I was diagnosed today with afib at the emergency area of the hospital. i dont have insurance and am goin to set an appointment to see if theres anything that can be done im 29 years old and always just thought it was anxiety untill last month i had my first afib attack. i had one ahain today where i thought i was having a heart attack and it lasted a couple of hours. i know everyones situation is differnt but i was wondering how often anyone else expierences these scary attacks. any advice would be greatly apprieciated.
Ok- do you smoke? Drink? Smoke other things apart from nicotine? Are you overweight, normal or underweight?
Hello Stephanie, it's hard to know what to say because everybody's experience is different, but I just discovered the web site StopAfib org which covers the whole subject very thoroughly. You might find that helpful.
All the very best. Sheila.
Hi Stephanie,
I was diagnosed with afib about 2 years ago and I was put on B blockers. In my case, the afib was triggered by stress with no heart anomalies, and it lasted days or weeks after the trigger. B blockers controlled the symptoms in a way, but I wanted to find an alternative way of treatment. After a long search and many trials, I have used an herbal tea made of motherwort plant. It has been used since ancient times to treat heart diseases. It works well in my case. I can say that it works even better than B blockers, and above all, it is natural. The only inconvenient is that it is very bitter, but I combine it mostly with other herbs beneficial to heart like hibiscus, peppermint, and chamomile. Again, in my case afib was triggered by stress, with no anomalies of the heart.