A new drug Xarelto is used as a blood thinner. It does not require close monitoring as Coumadin does.

Had A-Fib on and off for eight or 10 years. AI got to keeping records and found that every time I at CHOCOLATE of all things, that's what would set it off. The theobromine in chocolate caused the problem for me. Caffeine is also something I avoid now too. Who would have guessed chocolate?

I've had A-fib for about three years now. I had one ablation for flutter. I just finished my second PVI ablation. One vein had re-connected after the first PVI. I'm hopeful that the second PVI will get my symptoms under control. My best advice is to get informed. Seek out as much information as possible. Understand the condition. It's so helpful to know what the doctors are talking about during consults. Only then will you be able to make informed decisions regarding your treatment.

My husband is 50 years old. He is on meds for diabetes, and has high cholesterol, high blood pressure. He has had sleep apnea for many years and uses a CPAP machine. He is about 80 lbs overweight. He was diagnosed with A-fib a few months ago.

I have A-fib and mitral valve prolapse. The emotional toll on me is far worse than the physical. For years I was misdiagnosed saying it was panic attacks. I have been put on a variety of medications hoping for a stop to this. I finally was told there is no cure for A-fib because of my MVP.

I'm 34 years old and I have been dealing with this annoying condition since I was 12. At age 19 my cardiologist did some kind of study that found I had 2 AV nodes so he oblated 1 of them and ever since, I've had palpitations and have been on Toprol XL 25mg daily to control them. I was doing fine until last year I started having much more frequent palpitations and my regular doctor increased my dosage to 50mg daily. My heart has gone into A Fib several times in the past few months so I'm going to see a new cardiologist and see what he/she finds. I hope we can find a solution because it sends me into panic attacks when I have the A fib.

I'm a 65 year old male in very good health. I had two episodes of atrial flutter. Two years ago, I had an ablation. One year and a half later, I had another episode of atrial flutter and learned that one of the places previously burned in my ablation was letting a signal pass through. Another ablation resolved that issue. Six months later, after a physical exam, I had an EKG and found that I had a/fib. I went to the hospital for a cardioversion with shock. Stayed in sinus rhythm for thirty minutes, then they took me upstairs and put me on Tikosyn, and monitored me for the required three days. One month follow up EKG was fine. They put me on an event monitor, and it has initiated several tests. I've called them in, but I haven't been back to doctor to learn results. I've been on Coumadin since a week before the cardioversion attempt.

I have had atrial fibrillation for the past five years. I had a heart attack seven years ago. I had a heart bypass three years ago and then atrial fibrillation got really bad. It was so bad one time the paramedics didn't know if they should use the paddles on the way to the ER, which was 30 miles away. I have had heart oblation, the heart conversion, and I'm going to have another heart oblation, as they didn't do it all the first time.

I am a 55 year old female who was finally diagnosed with a-fib in October 2007. (Had mild to moderate symptoms for about 20 years, but wearing monitors and having lots of tests never caught it.) Have had numerous tests (EKGs, echo, CT, Thallium Stress, X-rays, etc.) since my diagnosis, but no one can tell me where it is coming from or why I have it. I made 4 ambulance trips to ER in less than 4 months back in 2007-2008 and they were able to catch it. My heart rate on the 1st trip was 320 ! Gave me IV beta blockers. Was put on low dose of meds initially. By 4th trip to ER, they put me on 50 mg twice a day. It helped a lot initially, but the drug seems to have lost some of its punch. The doctor approved taking 400 mg of magnesium oxide every day to help control the very erratic rhythm....and it helped a lot at first. But, I continued to have severe episodes about once a month or so. Seems to have numerous "triggers", so can't seem to avoid them.