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Originally Posted by dtw
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BTW, you used the past-tense - how did you get rid of your symptoms?
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Short answer - reduced my stress levels by changing jobs.
Long answer - I began having afib episodes about 12 years ago (at age 37). Afib was confirmed by EKG. My episodes were almost daily and lasted anywhere from 30 minutes to sometimes 6-8 hours. Had every check known to man done (cardiac stress tests with CT scans, echos, etc) and had no underlying cause or heart issue. Was prescribed Toprol (beta blocker) at a small dose.
I then jumped in with both feet and learned everything I could possibly learn about afib. I tried everything in the world to identify and eliminate "triggers" but couldn't really find anything. I stopped taking the Toprol when I began to see that my episodes seemed to be more "vagal" than "adrenergic".
I ended up changing jobs (for another reason) and found that I was way more stressed out at my previous employer than I realized. Since changing jobs I went from almost daily episodes to maybe 5 episodes in the last 5 years. The last one I had was about a year ago.
Every once in awhile I feel that "flutter" of my rhythym starting to mess up and usually I can take a couple of breaths (hard to explain) and it goes away. It's awesome.
Sorry for the rambling post...