Atctackett, I was just recently Dx'd w/A fib myself. In fact, just shipped my second event monitor back to eCardio in TX yesterday.
I was started on coumadin right away, of course, to reduce or hopefully eliminate any clotting stroke risk. Rythmol was suggested right away but I was leery of Rythmol and opted to try a calcium channel blocker first. I was scripted Diltiazem which is cardizem. It and Rythmol are both 3 or 4 x a day meds and I flat admitted to the cardiologist that there was no way that I would remember to FAITHFULLY take ANY 3-4 x a day med. I haven't been able to in 68 years, why would we think I would do so now? It turns out there is an extended release form for both meds and so I've been scripted coumadin 1 x daily in the evening and 1 Diltiazem 2 x daily AM and PM. That's the way I take my Pentasa for my Crohn's, 2 gm in the AM and 2 gm in the PM.
Anyway, it took a 30 day event monitor to catch the A fib since at first it happened so infrequently. I had two episodes during that 30 day period. I then wore a 21 day event montior to check the efficacy of the dosage. Long story short the Diltiazem dose was increased from 120 mg 2 x daily to 180 mg 2 x daily. And then when some more events occurred I agreed to the Rythmol w/some reservations. I was started on 225 mg Rythmol AM and PM "in additon to" the increased Diltiazem. I wasn't particularly happy about that .... but .... I haven't had an episode since 2 days after the meds adjustment. That's 13 days of no A fib or other arrhythmia via the event monitor.
My cardiologist is in partnership w/a very good electrophysiologist should it be necessary to go that route eventually plus I am only a 2 hour drive away from U of Michigan where there is a very well respected, leading electrophysiologist. Have you checked out any online A fib support groups? skippinghearts is a good one as I remember.
HOWEVER, my experience has been that the online A fibbers are all the more seriously affected and depending on your "worry level" you may or may not want to check out the online A fib support groups. The seriousness of their A fib just makes me more comfortable w/my own and more thankful for being blessed w/such a drastically more mild case of A fib than they are experiencing or have gone thru. But then I always feel better about my own situation when I read of others so much worse off. You may have a different mind-set and way of responding to and looking at things. Evaluate your way of thinking before deciding to check out any of the online A fib support groups.