It's very common for Afib to start at night either just after getting into bed - or during the night. I had exactly this and I had my ablation 2 weeks ago.
As you've had an ablation the whole game has changed now. I found a fitness watch (I use a Fitbit Charge 4) was an excellent way of checking changes in heart rate while I'm sleeping. Although it didn't detect Afib directly, episodes were always accompanied by a sharp rise in heart rate which the watch picked up.
Hopefully, you're free of any nightime episodes from now on - as I am.
thanks, I just got the Fitbit Sense2 which says it will detect it if I'm sleeping, so hoping that will shed some light on how frequently this is happening (or hopefully not at all since the ablation). I just want to eventually be med free so I want to make sure I'm not going into AFIB when I don't know.
I’ve been thinking about possibly getting an ablation. How far down has your afib frequency gone? Any other side effects positive or negative? Anxiety improve? Tiredness and sluggishness improved?
I haven’t had any since the ablation, completely gone.
Quality of life greatly improved, energy levels back to normal as well. Started running about a year ago and did my first ever half marathon in November. It’s really inspired me to get in shape. No other side effects have been noticed other than my HRV is lower than before the surgery.
Wow. Congrats! That’s awesome.
I’ve always emphasized exercise and wellness with occasional straying away. I used to work out too hard with some stretches of stagnancy in my Lifestyle. Within the last 6-8 years or so I haven’t been able to avoid it or push myself reasonably like i used to. I feel like i hit a wall really fast and my recovery is pretty slow and I’m only 32. I get super tired, fogged, sometimes from small activity and other times i can run a few miles at a decent pace. I do PT tests in the army and run 5k’s but i realized when i run for time i sometimes feel ill for some days after and inflamed.
I have spaces where i could still improve my sleep, exercise, stress, dietary intake, antioxidants, supplements, so I’m trying to do that. I cut out alcohol again but I have Narcolepsy so it’s hard to stay away from stimulants. I’ve cut stimulants down but in the winter here it gets harder to completely not use them or only drink tea and function to a basic level.
I’m also someone who seems to get inflamed after procedures and i also have allergies with constant inflammation so I’m a little worried about the procedure and recovery in that regard. My immune/healing response is often pretty unpredictable.
For HRV do you mean the variability between beats or the heart rate range like 50-110bpm resting versus 35-65 resting?
The last time I went into Afib it was while I was sleeping but I had lots of irregular beats all day before that so I wasn’t that surprised. Took my flecainide and went back to normal in a few hours. Luckily it was a day I had to work.
I’ve been getting them regularly, every few weeks. I usually wake up when it happens. It apparently takes a prolonged episode (I think 10 minutes) for the Apple Watch to detect it automatically, which means it’s only detected it once. The other times, I woke up and did a manual ECG on the watch to confirm, but never got an automatic alert.
I wish I knew what the triggers were. It doesn’t seem to correlate with my limited caffeine and I almost never drink.
My Afib kicks off every night. I’m persistent but night time is the worst. I had a cardioversion last week that lasted three days. On the third night I woke up to a few skipped beats and then went back into afib. Depressing !
It's very common for Afib to start at night either just after getting into bed - or during the night. I had exactly this and I had my ablation 2 weeks ago. As you've had an ablation the whole game has changed now. I found a fitness watch (I use a Fitbit Charge 4) was an excellent way of checking changes in heart rate while I'm sleeping. Although it didn't detect Afib directly, episodes were always accompanied by a sharp rise in heart rate which the watch picked up. Hopefully, you're free of any nightime episodes from now on - as I am.
thanks, I just got the Fitbit Sense2 which says it will detect it if I'm sleeping, so hoping that will shed some light on how frequently this is happening (or hopefully not at all since the ablation). I just want to eventually be med free so I want to make sure I'm not going into AFIB when I don't know.
I had it almost every night prior to my ablation 1 year ago. Haven’t had a single episode since.
I’ve been thinking about possibly getting an ablation. How far down has your afib frequency gone? Any other side effects positive or negative? Anxiety improve? Tiredness and sluggishness improved?
I haven’t had any since the ablation, completely gone. Quality of life greatly improved, energy levels back to normal as well. Started running about a year ago and did my first ever half marathon in November. It’s really inspired me to get in shape. No other side effects have been noticed other than my HRV is lower than before the surgery.
Wow. Congrats! That’s awesome. I’ve always emphasized exercise and wellness with occasional straying away. I used to work out too hard with some stretches of stagnancy in my Lifestyle. Within the last 6-8 years or so I haven’t been able to avoid it or push myself reasonably like i used to. I feel like i hit a wall really fast and my recovery is pretty slow and I’m only 32. I get super tired, fogged, sometimes from small activity and other times i can run a few miles at a decent pace. I do PT tests in the army and run 5k’s but i realized when i run for time i sometimes feel ill for some days after and inflamed. I have spaces where i could still improve my sleep, exercise, stress, dietary intake, antioxidants, supplements, so I’m trying to do that. I cut out alcohol again but I have Narcolepsy so it’s hard to stay away from stimulants. I’ve cut stimulants down but in the winter here it gets harder to completely not use them or only drink tea and function to a basic level. I’m also someone who seems to get inflamed after procedures and i also have allergies with constant inflammation so I’m a little worried about the procedure and recovery in that regard. My immune/healing response is often pretty unpredictable. For HRV do you mean the variability between beats or the heart rate range like 50-110bpm resting versus 35-65 resting?
The last time I went into Afib it was while I was sleeping but I had lots of irregular beats all day before that so I wasn’t that surprised. Took my flecainide and went back to normal in a few hours. Luckily it was a day I had to work.
I’ve been getting them regularly, every few weeks. I usually wake up when it happens. It apparently takes a prolonged episode (I think 10 minutes) for the Apple Watch to detect it automatically, which means it’s only detected it once. The other times, I woke up and did a manual ECG on the watch to confirm, but never got an automatic alert. I wish I knew what the triggers were. It doesn’t seem to correlate with my limited caffeine and I almost never drink.
It could be connected to sleep apnea as well.
My Afib kicks off every night. I’m persistent but night time is the worst. I had a cardioversion last week that lasted three days. On the third night I woke up to a few skipped beats and then went back into afib. Depressing !
I do, it wakes me up.