Hi all,
I thought I would share my experience with everyone as this forum helped me diagnose a serious problem. I'm new to freediving and have just recently completed 3 out of 4 days of AIDA 2*.
I was very much hooked on my first open water freedives by the feeling of free diving on wrecks with scuba divers close by and how close fish swim by!
The problems occurred whilst I was doing some walking statics which I had been doing for approximately one month, after my final static I noticed my heartbeat was very irregular and 140bpm, I felt weak, sweaty and light headed!
I had done a lot of reading on this forum, so thought I had developed an arrhythmia, which I thought would correct itself after 12 hours or so.
Not the case, I awoke the next morning with the same symptoms: weakness, dizziness, palpitations and a general feeling of being unwell.
Booked myself into A&E to be on the safe side after some very thankful advice. They soon recognised I was in atrial fibrillation!
I was admitted to the high dependancy cardio ward where they took numerous blood tests, Bp tests, ECG's and X-rays, put me on beta blockers to try to put my heart back into normal rhythm. Failing all of that, they said we will try one more drug, (flecanide) via catheter, but if it doesn't work you will have to go into theatre under general anaesthetic and have cardioversion (electric shock) to correct the rhythm!
Luckily after 10 minutes of Flecanide I watched my heart on the monitor revert to normal rhythm which was a horrible feeling! (thought I was having a heart attack) and felt relieved but anxious of what lay ahead.
Releived. I was released feeling shattered after 30hrs in the cardio ward with a hand full of outpatient tests to complete. I've had an Ultrasound scan and I'm awaiting a holter monitor which I will have to wear for 72hrs, cholestrol and fitness tests in the next two weeks.
I have spoken to a few cardiologists about this condition and they seemed absolutely astonished that I put my heart into AF doing static apnea. I am still awaiting the final outcome, so I will keep you all updated.
For the record;
I'm 39yrs old, not on medication, I'm physically fit, I have previous scuba diving experience (BSAC dive leader) and never experienced any other problems in the past.
I was hoping to do some spearfishing so fingers crossed
Regards
Nigel
I thought I would share my experience with everyone as this forum helped me diagnose a serious problem. I'm new to freediving and have just recently completed 3 out of 4 days of AIDA 2*.
I was very much hooked on my first open water freedives by the feeling of free diving on wrecks with scuba divers close by and how close fish swim by!
The problems occurred whilst I was doing some walking statics which I had been doing for approximately one month, after my final static I noticed my heartbeat was very irregular and 140bpm, I felt weak, sweaty and light headed!
I had done a lot of reading on this forum, so thought I had developed an arrhythmia, which I thought would correct itself after 12 hours or so.
Not the case, I awoke the next morning with the same symptoms: weakness, dizziness, palpitations and a general feeling of being unwell.
Booked myself into A&E to be on the safe side after some very thankful advice. They soon recognised I was in atrial fibrillation!
I was admitted to the high dependancy cardio ward where they took numerous blood tests, Bp tests, ECG's and X-rays, put me on beta blockers to try to put my heart back into normal rhythm. Failing all of that, they said we will try one more drug, (flecanide) via catheter, but if it doesn't work you will have to go into theatre under general anaesthetic and have cardioversion (electric shock) to correct the rhythm!
Luckily after 10 minutes of Flecanide I watched my heart on the monitor revert to normal rhythm which was a horrible feeling! (thought I was having a heart attack) and felt relieved but anxious of what lay ahead.
Releived. I was released feeling shattered after 30hrs in the cardio ward with a hand full of outpatient tests to complete. I've had an Ultrasound scan and I'm awaiting a holter monitor which I will have to wear for 72hrs, cholestrol and fitness tests in the next two weeks.
I have spoken to a few cardiologists about this condition and they seemed absolutely astonished that I put my heart into AF doing static apnea. I am still awaiting the final outcome, so I will keep you all updated.
For the record;
I'm 39yrs old, not on medication, I'm physically fit, I have previous scuba diving experience (BSAC dive leader) and never experienced any other problems in the past.
I was hoping to do some spearfishing so fingers crossed
Regards
Nigel