RE: Re: depression and afib

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Re: Re: Update--Good News!

Barbara, so glad you are doing better, and I bet the therapy was helpful

dealing with all this. Our minds and attitudes have so much to do with

our

health, don't they. You really went through some difficult times and it

is great

to hear how well you feel now.

Lil

In a message dated 4/5/2006 2:30:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

somniacismyname@... writes:

I found a psychotherapist to explore the feelings of loss and grief

> that I have felt as a result of the traumatic hospital experiences

> last year that culminated in my decision to have an AV Node

> ablation/pacemaker implanted.

>

Hi Barbara, and Lil

I can identify with the traumatic hospital experiences, I was taken into

hospital when they discovered heart pauses on my holter monitor, it was

supposed to be for two days to change meds, It turned out to be 24 days

including Christmas and new year, doctors not able to decide what to do,

liaising with the heart hospital etc. I had bad depression when I came

out of hospital, and went on to antidepressants. I came off the

antidepressants last year, but just lately I have noticed the depression

gradually creeping back. I have just started back on atenolol because

my afib has been getting out of control and the echo I had showed left

and right enlargement of the atrium. I am beginning to wonder if it is

the afib that is causing the depression, I get really tired yet because

of the afib I am unable to sleep all night, I think I will need to go

back on the antidepressants.

I saw the cardiologist last week and she is going to refer me to an EP

specialist at Harefield hospital in London but I may have to wait some

time, she has done an ECG, echo and I will also need to have a holter

monitor recording done, I have also got to see a gynecologist because of

sever bleeding caused by the warfarin. I just seam to find it very

difficult to concentrate on doing things just lately, I really need to

get my head round everything that is going on.

ine

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ine you have a lot of health issues going on and that is bound to tire

anyone. I read a great line in one of my Buddhist books: " Good health is not

the absence of illness...it is the state of being undefeated by illness. " I

suppose few of us come through our lives without sooner or later facing serious

illness of one kind or another; chronic problems such as ours kind of drain

the joy right out of us - we have to work hard to keep the right attitude.

There are many of us out here and I know you have the support of each - we

don't

have to solve our lives or our problems all at once, one good hour at a time

will do, won't it. Wishing you better days,

Lil

In a message dated 4/5/2006 12:24:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

pj.gilmartin@... writes:

I am beginning to wonder if it is

the afib that is causing the depression, I get really tired yet because

of the afib I am unable to sleep all night, I think I will need to go

back on the antidepressants.

I saw the cardiologist last week and she is going to refer me to an EP

specialist at Harefield hospital in London but I may have to wait some

time, she has done an ECG, echo and I will also need to have a holter

monitor recording done, I have also got to see a gynecologist because of

sever bleeding caused by the warfarin. I just seam to find it very

difficult to concentrate on doing things just lately, I really need to

get my head round everything that is going on.