Re: FEARS and pulse

[Guest guest]

> Sweating, shortness of breath, total panic, dizziness,

> confusion, eyes darting around like a cornered animal,

> feeling cold, feeling hot, tingling and numbness in

> your arms, heaviness in your legs, wanting to flee to

> go somewhere where I can be alone and suffer silently

> but thinking if I try to stand I will keel over.

> Wondering if the person next to you can hear your

> heart beating loudly and irregularly. Having to go to

> the bathroom. Saying a prayer over and over. Please

> make it stop. Wanting to cry. >

>**********************

Dear Bill.........

Hear you loud and clear...and have felt all of the above. My EP and

cardiologist finally told me not to be a hero--to take a little

ativan (or xanax) here and there if I need it--and it does help.

Some of what you are feeling could be panic, but most, I am sure, is

the feelings that an irregular heartbeat can give to you.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Boy, can we all relate to that!!!!!

Non A-fibbers have NO clue what it is like to have AF.

I read that post with all the symtoms listed, to my heart healthy

husband.

I sometimes think he feels that I exaggerate my symtoms and thinks

I can snap out of it!

Its good to know there are others out there with the same problems.

Thank you for sharing.

MandyofCA

[Guest guest]

I am constantly taking my pulse, even though I only rarely go into A-

fib. For Christmas I was going to get a " Heart Rate " montier watch

but my wife talked me out of it, she thought I would obess even more.

Ed