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> Yes, the hyperemotionalism is a recent thing, starting about three

months

> ago. That would be about one year after I quit dairy. What was the

time

> frame for you in relation to when you quit dairy? I sounds as if

you are

> past that now, so I'm wondering how much longer I will have to put

up with

> it.

, Yes i'm past the worst of it now and feeling very good for it.

it started almost straght after my last afib episode and i guess it

peaked between 12-16th month although i cant be shore because it kept

changing.its very hard to describe, its not something that can be

counted or easly quantified and I expect this is where we are all

" most " different.

> I have always been emotional to some extent but not excessively

so as I

> have been lately. I am especially paranoid now about the

possibility of

> going into afib and/or having a stroke. When I was in the " habit "

of being

> in afib periodically, I just took the afib episodes in stride and

wasn't

> particularly emotional about it. My afib episodes were almost

routine and

> didn't affect me that much emotionally. Maybe my concern arises

from the

> fact that I have more to lose now that I have been in sinus for six

months.

This feeling may exist regardless of what you think its about.

I think being unable to satisify a feeling is to be reward deficent or

in withdrawal .Have a drink and this feeling will go away for example.

> so I'm thankful

that you

> brought it up because it helps me to understand the mood swings I

have been

> experiencing lately. I have always been on a quite even keel in

regard to

> temperament and moods, but recently have noticed swings from

depression to

> hyperactivity which have been uncharacteristic of me in the past.

It was similer for me,I wonder how this is related to the afib cycle?

> I seem to have followed your pattern in other respects, so there's

hope for me that this will pass.

May take a while but you wont regret it.

Angus