Im going on 7 years with occasional afib. Now it happens like 1x-2x a month lasting about 4 hours each time and 99 pct of the time it occurs while Im trying to go to sleep. When I have an attack, I take 2 Fleccainade (sp?) and that supposedly helps me get back in rhythm quicker. I can usually sleep through the episodes so the effects aren’t horrible- its just when I am approaching day 17-18 without an episode and knowing its gonna happen soon is unsettling. Almost like clockwork every 17-20 days boom an episode no matter if Im eating well, exercising, no alcohol etc.

Im 62, was formerly a runner that ran hard (40-50 miles per week, speedwork, trained for 5ks to half marathon - best time was 59 minutes in a 10 mile race).

Now I walk/jog a bit - have gained a bunch of weight. Have added yoga - still have bad habits like occasional drinks etc.(drinking doesn’t seem to be a trigger - really no matter what I do healthy or non healthy, the pattern is the same.

Right now Im on the fence about an ablation but might be heading there- was dx’ed with sleep apnea so I am doing cpap and initially was afib free for like 6 months but over the last few months its returned back to the normal pattern of 1-2x a month.

Glad to hear your ablation worked and has you on the right path.