| Name | Bridget B. |
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| Location | United States |
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| Age | 46 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Rapid Arterial Fibrillation with Paroxsysmal Supraventricular Tachicardia |
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| Years with condition | diagnosed around Sept. 9, 2008 |
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| Frequency of episodes | almost daily |
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| Duration of episodes | on and off pretty much all day |
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| Event preceding first AF | Diabetes, high cholesterol, borderline high blood pressure, sleep apnea |
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| General health | smoker, otherwise very healthy...until THIS |
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| Current state | on meds but they are NOT helping sick of feeling this already |
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| Triggers | eating beyond not being hungry, caffeine, maybe even my meds, stress, salty foods, maybe everything maybe it's all in my head but the heart racing/palping doesn't lie and it's VERY real |
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| Preventions | nothing has stopped it for very long so in my oppinion that means failure. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Atenolol 25 mg one half pill twice a day, then we stopped that and put me on Metoprolol 75 mg twice a day,plus simvastatin 20 mg daily for cholesterol, plus Metformin 500 mg twice daily for Diabetes, PLUS a 325 mg aspirin every day
plus I'm suppose to use a c-pap every night but I keep pulling it off in my sleep ( I'm a bit of a chlosterphobic ) |
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| Past medications/side effects | as I said above, was on Atenolol 25 mg half a pill twice daily now discontinued. It didn't help, either. |
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| History of surgery | Appendectomy at age 8, 2 laporoscopies in mid and late 30's A colonoscopy in Sept 2008.
For THESE particular diagnosises, I have so far had an echocardiogram which showed no damage and the size of the heart looked normal. I have had a thyroid test and it was normal. I have had my hormones checked out and the blood work said except for a couple leaning towards menopause, everything looked normal. Will be going in for an upper GI next week ( first week of Nov, 2008 ) EKG's in ER showed PSVT and/or RAF. |
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| Future plans | Would like to HAVE a future & if I can get rid of this I might. Am trying to get a doctor to submit a provider request to my Insurance company for prior authorization for me to be seen at the Mayo Clinic so I can see an Electrophysiologist and find out if I really have both PSVT and RAF of just one or the other and what type(s) and hopefully get ablation and all the questions answered that go with it as I am still not sure what is going on and have MANY moe questions than answers. |
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| Personal comments | see all of the above. Would also like to know if I have some sort of arterial disease and maybe some artery blockage...reasons why this came on and happened so fast. Before this happened, I had been diagnosed with diabetes 3 years prior and sleep apnea 1 year prior and high cholesterol 2 years prior and heard so many horror stories about Big Pharma and the Pill Pushers (sounds like a 50's rock band) and such that I stopped all my prescription meds and tried to control these ailments with herbs and such. I was not faithful in my diet nor was I consistent in taking the herbals everyday so I failed miserably and my numbers were out in orbit when this came on. Since then I am back on pharma meds and have lost 40 lbs and have gone from smoking 1 and a half to 2 packs a day to 10 to 15 a day and I eat beans, brown rice on occasion, some fruits and lots of veggies, mostly. I even completely removed the chocolate food group from my food pyramid! Gave up any fast, take-out salty cholesterol ridden sugary saturated fat ANYTHING from MY menu. Which pretty much leaves bird seed. (just kidding, but almost.) |
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) | | atenolol (tenormin) |  aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil | metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism | | adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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