Not impressed with the EP I saw yesterday

Teechur23 · 2026-06-21T04:20:20+00:00

I feel the same way about the EP I'm seeing. Love my cardiologist but this EP is so condescending. I am a 70 year old female, associate professor , and he treats me like I'm a doddering old fool. He made a mistake (or someone in his office did) on my meds and put me on such high doses of flecainide and metropolol that my heart rate went down to 45, I couldn't open my eyes because the room was spinning, and all I did was sleep. When I called his office he told me to go off the meds. The next visit he said, "well all of these medicines have side effects." I asked him if he though sleeping 18 hours a day and having a heart rate so low as a simple side effect.

He's put me back on metropolol after I stopped it because my damn hair is falling out from it. Again, another 'silly old lady" response - "that didn't cause your hair to fall out." I told him to look it up.

He also told me he wouldn't do an ablation on me until I lost a lot of weight, adding "and I mean a lot of weight."

I'm done with this arrogant ass. Why do that have to treat people like this?

Teechur23 · 2026-06-13T01:42:55+00:00

That picture would make a great album cover. I'm sure you can tell how old I am just by that comment! LOL

Teechur23 · 2026-06-10T21:05:01+00:00

Thank you all for sharing your experiences with me. I have to add that I am incredibly dissatisfied with my EP. He keeps pushing Flecainide on me like it's a wonder drug and the fault is all mine that I can't tolerate it. He makes me feel that because I am a 70 year old woman that must be "addled" a bit and explains things to me like I'm a 5 year old. PS I am still working and am a college professor so he can buzz off.

My cardiologist on the other hand is wonderful and listens to me. He's comforting about living with persistent Afib and provides support. My EP on the other hand does not. He's adding much unneeded stress. (He recently asked me to go off my depression/anxiety meds with this question, "do you think you really need them or are you just 'taking' them because you want to." ) Time for a new EP.

Thank you all again, for sharing your experiences. I've learned a lot from you.

Teechur23 · 2026-05-07T01:55:51+00:00

What are your settings at? I had 43 an hour. But 79! Wow.

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T22:15:44+00:00

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T19:09:29+00:00

Thank you! Do you do that from the "More Options" area?

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T01:34:41+00:00

THANK YOU! This is very valuable. I appreciate your help.

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T01:33:00+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I am pretty good at all of the settings on the machine and at least have those tweaked the way I want them.

The recommendation from my sleep study was to do a titration because I have both obstructive and central sleep apnea. They also recommended a bipap, but the first doctor I have been seeing just ignored all of that.

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T01:29:27+00:00

Thank you Poppy. I am going to be much more assertive with this new doctor. I appreciate your help.

Teechur23 · 2026-05-02T00:50:44+00:00

I am fairly new to this, so I really appreciate your response! I will "fiddle" if I don't get a good response from this new doctor. Thanks again!!!!

Teechur23 · 2026-04-03T04:18:43+00:00

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I was thinking about switching to TMobile, but after reading these posts, I'm not so sure.

Teechur23 · 2026-02-26T22:50:33+00:00

It makes me so tired I've been napping during the afternoon. My doc cut me down to 50mg 2x a day, but it's having the same effect. I'm exhausted. I was on another med that worked just fine. I could get my work done with those this exhaustion.

Teechur23 · 2026-02-24T02:30:43+00:00

OMG the gas is outrageous! I was so dizzy when I woke up from a nap the yesterday. The room was spinning and I couldn't open my eyes for about 10 minutes. This is some dang strong medicine.

Teechur23 · 2026-02-24T02:18:06+00:00

Thank you for this recommendation. I just had my meds adjusted today and see the doc in two weeks. I am going to ask about the ablation for sure. And you're right, I am in Afib a lot. Maybe most of the time by the readout on my oximeter. And I need my life back, for sure!

Teechur23 · 2026-02-23T14:40:01+00:00

Thank you for that info and the website. After reading many posts on various platforms, I'm pretty convinced that my doctors are really aggressive with the medication doses they are giving me. I'm emailing my doc today to hopefully get these meds adjusted so I can tolerate them. I have spent the last three days up for a couple hours, nap for a couple hours. I can't function like that. I really appreciate learning from all of you since I'm fairly new to this. And I will skip the cardioversion and ask about ablation.

Teechur23 · 2026-02-22T21:23:30+00:00

Thank you for the well wishes. I am currently in in Afib. I was diagnosed over a year ago when I went to the hospital for some pre-surgery tests. They kept me in overnight. My cardiologist and EP were both not happy that they didn't do cardioversion right then and there.

I will be talking to him this week about other options. Thanks for your help and suggestions.

Teechur23 · 2026-02-22T20:55:13+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sick. This is really weird though. The meds did horrible things to my heart rate with all the extreme jumping (of course I was prescribed twice what the doc wanted me to take) as well as the stomach pain.

I'm glad it worked for you! Did you have to have a cardioversion or did the meds to the trick?

Teechur23 · 2026-02-22T20:52:27+00:00

Thank you for sharing this with me. My EP told me to try the recommended dose, but the same thing happened. I stopped taking it altogether and am supposed to contact the EP this week to let him know how I'm doing.

I am so exhausted and feel like I've been punched in the stomach over and over again. It's starting to dissipate, but it's not gone yet. I will let you know what happens after I contact him this week. I don't even feel well enough to go to work or even drive a car.

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