Hi Everyone,
I have finally come off
amiodarone 
and feel much better for not being on it and 3 weeks ago I had an ICD put in to control the ventricular tachycardia and went back on the sotalol to control the atrial flutter/fibrillation.
Apparently the ICD controls the VT and the atrial flutter but not the fibrillation which is what the sotalol is for.
When I was just on sotalol (before I went on
amiodarone) I used to find that when I exercised my heart had arrhythmias and later on I would find it difficult to breathe at night, I put this down to my heart slowing down and the sotalol making my heart slow (which is what it does) which is what was making it hard to breathe.
Now I have the ICD I find that it stops the arrhythmias in their tracks which is great but at night I still have trouble breathing especially if I have done quite alot of exercise.
My question is does anybody think that, that could be the cause of my trouble breathing, I haven't had the ICD checked yet to make sure it is doing what it should be doing but I will mention it when I go in a few weeks. I assume that the pacemaker bit would kick in if it went too slow but maybe it isn't set up to do that yet.
I went to the hospital to see my consultant this week and he said my chest sounded alot clearer and that I looked better, I did tell him that I was having a bit of trouble breathing at night but he didn't know alot about ICD's and said to ask the electrophyiologist when I next go.
Any idea's or advice would be great,
Many thanks,
Lindsay
Sotalol and short of breath
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