Guest guest Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Hi All, I am new here and this is my first post. Last week I spent the entire weekend in ICU because I suddenly got heart palpitations and racing. After all the tests they proformed, they disgnosed me with LONE atrial fibrillation. Sent me home and said take an aspirin a day. it is now almost a week later and I have not been able to get rid of the headache. they said the Nitro and other drugs they gave me causes headaches but it seems it would have went away by now. From what I have learned previosuly, I suspect my fibrillation has a link to my thyroids and/or hypothymus gland. I wanted to throw this out to the community and see what you think. Thanks- Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Sandy wrote: From what I have learned previosuly, I suspect my fibrillation has a link to my thyroids and/or hypothymus gland. I wanted to throw this out to the community and see what you think. Sandy, I think you are on to something and need to check your thyroid levels as well as your adrenals. It's important to have them check your Free T3/Free T4 and Reverse T3. The uptake tests really do not give the best picture. Most Dr's look only at the TSH levels and this is definitely misleading. As for the adrenals, a 24 hour saliva test is the best, the one blood draw for adrenals is not exactly the most accurate for Cortisol levels as they fluctuate throughout the day and night. You can start charting your body temps which will give good thyroid information. Using an oral thermometer, take your temps three hours after waking, then three hours later, and again three hours later. Average them for the day and repeat this procedure for a week. Your Dr will need this information. As for residual Nitro and other drugs, are you drinking lots of water? Lots of water will help flush the system and get you back on track. Namaste` Cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks Cynthia. I will start making a chart today. I know they did a T3 and T4 but note sure about the rest. They mentioned thyroid to begin with but said the test were not elevated enough to cause the fibrillation like they originally thought. Sandy _____ On Behalf Of Cynthia Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:19 PM RE: Lone Atrial Fibrillation Sandy wrote: From what I have learned previosuly, I suspect my fibrillation has a link to my thyroids and/or hypothymus gland. I wanted to throw this out to the community and see what you think. Sandy, I think you are on to something and need to check your thyroid levels as well as your adrenals. It's important to have them check your Free T3/Free T4 and Reverse T3. The uptake tests really do not give the best picture. Most Dr's look only at the TSH levels and this is definitely misleading. As for the adrenals, a 24 hour saliva test is the best, the one blood draw for adrenals is not exactly the most accurate for Cortisol levels as they fluctuate throughout the day and night. You can start charting your body temps which will give good thyroid information. Using an oral thermometer, take your temps three hours after waking, then three hours later, and again three hours later. Average them for the day and repeat this procedure for a week. Your Dr will need this information. As for residual Nitro and other drugs, are you drinking lots of water? Lots of water will help flush the system and get you back on track. Namaste` Cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 I know thyroid is linketo palpitations, so it probably is related to afib. --- On Sat, 7/4/09, Cynthia <cynsayre wrote: Cynthia <cynsayre RE: Lone Atrial Fibrillation Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:18 PM Sandy wrote: From what I have learned previosuly, I suspect my fibrillation has a link to my thyroids and/or hypothymus gland. I wanted to throw this out to the community and see what you think. Sandy, I think you are on to something and need to check your thyroid levels as well as your adrenals. It's important to have them check your Free T3/Free T4 and Reverse T3. The uptake tests really do not give the best picture. Most Dr's look only at the TSH levels and this is definitely misleading. As for the adrenals, a 24 hour saliva test is the best, the one blood draw for adrenals is not exactly the most accurate for Cortisol levels as they fluctuate throughout the day and night. You can start charting your body temps which will give good thyroid information. Using an oral thermometer, take your temps three hours after waking, then three hours later, and again three hours later. Average them for the day and repeat this procedure for a week. Your Dr will need this information. As for residual Nitro and other drugs, are you drinking lots of water? Lots of water will help flush the system and get you back on track. Namaste` Cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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