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XoMonkey
XoMonkey

Hi guys, I'm just trying to find out some of my AF triggers. At the moment I've found it's exercise and stress when it's at its worse. I used to be an active footballer (soccer player) for 7 years. 

What is everyone elses triggers, out of curiousity? 

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  • terence68672
    terence68672 XoMonkey

    Posted

    Some people get it relaxing and others with stress and exercise. I usually get it when craving a drink. I'm an alcoholic and never go into it during a booze binge, it is always the next morning or afternoon,with the shakes and sweats. 

    Have you tried magnesium supplements?

  • robynfromOz
    robynfromOz XoMonkey

    Posted

    Hi . Mine are preservatives. Food with preservatives takes up to 24 hrs to put me in AF. Fluids only a few hrs.
  • sarah88339
    sarah88339 XoMonkey

    Posted

    Alcohol.caffeine,too much sugar especially chocolate but mostly stress or getting overtired! Quite a few triggers really.
  • XoMonkey
    XoMonkey

    Posted

    Thanks all.. it all makes sense now. Doctors say that exercise is good for the heart, but it always brings on  AF - so is it really that good?

    Also, Terence, no I don't take magnesium supplements, I take B9 & B12 supplements and currently take 9 tablets a day.

    • terence68672
      terence68672 XoMonkey

      Posted

      Maybe you need to take moderate exercise? Are you over 40 now?  

      And take magnesium and make sure you're well hydrated.  

      And just in case, steer clear of the hooch, it can only make things worse :-) 

    • XoMonkey
      XoMonkey terence68672

      Posted

      I'm 17. I exercise moderately and have to pay the price of discomfort after, all the time! I don't drink alcohol or smoke and hardly have energy drinks lol.

  • LuckyPenny1
    LuckyPenny1 XoMonkey

    Posted

    Hi XoMonkey,  With me it's my Hiatus Hernia which can slide up through the hole in my diagphragm and trigger the AFib off. But, however, since the GP upped my dosage of Bisoprolol to 10mg I've had no problems. Only that I feel like zombie sad  

    • terence68672
      terence68672 LuckyPenny1

      Posted

      5mgs makes me feel like that, I can only imagine waht 10mgs would feel like. 
    • sarah88339
      sarah88339 LuckyPenny1

      Posted

      Yes yes yes,my hiatus hernia is my problem,I have to be very careful with my diet and avoid getting indegestion
    • LuckyPenny1
      LuckyPenny1 sarah88339

      Posted

      I'm the same also, I avoid wheat and dairy as they can make me bloat plus I'm on Warfarin sad  

  • frank61666
    frank61666 XoMonkey

    Posted

    Sounds like you have an electrolyte imbalance, since everyhting that triggers your episodes also cauuse the secretion of important electrolytes - magnesium and potassium.

    In the USA, daily magnesium is listed as a minimum of 400 mg/day, but for potassium, and this is a shocker, it is 5 grams/ day.

    To get 5 grams/ day of potassium you'd need to each 10 bananas and 10 avocados lol.

    Really - all you need is the adequate levels of magnesium and potassium,. and most folks would nmot have afib - ever.

    Problem is - if you do not enpough potassium and magnesium, then sodium and callcium will take their places, and that is where all hell brakes loose. The problem further is that calcium and sodium are everywhere.

    Frank

    • XoMonkey
      XoMonkey frank61666

      Posted

      I've had all blood tests and they all came back normal regarding imbalances except B9 and B12 deficient which i've been taking supplements for about 6 months now.

    • frank61666
      frank61666 XoMonkey

      Posted

      Those blood tests are absolutely not acurate.

      You need to have intracelular levels of magnesium and potassium tested, not the serum levels. The tests for magnesium and potassium are incorrectly done on the serum levels (because its a cheap test).

      Better yet, go on a diet that has high levels of magnesium and potassium, and see what happens.  It will not happen immediately, but within a week or 2. The Mediterranean diet is good for that - NO SUGAR! and lots of plants and nuts  that have lots of magnesium and potassium.

      Stay away from coffee, alcohol, sugar and stress, mental or physical, because they cause you to pee out your magnesium and potassium causing the imbalance.

      Frank

    • robynfromOz
      robynfromOz XoMonkey

      Posted

      You should check with your doctor or pharmacist about taking Potassium with whatever cardiac medication you are taking. Having too much Potassium can kill you!!! Having too much Magnesium just gives you diarrhoea. When l was on Sotolol my Dr said not to eat bananas. Just because you can buy minerals over the counter doesnt mean they are safe. Take care please.
    • frank61666
      frank61666 robynfromOz

      Posted

      True - too much of anything, including air, can kill you; but so can too little. Without a doctor's advice we can at least make sure we are getting the RDA amount of potassium and magnesium especially since this fellow is an athlete, young and under a doctor's care..

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