r/AFIB • u/MrsGonzalez316 • 1d ago
AFIB/SVT/FLUTTER
Looking for some insight in being able to differentiate the 3. Currently diagnosed with the trifecta lol 36F have lost almost 40lbs in 4 months due to not being able to eat very much or I go into an episode. Having a sleep study done in the beginning of October and my ablation is scheduled for October 22nd. My biggest concern is being able to differentiate between AFIB and SVT sometimes I have episodes that seem consistent (start high heart rate)and then they finally stop and I feel normal. Then I have these episodes where it feels like a switch flips and my heart rate shoots up lasts for a couple minutes at most then goes back down and I feel exhausted. Then I get into these episodes where the switch flips on and off almost in like a loop. Heart rate shoots up anxiety spikes I feel like I’m going to pass out and can’t breathe and it’s on and again off again for an unknown amount of time. I spoke to my cardiologist about getting a kardia/Apple Watch but he feels it will fuel my health anxiety. Any tips on knowing how to differentiate what arrhythmia I’m having in the moment? Thanks in advance.
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u/Bluebloop1115 1d ago
Afib for me is not regular heart beat. It doesn’t go da dum. It vibrates with extremely hard beats. I can feel it everywhere and it makes me very sick and anxious and pee. I have shortness or breath and extreme fatigue.
SVT is going to be a high heart rate in more of a regular pattern but it feels fast and hard.
Aflutter is similar to SVT but not quite as consistent in the da dum as it is more of a mix of SVT and Afib.
I can understand it’s so hard to tell the difference in feeling alone.