Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Background: I have read quite a few times about the anxiety that afib can generate for some people. Knowing that each episode will end (most likely) helped me decide that anxiety would not be a problem for me because I refuse to worry about afib. However, I just got through an episode that lasted nearly 24 hours and I had horrible anxiety that dissipated after the episode ended. The anxiety seemed to be about anything, but especially about some financial and legal problems I am experiencing right now‹things over which I have very little control. Question: Does afib actually ³cause² anxiety in the sense of stimulating a physiological response? -- Kathleen Stept (Dofetilide 250mcg bid, Diltiazem 120 mg, Coumadin 5mg), , Mississippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Kathleen, Honestly if anyone has figured out the relationship between psychological distress, the autonomic nervous system and a-f, I'd love to hear about it. We surely know it's there, but to my knowledge no one has laid it out. A friend of mine hid a fake mouse in my home to shock me out of a-f. Didn't work. My home alarm system went off in the night ... right into a-f. IMHO, the mind-body connection is real. Do ANYTHING you can to re-focus. As someone said to me last night ... " The past may be a lie. The future hasn't happened. What does that leave us? " The moment. In a-f? Try to find something positive -- a flower, the sky, an absorbing movie, whatever. Hey, it's weak, but it's mine. And I DO know whereof you speak -- many, many 24+ hour episodes, and I try to side-track my mind. Deb Anxiety Background: I have read quite a few times about the anxiety that afib can generate for some people. Knowing that each episode will end (most likely) helped me decide that anxiety would not be a problem for me because I refuse to worry about afib. However, I just got through an episode that lasted nearly 24 hours and I had horrible anxiety that dissipated after the episode ended. The anxiety seemed to be about anything, but especially about some financial and legal problems I am experiencing right now have very little control. Question: Does afib actually ³cause² anxiety in the sense of stimulating a physiological response? -- Kathleen Stept (Dofetilide 250mcg bid, Diltiazem 120 mg, Coumadin 5mg), , Mississippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Kathleen, Honestly if anyone has figured out the relationship between psychological distress, the autonomic nervous system and a-f, I'd love to hear about it. We surely know it's there, but to my knowledge no one has laid it out. A friend of mine hid a fake mouse in my home to shock me out of a-f. Didn't work. My home alarm system went off in the night ... right into a-f. IMHO, the mind-body connection is real. Do ANYTHING you can to re-focus. As someone said to me last night ... " The past may be a lie. The future hasn't happened. What does that leave us? " The moment. In a-f? Try to find something positive -- a flower, the sky, an absorbing movie, whatever. Hey, it's weak, but it's mine. And I DO know whereof you speak -- many, many 24+ hour episodes, and I try to side-track my mind. Deb Anxiety Background: I have read quite a few times about the anxiety that afib can generate for some people. Knowing that each episode will end (most likely) helped me decide that anxiety would not be a problem for me because I refuse to worry about afib. However, I just got through an episode that lasted nearly 24 hours and I had horrible anxiety that dissipated after the episode ended. The anxiety seemed to be about anything, but especially about some financial and legal problems I am experiencing right now have very little control. Question: Does afib actually ³cause² anxiety in the sense of stimulating a physiological response? -- Kathleen Stept (Dofetilide 250mcg bid, Diltiazem 120 mg, Coumadin 5mg), , Mississippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Kathleen, Honestly if anyone has figured out the relationship between psychological distress, the autonomic nervous system and a-f, I'd love to hear about it. We surely know it's there, but to my knowledge no one has laid it out. A friend of mine hid a fake mouse in my home to shock me out of a-f. Didn't work. My home alarm system went off in the night ... right into a-f. IMHO, the mind-body connection is real. Do ANYTHING you can to re-focus. As someone said to me last night ... " The past may be a lie. The future hasn't happened. What does that leave us? " The moment. In a-f? Try to find something positive -- a flower, the sky, an absorbing movie, whatever. Hey, it's weak, but it's mine. And I DO know whereof you speak -- many, many 24+ hour episodes, and I try to side-track my mind. Deb Anxiety Background: I have read quite a few times about the anxiety that afib can generate for some people. Knowing that each episode will end (most likely) helped me decide that anxiety would not be a problem for me because I refuse to worry about afib. However, I just got through an episode that lasted nearly 24 hours and I had horrible anxiety that dissipated after the episode ended. The anxiety seemed to be about anything, but especially about some financial and legal problems I am experiencing right now have very little control. Question: Does afib actually ³cause² anxiety in the sense of stimulating a physiological response? -- Kathleen Stept (Dofetilide 250mcg bid, Diltiazem 120 mg, Coumadin 5mg), , Mississippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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