Afib trigger

I had another AFib episode last night, and think I figured out one of my triggers.

I went to pick Jane up at work around 5pm and took along a can of La Croix. It was super cold, and as soon as I took a drink I could feel the sort of "flutter" in my chest. I also then had that exhausted feeling too. While sitting in the parking lot I checked my pulse and, sure enough, I was out of rhythm.

When I got home I used the Kardia Mobile and it read "Possible Atrial Fibrillation." I texted it to my EP doctor, thinking it was just a "doctor phone" and that I wouldn't hear anything back right away, but I did! He texted right back!! He said I could take an extra Diltiazem if I wanted, and to note how long it lasted. (I did not take an extra dilt)

We had a men's group meeting at church and I went ahead and went to that. When I got home I was back in rhythm. 

So it was somewhere between 2-3 hours long.

I then got to thinking: one other time I went into AFib after drinking something really cold. Sure enough, it's apparently a common trigger. Cold beverages, ice cream, milk shakes, snow cones, and the like. Which made me realize: I can remember drinking cold milkshakes and feeling that sensation in my chest long before I was diagnosed with AFib. I wonder if I've had it longer than I was aware? Or maybe it just never messed with my heart rate when it would do it before. I don't know, but I'm glad I now know at least one trigger to stay away from!!