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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zand" data-source="post: 2565623" data-attributes="member: 85197">Thanks for the tag. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I'll answer the question first.  I had persistent AF for several months before having 2 cardioversions (the first didn't work).  Since then I have read that AF can be caused by extremely strenuous exercise by someone who is low in magnesium.  Well, in me AF started after clearing several inches of snow from our drive back in maybe 2009 ish.I was seeing a naturopath about something else a few months later when she tested me for magnesium deficiency.  She gave me a magnesium powder to mix with juice and said that it was a muscle relaxant and since the heart is also a muscle, it could help alleviate the AF.I  had a catheter ablation procedure (in 2012) which put my heart back into sinus rhythm.   Since then, I have had short episodes of AF several times.  I find that one dose of magnesium normally relaxes my heart enough to put it back into sinus rhythm.   The only time it has needed as many as 3 doses was when my GP performed a minor skin operation for me.  I asked him not to use the anaesthetic with adrenaline in, as adrenaline was likely to throw my heart out of rhythm again.  He laughed and said that was unlikely  and used the adrenaline one anyway...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />So, yes, it's magnesium I use whenever I feel my heart rhythm isn't normal.  I use it for leg cramps too.  I know others use potassium for cramps,  but I guess I'm not low in that.I have been meaning to post on this thread anyway as I didn't realise that low B12 levels were also associated with AF.  I have recently found out that I've had lowish B12 levels for very many years and no doctor ever told me that my levels were near deficiency levels, being at the bottom end of normal.    I suffered from fatigue for years, often struggling to put one foot in front of the other.  So it's likely that B12 and magnesium deficiency caused my heart problems and my fatigue.  20 plus years of struggling when the easy answer was right there all the time.   Frustrating for me.  Costly for the NHS who paid for 4 procedures that may not have been necessary if I had known to self supplement.</blockquote>

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