Re: Dofetilide/Tikosyn working out great

[Guest guest]

Well, it's been 9 days now and I've had one afib episode, which in

the end was probably a good thing. I'd been getting rather

complacent -- in my thinking -- since the drug was working so well.

Some of the basic rules of my cardiomyopathy/afib have been ignored

(these are just my own observations):

* Don't eat late in the evening

* Don't overeat, especially late in the evening

* Don't EVER sleep on my left side

* Go easy on any alcohol

Well, thursday night I had a late meal and while sleeping I rolled

onto my left side... I noted that but thought to myself, well, I'm

taking this drug, I should be okay. Sure enough about 3 AM my afib

started and woke me up. I got up and tried to walk myself out of it

but couldn't. So about 8 AM I took a walk up the hill (I live on a

pretty steep mountainside) and that was enough to break back into NSR.

So, I feel that was a lesson to me to pay attention to things I've

learned about my afib even though I'm on this drug.

I've also adjusted my timing on the meds so that I take it at 8 PM,

about 2 hours before bedtime so that it peaks during the middle of

the night which is when I'm most likely to go into fib.

I've been feeling great, though. I get a couple of thumps

occassionally during the day and once in a while I'll get less than a

minute of afib but I get up and walk around and that shakes it off.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Rgds,

Jim

[Guest guest]

You are on the right track. Always listen to your body. Over-eating may causes

imbalance of your autonomic nervous system in a variety of ways, and in

different

people , can lead to over sympathetic or vagal response. If you are borderline

or pre-diabetic, extra caution should be considered. Over-eating of refined

carbohydrates such as sugar and potato and rice can cause sugar spike in the

blood and adreneline rush. This is very common and is just one example. This is

one of the things I address in my LAF protocol ( at www.DrLam.com) . In

general,

eat to 70% full, and eat very light in dinner is best in my view to reduce sugar

load, cortisol spike, and maintain ANS balance. All three are critical for

optimum health.

Dr Lam.

Re: Dofetilide/Tikosyn working out great

Well, it's been 9 days now and I've had one afib episode, which in

the end was probably a good thing. I'd been getting rather

complacent -- in my thinking -- since the drug was working so well.

Some of the basic rules of my cardiomyopathy/afib have been ignored

(these are just my own observations):

* Don't eat late in the evening

* Don't overeat, especially late in the evening

* Don't EVER sleep on my left side

* Go easy on any alcohol

Well, thursday night I had a late meal and while sleeping I rolled

onto my left side... I noted that but thought to myself, well, I'm

taking this drug, I should be okay. Sure enough about 3 AM my afib

started and woke me up. I got up and tried to walk myself out of it

but couldn't. So about 8 AM I took a walk up the hill (I live on a

pretty steep mountainside) and that was enough to break back into NSR.

So, I feel that was a lesson to me to pay attention to things I've

learned about my afib even though I'm on this drug.

I've also adjusted my timing on the meds so that I take it at 8 PM,

about 2 hours before bedtime so that it peaks during the middle of

the night which is when I'm most likely to go into fib.

I've been feeling great, though. I get a couple of thumps

occassionally during the day and once in a while I'll get less than a

minute of afib but I get up and walk around and that shakes it off.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Rgds,

Jim

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