Re: Atrial Fibrillation

Long time no see.  Hope all has been going well.  You should call and say hi.

I had to go to the ER the other night due to my heart racing and a heaviness in my chest. No pain or shortness of breath. And was found to be having atrial fibrillation as well as high blood pressure. The a fib corrected itself after I was given meds. I have had these same issues in the past and have been on diltiazem 120mg and aspirin. I also have pretty bad sleep apnea, which is probably due to being overweight that I know is also bad for my heart. I was also found to have high cholesterol at 300 and was just put on Lipitor 20 mg. I was also told I have a fatty liver.

Being that Lipitor can also damage the liver I would not consider this a good choice.  Bitters and lecithin granules are both great for the liver and lowering cholesterol.  Sterol sources are also great for lowering cholesterol.  For example, jiaogulan (Gynostemma) or yucca root.

You might also want to watch this:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1671190#i

Although cholesterol does not cause heart disease statins can cause heart failure:

http://mountainmistbotanicals.com/info/Statins.html

Do you have any recommendations for the above? Anything you think i shouldnt be taking? Also do you know of anything I shouldn't be taking along with these meds (I take some of your herb formulas) Thank you

I have an old post explaining arrhythmias:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1509535#i

Magnesium malate would be the primary thing I recommend followed by either cactus grandiflorus or coleus forskohlii.  The later two are faster and can be used in an emergency situation.  If you have some of the Cardio-Vascular this has various ingredients that can help.

Main thing to avoid are stimulants like caffeine.  And I know you have been under a lot of stress, but you need to work on keeping your stress to a minimum.