Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I am fairly new to all of this and never have been sick my entire life until this January. I have atrial fib. Have been through all the testing, and even tried the ablation. My cardiologist said it was too generalized and cannot be done. I am stuck now with having to take medications. I have tried verapamil, toporol and neither worked and found myself back into the hospital. I am currently on tambocor, inderal la (for the high blood pressure) xanax for anxiety and coumadin. They are trying to take me off Xanax which makes me calm and put me on paxil. Have tried Zoloft, but they give me more palps. I think the paxil is doing the same. I just want to feel normal and go back to doing things I enjoy. I have made a complete life-style change and still I feel like things get better for a while and the boom! It back ny! All the tests were good results and nothing else is wrong with my heart. I feel very alone and don't really know anyone else to talk with this about it. I want to go to Cleveland for a second opinion because these seems like it is not working. My primary doc says to give it a few more months. I have already have lost much time. My husband is wonderful and is there for me which means so very much, but I feel I am a burden to him since we never know what is going to happen next. Sorry this is a book, but needed to get this off my chest. This is one of those days where I though a hospital visit was going to be in order for the day. I would love to hear from someone else and share experiences. It is very hard for me right now. Thanks for the post. kat hppy1kat@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 > I am fairly new to all of this and never have been sick my entire > life until this January. I have Hi, Kat, A few thoughts. Has your doctor considered dofetilide, which has helped many people here? Also, there are varying degrees of quality among docs, so I would encourage you to talk to Cleveland. And perhaps if they really can't do a regular afib ablation, you would be a candidate for an ablation maze. Hang in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 > I am fairly new to all of this and never have been sick my entire > life until this January. I have Hi, Kat, A few thoughts. Has your doctor considered dofetilide, which has helped many people here? Also, there are varying degrees of quality among docs, so I would encourage you to talk to Cleveland. And perhaps if they really can't do a regular afib ablation, you would be a candidate for an ablation maze. Hang in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 > I am fairly new to all of this and never have been sick my entire > life until this January. I have Hi, Kat, A few thoughts. Has your doctor considered dofetilide, which has helped many people here? Also, there are varying degrees of quality among docs, so I would encourage you to talk to Cleveland. And perhaps if they really can't do a regular afib ablation, you would be a candidate for an ablation maze. Hang in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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