Metoprolol Withdrawal (Page 124) (Top voted first)

i've been taking metoprolol for several years as partial treatment for high blood pressure. through diet and exercise, i've lowered my BP to the point my doctor says drop the metoprolol.

i did, 3 days ago, and i'm soooo tired, dizzy, irritable, and my vision is blurred.

is this withdrawal? how long will it last?

i remember starting this medication was terrible to get used to. it appears that stopping it is just as bad.

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Re: Juliya (# 2484)

I sent a reply but I guess it didn’t go through! I had been doing pretty well, went to Florida for a small vacation and all had been pretty decent.

I just woke up out of my sleep and felt like my whole body was covered in icy hot. I tried my best not to panic but what the flip! Have you have ever had they sensation? Now I’m back in bed and the feeling has almost gone away but now I have the shakes! What the flip is going on!?!??!!? I really don’t want to make a trip to the ER.

How have you been?

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Re: Juliya (# 2485)

One more thing did you have shortness of breath as well during that time? I hate this muscle loss i am moving to India !

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Re: RV (# 2488)

You’re moving back to India? How have you been?

I feel like I’m going through a wave.... not a big one but this week I have been feeling really funky. And that weird episode I posted about below and last night I had an episode where I woke out of my sleep with 136 HR. It went down pretty fast but I hate it. I also have been having the worst lower back pain and it’s radiating to the front so I can’t decipher if it’s really lower back pain or pelvic. It’s been really frustrating. I had a urine Check and no UTI or kidney infection.

I went to the Gastrointestinal today and they are gonna do an endoscopy, complete abdominal ultrasound and a complete pelvic ultrasound so we shall see.

I hate feeling off and this week has been really rough. My husband’s cousin just passed away out of nowhere at 42 with an abdominal aortic aneurysm so I’m like what the heckkkkkkk with all these symptoms that I’m having.

How have you been RV

How have you been Juliya

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Woke up right now with an episode and I’m trying not to freak out. Heart Rate went to 120 and I felt nauseous. Went to the bathroom and tried to breathe it out. I feel super funky and laying back down I have a little bit of the shakes. I feel like I have pressure in chest but wondering if it’s more like reflux. My husband is out of town and I’m trying not to freak out because I really want to go to the ER but I’m the only one here with my kids. This really sucks

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Where is everyone?

How is everyone doing? RV? Juliya?

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2491)

Hey sorry for not updating idk whats happening to me i want to move back to India but with 200k cases each day idk when will be able to move out of singapore my symptoms are debilitating i have had symmetrical loss in muscle tone and i feel weak plus cannot take a deep breath in. Luckily 4 months of metoprolol my blood pressure has stabilised now at 115/75 but i dont know what i am dealing with right now . How are you guys doing?

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2491)

Sorry guys. Dealing with my only thing over here. Was just diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome. And I’ve had a ridiculous amount of doctors appointments.

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Re: Juliya (# 2493)

I’ve heard a couple people mention that. What is that exactly? Are you still feeling bad?

I’ve had a few dr appts. Had a complete abdomen and pelvic ultrasound ( no results yet) and I have an endoscopy first week of may?

RV any diagnosis of what’s going on with you?

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2494)

It’s a kind of histamine intolerance. My body suddenly developed all of these new allergies. Even to foods. Like I can’t eat green peppers or onions any longer. It’s the craziest thing.

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2487)

Still in singapore cases in india have gone to 250k per day dont know how will i reach home! My blood pressure is now good 120/80 or lower but i am dealing with other neuromuscular thing right now

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Re: Juliya (# 2495)

Are you still getting the adrenaline dumps? Jitters, shakes etc?

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2497)

Yup. Mine is caused by a severe increase in histamine. My weight loss, muscle spasms, every thing is connected to MCAS. For me anyway. There are mast cells all over the body. So my adrenaline surges are from histamine overloading my brain and causing inflammation. I’m on a regimen of anti histamines

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Re: Juliya (# 2498)

Took this long to figure out what was wrong with you?

I am seeing a neuro day after tomorrow in singapore scared that it might be ALS!

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Re: RV (# 2499)

How’s everyone doing? I’ve been fully off metoprolol a full year! Crazy! So glad it’s behind me and I’m feeling better. Still have some nights where I feel funky and adrenaline rushes but it’s far and few in between.

The Corlanor is working at lowering my HR with little to no side effects and I’m grateful for it. I hope it can reset my sinus node for good.

RV- any news or updates?

Juliya- any news? How have you been feeling?

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Re: RV (# 2499)

How are you doing? Any updates?

Juliya- any updates?

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Hi all. First time posting here but I have been lurking and reading these posts for the past 3 months. I'm 45 year old female with a 28 year history of ectopic heart beats of which I have not taken meds for and learned to tolerate them. I have a very stressful job as a nurse practitioner in the hospital on top of having to go back to school, dealing with covid patients, trying to homeschool my son....I wasn't taking very good care of my own health. In December I ended up in ER with tachycardia and a whole lot of pvc's which they gave me IV metoprolol and then sent me home with the pills. I began to notice worsening of my pvc's within an hour of taking the pill but I was also withdrawing from about 800 mg caffeine intake daily. I took M for one week and stopped because I thought it was worsening my symptoms. The palpitations slowly decreased over a few weeks however I then had more episodes of tachycardia with heart rates in the 160s including while in my Cardiologist office!!! He seemed to think it was panic attacks and told me to go back on the metoprolol. So I did and it did work great for breaking the adrenaline cycle I was in. However it again worsened my pvc's to a debilitating level (30 and hour) and my heart constantly felt more electrically unstable so I had to stop it. My Cardiologist says I must be just sensative to it but propranolol did the same thing! On March 9th I quit after only taking for a total of 3 months. The first few days I had awful symptoms of constant pvc's and anxiety slowly which lessened each day. However day 16 came the rebound tachycardia and my heart rate remained 130's while doing anything other than lay down and this lasted for 2 weeks straight. I was essentially bedbound for about 6 weeks. Debilitating anxiety hit at week 6. Im now on week 10 off this stuff and heart rate is better although still have days where it jumps up around 120. I feel like i have POTS at this point! I continue to have the pvc's with some days worse than others. And although I've dealt with that for so many years it has never been this daily constant thing. Anxiety is so there although the adrenaline rushes have stopped. I have been give xanax and zoloft for the panic attacks but too afraid to take it at this point and Cardizem to try for the pvc's but haven't taken that either. Between the initial episode, debilitating med side effects and withdrawal....I now have ptsd and seeing a counselor and trying CBT. I had to go part time at the job I love, haven't worked in over 2 months.
This board has honestly helped me through alot of this as I knew kind of what to expect. However I honestly did not think it woud be this bad ??

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Re: TxCandy1 (# 2504)

Honestly i don’t know whats happening. How are you guys doing ? My breathing is still bad and have gotten weaker

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Re: RV (# 2506)

I think we are all in that trend RV. Just trying to survive day by day, minute by minute. ??

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Re: Juliya (# 2507)

I think I recall reading that you were diagnosed with MCAS. What testing did you have to confirm this? Im reacting to all sorts of food with increased palpitations now and am trying a low histamine diet which is so difficult.

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Re: Tinker (# 2508)

My GI Specialist ran a plasma and urine histamine levels, urine leukotriene and prostaglandins levels. Also the diagnostic factor is plasma tryptase levels. You want to do tryptase levels when not in a flare for a baseline level. Then have another plasma tryptase drawn while in a flare. As long as it’s elevated by two points from baseline, you have your MCAS diagnosis.

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