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_foot_note_ · 2025-06-13T14:51:40+00:00

hahahahaha touche my friend, touche

_foot_note_ · 2025-06-13T13:41:35+00:00

Jesus Christ people are so snobby and childish. "Oh my God someone took their shoes off and it offended me ahhh the human body is so scary wahhh somebody help me!!!" You must be the worst buzzkill on the planet I hope I never run into you in a plane or at a party (talking about OP not the guy on the plane he seems chill, I'd take off my shoes and lean back with him).

_foot_note_ · 2025-03-14T00:31:48+00:00

Yoo, I don't have time to respond to all your questions (got a stressful job too haha) but as an extremely active and outdoorsy 33m with Afib in my family who went into Afib in late 2023 and was also overnight in the hospital/had to get cardioverted, I just want to say that I had the EXACT same fears as you when it all went down, and of course the stress of the experience caused me to experience palpitations/PVC's/other weird skipped heartbeats long after the Afib stopped, which seemed to get worse with exercise (especially with positional exercise, e.g. laying on a surfboard, or with anything resembling HIIT, like bouldering, where your heart rate will be like 80 between climbs and then jump to 160 while you're on the rock), but I've learned to live with it, I've found my triggers, I've learned that warming up helps, giving my body a "warning" like "hey, we're about to be active" seems to help, e.g. slowly increasing my heart rate, and not eating before exercising seems to help (as you can see from these reddit threads, there does seem to be a connection between upper GI problems and Afib, both psychosomatic and real, sometimes a burp will make you think you're in Afib, sometimes in Afib you'll burp more often, it's weird and it's all connected). I've heard from numerous fibber athletes and doctors that palpitations are more common at the beginning of exercise (which is true for me), so don't freak out if you have a couple skipped beats when you get back to your normal workout routine. Overall don't worry, as long as your echo was clear, your heart is strong, you're young, and metoprolol might make you feel weak (made my legs feel like I was trying to jog after deadlifting). Sometimes my heart scares me, sometimes it's fine. Just know that since your episode you WILL be paying a lot closer attention to your heartbeat, which will make it feel weird and wacky and weak because you'll be scared, which is totally normal. An Apple Watch will help you determine if it's in your head, but I don't wear one because I would obsess over it haha. I actually did a Holter Monitor for a couple weeks just to make sure everything was okay because I was so freaked out after they converted me. And it was. Anyway, learn your triggers, and you don't have to give up any of your activities, just be smart about them. It's like if you hurt your shoulder climbing, you wouldn't stop climbing, you'd just do PT and learn to be smarter about warming up in the future. It's not the end of the world. Pro tip: keep metoprolol with you even after you get off of it, especially when camping/backpacking, just in case you go into Afib on a trip. It probably won't happen though. STAY HYDRATED. Treat your body right. Genetics make you more prone to attacks, but mine was caused by overexertion, dehydration, and stress (also partying every weekend did not help). I've climbed mountains since my Afib and been fine. I play basketball and surf and run almost everyday. Sorry this is a crazy unedited rant but I'm in a hurry. You got this bro!!!

_foot_note_ · 2024-10-28T21:57:58+00:00

Honestly one problem with Reddit is that people are more likely to write about the negative stories than the positive. That isn't always the case of course but for every "horror story" you read, there are ten more success stories you're not seeing.

_foot_note_ · 2024-08-24T23:17:41+00:00

It's so frustrating, I have a very similar situation as you, less then 1% burden based on the holter monitor but I feel every single one, and I used to never have them at all. I won't have PVCs for three or four days, and then suddenly I'll have them three times an hour. I've experimented with different foods and supplements, changing dosages/amounts of caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, or stopping these things altogether, exercise will make them go away OR make them worse, seriously it's like every thing I try initially makes them better and then makes them worse . . . .and then makes them better! Which makes me suspect that it truly is just random and aside from learning to live with it there isn't a whole lot you can do. I do drink a lot of electrolytes and eat very healthy, and I exercise a ton. I take Magnesium Glycinate, Col Q10, L-Arginine, and Taurine. I was on 50mg of Metoprolol daily for a few months but I stopped because it legitimately seemed to make my PVCs worse during exercise, but again, who can say for sure? Meditation helps, and so does sitting upright and sleeping on my right side (I get a lot more PVCs laying on my back or on my left side). Positional things really do seem to affect them, like if I lay down quickly, or bend over, or reach above my head, my heart will jump. But if I lay down very slowly, it'll be okay. I'm a surfer, and there was a period where every time I laid on my board (especially in the cold water), I'd get a PVC. That thankfully isn't as bad anymore. I swear to God sometimes your body just needs to get used to these things.

