Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has any input on how to prevent an afib attack if you feel one might be coming on? My last episode was about 3 months ago, that whole day I felt " jumps " of the heart, I don't know if they were pvc's or pac's, but the doc had diagnosed me with " psvt " a couple months before my attack. I am feeling those same " jumps " today. The only thing that I am on is atenolol and was told to go to the Er when I go into afib. I do wish he would of gave me something that could possibly convert me at home or at least lower my rate. I have been drinking alot of v8 as I read that the potassium could help.Any sugestions? Thanks everyone for this board!! Kathy in CT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 > Hi Kathy, > When I used to feel AF coming on. I would get up and walk around quickly for > five or ten min.and breath deeply. The increased heart rate from walking and > deep breathing, would cancel out the AF. Not all the time, but many times! Good advice for people with vagal afib, but most people have adrenergic, and activity makes that worse. I zone out, rest, and take extra beta blocker. Kath, you may need to find a doc who is better at trying to reduce afib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 your atenelol will lower your heart rate quite nicely.. I had an episode in March and was switched from cardizem to atenelol and instructed to take up to 200 mg per day to try to reduce my rate.. I never went higher than 100 mg, since my rate came down quite nicely (I was also getting EKGs every 4 hours during this period)... also, don't go overboard on the potassium.. too much can be just as bad as too little. V8 also has a TON of sodium in it.. bad for blood pressure, which in turn is bad for afib..... if you're drinking " alot " you should at least be drinking the low sodium version. lundellkathy wrote: Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has any input on how to prevent an afib attack if you feel one might be coming on? My last episode was about 3 months ago, that whole day I felt " jumps " of the heart, I don't know if they were pvc's or pac's, but the doc had diagnosed me with " psvt " a couple months before my attack. I am feeling those same " jumps " today. The only thing that I am on is atenolol and was told to go to the Er when I go into afib. I do wish he would of gave me something that could possibly convert me at home or at least lower my rate. I have been drinking alot of v8 as I read that the potassium could help.Any sugestions? Thanks everyone for this board!! Kathy in CT. Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 In a message dated 5/27/2004 8:07:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, klun@... writes: << I have been drinking alot of v8 as I read that the potassium could help.Any sugestions? Thanks everyone for this board!! >> Kathy, Everybody's different, but if I were to drink " a lot " or even a little V8, I would be in afib constantly, I'm sure. I had to give up tomato based drinks because I was having afib attacks whenever I drank one. My brother in permanent afib used to have the same problem, but now for some unknown reason he is able to drink V8 daily with no stomach problems. (The acid may have caused our problem.) Of course, since he is always in afib, he doesn't have to worry about going into afib, but the V8 was causing stomach problems in both of us that led to afib. I am hoping that I will follow my brother's pattern and be able to drink V8 again. You might try giving it up for a time to see if it is the culprit. in sinus in Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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