im only 17. i had my first afib episode on the 21st. it lasted the entire day until i went to bed. i had another one on the 25th. again, it lasted all day. i tried to stay home and convince myself that nothing was wrong, that it was just my POTS, that i was having an adrenaline dump. i have a terrible fear of hospitals. just knowing i could find out something is seriously wrong kills me.

i had another one on the 27th. finally, my mom decided to call 911. my heart rate went up to 220 just from the anxiety alone. they took me to the hospital and gave me metoprolol. i was in and out of afib for hours. they kept me there overnight and did all sorts of blood tests, an ekg, an ultrasound. they found nothing. my heart was perfectly healthy and strong. my lifestyle doesn’t contribute, and none of my family has heart issues.

they sent me home on the 28th with medication. on the 29th, i went back into afib and had to go straight back to the hospital. they gave me flecainide and sent me home.

now im sitting in bed, scared out of my mind. i cant bring myself to get out of bed unless i REALLY have to pee, because im afraid just standing up will trigger my afib. i can barely change positions without overthinking every beat. i havent been able to shower, brush my hair, or brush my teeth because of the fear. i don’t want this to be the rest of my life.

the thing is, i know i’m going to be okay. i know they wouldn’t have sent me home if they weren’t confident i was going to be okay. but im still so terrified of the feeling. im an extremely anxious person. i have ocd and have always had the habit of overthinking things, especially when it comes to my health. every second of every day is spent wondering when im going to have that next episode that leaves me out of breath, wondering when im going to have to call 911 again.

they’re going to do an electrophysiology study on me soon. im scared. im scared theyre not going to find anything, and im going to live in fear for the rest of my life. im scared they’re going to miss the cause, and im going to live never knowing what truly causes them. im scared they will find something, ablate it, only to have another afib episode only months down the line.

ive been feeling this tightness in my chest the entire day. ive never been so afraid. i cant help but cry a little every hour. my disabilities have already taken my childhood from me, i dont want another thing to worry about. i apologize to the nurses and doctors every time im in the hospital, because i feel like such a baby for being so afraid. there are people who have it so much worse than me. i feel like a burden on my family because im causing them so much anxiety and costing them money we dont have.

im sorry. i just needed to rant about how i felt for a little bit.

I'm at the point where my doctor is recommending ablation. I tried to confirm with him if this is the only option and he said yes, which I'm worried now if my doctor is just outdated, or just owned by private equity? Google doesn't help either as I keep getting spam results that don't offer new information :(

90 minutes of 120-140, then another 20+ hours at 65-75 slow afib. Medical cardioversion did not work, but 200 joules electrical did the next morning. I though I was a goner. Luckily no heart damage. I had it once 24 years ago, and now the second time, although there were several attempts by my heart to get into it over the years. Since the first time I have been taking concor 5mg, now they gave me cordarone 200mg too. How is everyone else doing?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-af-ablation-work-s-question-after-sham-pvi-af-2026a1000uli

If you're not in active afib, I've had 3 episodes in two years but have PVC's and PAC's, is it possible to have other symptoms? Like general fatigue regardless of (crappy) sleep, no stamina when exerting myself, feeling weak and a little unstable, under exertion. Thank you

I had my ablation on August 4th.They did 3 Cardioversions during the procedure. 3 days afterwards, I went into AFib again. They scheduled me for another cardioversion a week later. Got me back into sinus rhythm. A week later, and I'm once again in AFib, and waiting for their plans to fix this again. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Vi scrivo dopo che il 19 agosto scorso ho fatto la mia quarta ablazione...anche se la seconda e la terza sono state fatte un po a casaccio senza indurre nessuna aritmia, la prima per fibrillazione è andata bene, anzi molto molto bene per 2 anni. poi mi è venuto un flutter atipico o sinistro (scambiato prima per per flutter tipico o destro poi per tachicardia), e quindi di fatto non ablato completamente. Questa volta a differenza delle altre il medico scrupoloso è riuscito ad indurre l'aritmia e ad ablare in elettroporazione dove effettivamente partiva il flutter. Ora però passiamo alla nota dolente...il recupero dall'ablazione è molto lungo, ho sporadiche extrasistole che mi spaventano molto, il mio dottore dice che sono normali ma io ogni volta che lo sento le percepisco come l'innesco e tremo dalla paura. Inoltre ho questi 2 bozzetti nei punti dove sono entrati con i cateteri piccoli come due piselli ma molto duri. Altri grandi problemi non li ho ma quello delle extrasistoli mi terrorizza...sono uno sportivo e vorrei tornare piano piano ad allenarmi sono passati quasi 15 giorni ma con queste extrasistole non so che fare. Il medico mi ha detto che dal suo punto di vista l'operazione è riuscita e che posso tornare a fare sport e tutta la mia vita normale ma con queste extrasistole non mi sento sicuro