AFibbers Database: ClaraP

Name	ClaraP
Location	Arizona
Age	71
Diagnosed condition	sick sinus /atrial flutter
Years with condition	diagnosised in 2009, but it may have existanced for years.
Frequency of episodes	daily before ablation, after ablation I'v had 4 episodes
Duration of episodes	4 episodes from1-5 hours since April, Had a 5 hour episode1 week go
Event preceding first AF	fainting, l muscle aches, fatique depression, SOB, lack of sleep,PTSD
General health	allergies, depression, sleep disorder, hypothyroid
Current state	fatique, doing better after meds
Triggers	Lack of sleep, recurring PTSD and possibility thyroid
Preventions	taking meds to sleep better,
Current medications/side effects	diltiazem,thyroxine, temazepam,citalopram, aspirin, claritin
Past medications/side effects	flecainide, pacerone made me very ill, with vomiting, nausea, and low blood pressure
History of surgery	toncils, hip surgery after car accident,
Future plans	To build a social net work, and to find help with PTSD with out going bankrupted I'v had to go to the ER too many times for A-Fib and this is a financial drain.and makes me more depressed and anxious.
Personal comments	Its not the fast heart beats and SOB that bother me as much as the confusion, left sided headaches and drunken feelings that I get when I have these a-fib attacks. This last attack has left me feeling venerable and anxious. I am also wondering if anyone else has had these problems with confusion after a-fib episodes, and if any one else has had problems with warfin. I started out with 5mg and went up as high as 20mg with no results. MY INR remained at 1.5 no matter what I did, but the drug was making me sick to my stomach, so my doctor stopped it., and put me on aspirin (that also causes stomach problems.)
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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