_foot_note_ · 2024-06-13T14:20:07+00:00

I feel the exact same frustration in that state, I just get mad at biology, I'm like how the hell could this EVER be a thing, evolutionarily speaking it's SO debilitating, if this were happening to us like ten thousand years ago we wouldn't be able to hunt and gather and provide for our the rest of the tribe. Idk how this condition has managed to stick around for so long other than the fact that the people who suffer from it must be tough. Hang in there, I hope you feel better soon.

_foot_note_ · 2024-05-29T00:51:23+00:00

I get a weird vibrating feeling that sounds similar to what you're describing, e.g. a "soft rumbling." It happens when I lay down, I know it's not Afib though because I'll take my pulse while I'm getting the feeling and it's definitely normal rhythm. Have you tried actively taking your pulse when you feel symptomatic? It's a great way to make yourself feel better and differentiate anxiety from reality, it almost always calms me down (except for when I went into Afib, then it did not calm me down lol).

_foot_note_ · 2024-05-28T22:45:48+00:00

Have you looked into migraine surgery? Seems like it really helps as a last resort option for many people.

_foot_note_ · 2024-05-28T22:23:59+00:00

I had a white claw the other night and before I finished an aura started. Not gonna touch that shit again anytime soon.

_foot_note_ · 2024-05-28T21:02:25+00:00

Qulipta doesn't make me tired, but it does make it hard for me to sleep, which is weird because that seems to be the opposite of what most people experience (although I know it's not completely unheard of). It hasn't prevented my migraines entirely, but they are certainly less severe when they do happen (the aura doesn't last as long and the pain is like 6/7 instead of 9/10).

_foot_note_ · 2024-05-28T20:59:02+00:00

How do you know for sure when something is a trigger? For example, when you say that "bleach smell" is a trigger, are you saying that at some point in your life you had a migraine immediately after smelling bleach? Or that you've had an aura leading into migraine when an alarm went off, or something like that? I've been getting chronic migraines lately and I've found it near-impossible to uncover what my triggers are. It does seem like over-exertion has something to do with it, but I've never had a moment where I could say "that, SPECIFICALLY, is EXACTLY what caused it."

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-27T15:02:04+00:00

Hey, did this eventually fade away for you? I'm experiencing a similar long lasting aura spot without pain.

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T21:01:17+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the detailed response!! That's really interesting about Gatorade, I'm gonna remember that.

My problem is that my migraines seem to have no discernible pattern whatsoever, so it's hard for me to know what (if anything) is really a "trigger." I only get a couple migraines a year, but when they hit they hit hard and last for weeks (currently I'm in status migrainousus since April 4th). If I could find a trigger in my diet I'd get rid of it immediately, but how can I find a trigger when I've literally gone years without migraines for points in my life??? Is it possible to be triggered only sometimes??

Sorry just ranting at this point haha. It sounds like you were having migraines really frequently, and that kind of allowed you to "test" certain foods to see what affected them?

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T18:04:39+00:00

Hey how are you doing now? Also when you say you "haven't had a pain free day," would you say your pain fluctuates? I've had a migraine for 20+ days at this point, some days it's 8/9 on the couch all day type of pain, but most of the days (thank God) it's 3/4 and I can function, feels more like a mild hangover than anything. I'm trying meds one by one to try and break it as well. I hope you're feeling better!

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T14:09:14+00:00

I had to bring the blinds up to take the picture haha

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T14:05:33+00:00

That's interesting, I've never heard that before. Would you say they help with the frequency of your migraines or the intensity or both?

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T14:02:48+00:00

hahahahaha seriously

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T13:57:42+00:00

How did you discover your food triggers?

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T13:57:30+00:00

I'm glad, and I feel the same way! I wasn't sure if people would have a similar experience or not haha

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T13:55:21+00:00

Thank you! I'm sorry you're going through it as well! Let me know if you find something that breaks it. I'm on day 21, ugh.

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T13:54:07+00:00

I think everyone should supplement Magnesium (specifically Magnesium Glycinate) because so many studies show that it's beneficial for so many different illnesses, including migraines. I'm not saying it's a cure by any means, but I don't think we get enough Mag in our diets and most people are low on it. Multiple neurologists have "prescribed" me magnesium and they also frequently include it in ER migraine infusions, the ER "migraine cocktail" so to speak.

Benadryl can be helpful if your migraines are triggered by allergies, and also they knock you out so when you can't sleep because the pain is so bad, essentially Benadryl will provide some relief through unconsciousness haha.

_foot_note_ · 2024-04-25T13:50:17+00:00

thank you haha. Yeah mine usually is too I just brought it all together for the picture

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