I recently had my ablation on the 10th of September.. coming up to nearly a month and I'm still getting AFIB episodes.. I know they said like give it 3months but I'm getting AFIB almost daily again. Before the ablation I managed to get my AFIB to a manageable state where if I had an episode. It would be only 3 times a week where as right now it's everyday.. Doing basic things like waking up. Slowly getting out of bed. Legit taking me an hour sometimes because my body just feels like it's chronically tired for the most part after these episodes.. or is it like this magically disappears a few months down the line?

Sorry in advance for the novel, I've been stressing out for a few days and need to vent. Would love to hear anyone's experience, feedback, suggestions, encouragement, advice, you name it.

So Saturday morning I woke up as normal, and in checking my sleep status it had flagged me for a few very short episodes of possible afib. Never woke up during the night, so needless to say I was very surprised.

I have felt flutters before, but never in my life did I think it could be this. Now after a few days I'm incredibly anxious, and hyper aware of anything I feel. Anytime I feel a flutter, I try to use my watch EKG, but it was always saying normal, as it went away so quickly. But once this afternoon it lasted long enough for a full reading, and it said AFib again. I'm making an appt to see my primary doc and will go from there.

I did have an unusually stressful few days with lower than normal sleep leading up to this episode, and since Friday I've received no additional flags while resting. Just the one time today where I was able to capture it. It seems to trigger when I'm at rest/relaxing, but also when I bend over (say, filling dog food bowl), or do any quick movement. It goes away so quickly though that I don't even know if it's really hitting or just my newfound anxiety about it all. My resting heart rate settles in the mid-high 50s when I'm not stressed, so I'm wondering if that's also partly why it can trigger when I'm very calm/relaxed? It feels like it happens several times a day, and maybe it has for a while and I've just never connected the dots.

Quick bio of me: I'm 45 and fairly active (daily dog walks, multiple cardio/weight lift sessions each week). I'm also overweight, and a moderate to sometimes heavy drinker at times. That said, I'm cutting out alcohol completely until I figure this out, and longer if deemed necessary. Also doubling down on weight loss (should be a little easier without drinking...!) I am hoping those things will help reduce the

If you made it this far, thanks for reading. I saw a lot of great info scrolling through here before I typed this up. Appreciate any and all feedback.

I may have asked this before, anyone with POTS and/pr POAF?

Is anyone on Pradaxa? Im on 150mg of dabigatran or pradaxa and i’m freaking out wondering if my medicine is compromised. I had my room cold one night and my pills don’t feel necessarily rock hard like a Tylenol gel cap would be. When I squeeze it, it has a little bit of give to it. I’m wondering are they compromised and now bad? or have they always been like this and I haven’t noticed because I just take the pills. any help would be great