of being nervous about being on is stressing me more than i think and causing this in itself. i don't know. but am damn interested. my doc thinks it's only tachy, but he doesn't know that i have pinpointed whats happening to afib. im thinking of discussing it with him just to see whats the scoop. whenever i can get in for an appointment that is.

But again, a rapid heartbeat and a-fib are two completely different things. Your pulse shooting to 225 for no reason in absence of a-fib is anxiety related. You said all tests came back normal right? So it is anxiety. They wouldn't give you xanax for a-fib....but they do for a panic attack.

Right now you have connected eating to the rapid heartbeat. So no matter what, every time you eat, your body is going to give you a surge of adrenaline because you think that your heart is going to start rapid firing. You get scared of something and your body produces the fight or flight reaction and amongst other things, secretes adrenaline. So what your brain is afraid of is having an episode like this.....and your body responds by releasing adrenaline....and it makes exactly what you don't want to happen, happen.

They perpetuate themselves. This can continue to get worse if you keep trying to find out "what is wrong with you", by staying in a state of anticipatory anxiety (that is fearing the next episode), and trying to fight when it is happening.

This is easier said than done, but you need to realize that it isn't dangerous and you almost have to welcome that feeling. If you feel your heart starting to race, almost challenge yourself by saying "is that all you got" or something to that affect. If it doesn't scare you, then it can't continue to happen. Because it is fear that makes it happen in the first place.

I can guess that you are probably about 21-25 right? It's about that age that guys start to realize their own mortality and the possibility of death, etc. It's also when you have to start living on your own, supporting yourself and maybe a family, etc.

Sorry for the long post. Get some things like l-theanine, valerian, or kava kava to keep you calm. Of course lifting helps, but so does cardio. It will help you get through this period and make it easier for you to realize that it is mostly an involuntary thing in your body and not something medically wrong.

Good luck bro.

 

[st8grad]

The only thing is they can see a-fib on the monitor. You may be right though. What you feel in your pulse is actually ventricle contractions. So if your heart is racing, I don't think it is afib. The flutter is that feeling of adrenaline right in the center of your chest. But better to go back to the doc and have them rule it out 100%. You may actually have mitral valve prolapse which is causing your heart to take off. Anyway, good luck.

i agree with everything you said. it starts as a rapid heartbeat and then turns into afib. i am positive it is afib, i read the physical things that happen during afib and it's whats going on, in my chest i can feel fluttering like crazy, like my hearts going way way to fast, but in my pulse is all over the place, skipping beats, then back to the races then slow, all while skipping irratically. apparently the atril atrium? is beating way way to fast and then the ventrical side of the heart realizes there's an error and tries to correct the situation but knows not to beat the 200-400bpm that the atrium is blasting out. now, i've woken up outta sleep with my heart doing this. the first time it happened is when i got all checked out. i told my doc i was on the shit and he said we better investigate whats going on. shit came back normal and better than normal. i am going on 31 years old also. i went through all that mortality anxiety a few years ago. but being that i just started fucking with juice for the first time in my life, over the last year. and now i'm having issues. i don't know, makes me nervous, i got two kids. i want to grow old. now, if the stress of being nervous about being on is stressing me more than i think and causing this in itself. i don't know. but am damn interested. my doc thinks it's only tachy, but he doesn't know that i have pinpointed whats happening to afib. im thinking of discussing it with him just to see whats the scoop. whenever i can get in for an appointment that is.

 

[jagerbombme]

The only thing is they can see a-fib on the monitor. You may be right though. What you feel in your pulse is actually ventricle contractions. So if your heart is racing, I don't think it is afib. The flutter is that feeling of adrenaline right in the center of your chest. But better to go back to the doc and have them rule it out 100%. You may actually have mitral valve prolapse which is causing your heart to take off. Anyway, good luck.

my mom has mitral valve prolapse.

 

[jagerbombme]

my mom has mitral valve prolapse.

here's the symptoms of mvp, i have three of these occasionally.

A racing or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)
Dizziness, lightheadedness
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, often when lying flat or during physical exertion
Fatigue
Chest pain that's not associated with a heart attack or coronary artery disease



irregular and racing hb, fatigue when not on, chest pain that's not associated with ........

i get those.