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Feel scared to do anything. ..newly diagnosed

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frances26250
frances26250

I am still waiting for echo and consultation. Started on bisoprolol and new anti coag. Shocked and scared that I've knackered my heart just by being healthy?

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  • LuckyPenny1
    LuckyPenny1 frances26250

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    Hi Frances26,  I was just like you when I was first diagnosed with AFib back in 2011 So, I and a lot of others on here know only too well what you're going through. I take Bisoprolol 10mg along with Warfarin. I take my meds at night because the Bisoprolol makes me feel tired. Have you been diagnosed with AFib yet?

    • frances26250
      frances26250 LuckyPenny1

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      Not officially, just been seen in A and E. Have echo and then see consultant next week. Still hoping it will go away on its own and I can come off these tablets. Two weeks in and it doesn't seem to be going tho!

    • Okapis
      Okapis frances26250

      Posted

      Youre still experiencing an arrhythmia?  The docs in A&E were not able to put you back into normal sinus rhythm? What tablets are you taking please? A beta blocker?

    • LuckyPenny1
      LuckyPenny1 frances26250

      Posted

      Try not to worry, even some very famous celebrities have AFib. You'll be fine. Do you find food interfering with your AF?

    • frances26250
      frances26250

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      A big meal feels heavy around the heart but it's early days for me so I haven't a clue what's going on until I have ECHO Wed and follow up. Neen on bisoprolol and apixaban just over 2 weeks now. Woke up with fluttering about to walk 2 miles to pilates class and back. Normally very fit so this is big scarey shock

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