Diagnosed after feeling a bit “off” and a bit of minor chest discomfort. So I decided to check my blood pressure. It was in parameters but my pulse was over 150 BPM.
Went to emergency room and they gave me the shot and my pulse dropped almost immediately into normal range. Said I have AFIB.
Since then (Early August) it corrected itself so didn’t have to shock it back into rhythm. And hasn’t been out since.
Been having test after test and everything has come back normal, for which I’m thankful.
Just wondering if/when it will happen again and what I will do at that point.
Yours is much more serious so wishing you the best.
I wonder if a home AED machine would be worth looking into?
I suspected I had AFIB, but when doctors examined me they all said I was fine.
I had to get a new cardiologist, because mine retired. The new guy is from India. When I talked to him about AFIB, he said it doesn’t look likely, but he put me on a mobile monitor to track me.
The next day I had the symptoms and the cardiologist immediately called me. He asked how far I was from my pharmacy. I told him I was in my car maybe 1,000 feet from the pharmacy. He told me to go to the drive through and they would have a prescription ready for me. I was to take the prescription and wait at the pharmacy until he told me I was OK to leave.
I’ve been on the medication ever since and I bought a watch that can detect AFIB. I’ve not had any serious issues since starting the medication. But he said it was severe AFIB.
When it happened to me 20 years ago my cardiologist said that about 30% who went back into normal sinus rhythm stayed there. I was not one of those unfortunately.