Metoprolol Withdrawal (Page 75)

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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Wow 7 months have u been checked Sandra for any other issues,and also how long were u on ?

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I was told I had anemia but have since gotten that taken care of. Thyroid has been checked. Everything seems ok. I am thinking of getting hormones checked since I have constant hot flashes too. It is likely it's something else but no one can find it!! I was on it for 1 1/2 years at a very small dose.

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Ok and yes I'm doing hormones next with gyni I get flashes and chills

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I wish there was an easy way to cure this but unfortunately it is time that is the only fix. I remember reading from previous posts people saying it took them 8-12 months to finally feel normal and I thought if it takes that long I will never make it. I am now at 8 months off and finally feeling a little like my old self. the good stretches are getting longer and the bad days shorter. My prayers are with you all and take it one day at a time it does get better.

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Thanks for the encouragement, CJ.

How long were you on M?

I am reading that it varies by length of time on the drug, amount of the drug you were taking and how well you metabolize drugs.

It is just so difficult seeing all this time pass, the weaning, the withdrawal period,etc.

Did you see improvement in stages or was it a little better every day.

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Anyone still have a little chest tightness or shortness of breath after 7 months off? Tried to make an appointment with the doc today but they say if I have shortness of breath to go to the ER. But I've had this since I got on the beta well over 2 years ago so I'm not going to the ER. Doc won't even see me!

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Hello Cj when u do have the bad days what are some of the things if you don't mind me asking that you are experiencing ?

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Sandra the shortness of breath and tightness were awful for me, I thought I was going to die. How long were you on the M? I think that plays a big roll! How you have relief soon

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Norma, I was on it for 1 1/2 years at the smallest dose. We're still having shortness of breath long after being off?

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Sure, shortness of breath, very tired and larthargec, anxiety, malaise, stomach upset, pounding heart and just feel like crap. As time goes on the symptoms have morphed so what I experienced 2 months ago are a little different than now. I am at about 4 weeks of feeling normal and about 2-3 bad days, then the cycle starts over again. the good news is the normal periods are getting longer and the bad days shorter. Hang in there it will get better!

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Oh ok yes same here Cj just got my results back from the endocroglist and was told my cortisol am levels tested high now I have to do the pm test,I'm sure that's something the beta blockers did and sides effects anxiety things like that are part of it so maybe you guys can have yours checked out also

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CJ stomach upset is what?

Nausea or pain or acid reflux???

Is headache one of your symptoms and a warm flushed feeling at the top of your head, from the forehead up? Exactly where your brain is.

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My cardiologist just suggested I take cardevilol....I am worried about having the same overwhelming anxiety I had on metoprolol....should I start this or just wait out the withdrawal....please help...I was going insane on the metoprolol and I fear the same with any beta blocker....I am on Day 44 off M. They said that cardevilol is a selective beta blocker where metoprolol is a complete beta blocker. But if you go crazy overly anxious on one why wouldn't you go crazy on another?

Help!!!!!

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Hello Matt and yes I don't blame you for being cautious of beginning something new,Why does he want to start you on another heart pill anyway if you have no heart issues,and if you have blood pressure issues there are other pills that' aren't in the beta blocker family

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My EKGs have been good, just high BP and HR with some nausea and headache....and a general feeling of being tired...with spurts of anxiety.

They put me on a calcium channel blocker Cardizem. I started sleeping poorly, had anxiety and depression and when I could not sleep last night, I am off after 10 days of 120mg ER, so they felt I needed something else. I am on losartan 100 mg.

The Cardizem dropped the HR but my BP actually rose as I added weight, probably fluid retention. But I had insanely high anxiety on M towards the end of my twenty years and I had to get off.....and I do not want to risk another beta blocker now that the adrenalin has been unleashed. I need to get off as many meds as I can.

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Yes that's what's raising the HR the adreline, I bet because you were on it so long If you have your cortisol levels checked they will see that and that alone causes random anxiety attacks,stomach issues,just check it out I pray u get better soon,my heart rate tends to be higher now in the am but 75-90 during daying sitting at my desk,are u over 100bpm on an average in a day?

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No, it starts out at 110 upon waking and drops to the 80's and 90's..the Cardizem was dropping it into the 70's.... But that will stop and there could be rebound from stopping that.

It seems that when the HR is up, the BP is lower and vice versa?

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Yes same here that's all considered normal try not to worry to much about that the anxiety raises it more but I understand,it's frustrating our body will go back normal,it's just the longer u took it it may take longer,take magnesium pills and one a day supplement if u can

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Matt, about your doctor telling you to try Carvedilol: In my opinion: don't do it.

I was taking Metoprolol, Bisoprolol and Atenolol (3 different Beta blockers) for 1 year and a few Months ago tried to quiet (I was on Bisoprolol when I tried to quit). I didn't manage to make it till the end first time. I felt horrible on ALL Beta Blockers, and believe me: they are all the same. They have some minor differences, like on some you will have bigger headaches or bigger vertigo and medium breathing problems, while on other one you will have insane breathing problems and medium vertigo.

But they ALL work exactly the same on your body, by blocking adrenaline, slowing down the heart, lowering pressure and affecting your brain (adrenaline part again).

My opinion, if you'll try Carvedilol now, you will back to where you were a few Months ago. You will have all the same side effects again, and then you'll just try to wean off again in a few Months and you'll be through this same hell again.

I felt as bad as you for 2 Months when I tried to stop Bisoprolol, and I had HR around 90-100 for almost for 8 weeks, but also insane nausea, insane anxiety, I had problems with loud noises, problems with sunlight, and almost as feeling scared suddenly of virtually anything. I felt as if my brain was "deleted" when I stopped using BB's and as if my body now has to adjust to every single thing from the outside's world.

I felt horrible and it wasn't getting better, so my doc returned me to another BB, this time the newest one: Nebivolol (Bystolic). Do I need to say: the same crap again, the same side effects as on Atenolol, Metoprolol and Bisoprolol... Everything the same...

So, I threw into a water all efforts of 2 Months of trying to stop Bisoprolol. And now, a few Months later, I am trying to wean off from Nebivolol, so I have to go through the same process for the 2nd time. It is slightly less horrible since I know what I can expect (and I am less scared this time) and I am still weaning off to tiniest amounts this time (like: 25 Mg, then 20 Mg, then 15 Mg, then 12 Mg, then 10 Mg, then 8 Mg, then 5 Mg, then 2 Mg etc. And I am for 2-4 weeks on every level, no hurry this time, since it is so hard even when I am doing it this slowly...)

Anyway, again, from my experience: all Beta Blockers are the same. You should ask for a Calcium Channel Blockers or some other type of medicines who effect your body in a different way than Beta Blockers. Some people just can't handle Beta Blockers. If one of them don't suit you, you'll have more or less the same problems on all other BBs, this way or another. Plus, if you'll try to quit them again, you'll experience the same hell as today again for 2-3-6 Months.

If you are in this hell already for a few weeks, try to make it now till the end, we all hope you'll make it.

More about Cervedilol [including the most common side effects], from Wikipedia can be viewed at: Carvedilol Details

From what I have read about Carvedilol, you will have very strong side effects because it is a non selective BB. It actually blocks way more things in your body than classic selective BBs, like Atenolol, Metoprolol, Nebivolol and others.

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Monique
Are you saying that waking up with a HR of 115 is normal for withdrawal? Or normal altogether?

Because I do not think waking up with a HR of 115 is normal.

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