Metoprolol Withdrawal (Page 80)
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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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I have felt almost normal today for the first time in a LONG time. That weird buzzing and tension in my body has let go, what a difference! Able to breathe easy and think pretty clearly. Crossing my fingers that this is the beginning of the end of the misery. Check up with doc tomorrow. No being woken up by pounding or palpitations this am. Hopefully will wake up tomorrow am refreshed and clear.

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SO strange about the late afternoon evening syndrome.....

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I bought some L-theanine today. Tell me youreexperience with it. Does it help you withyour withdrawal?

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Xanax and klonopin uh I don't think so. Just trading one bod drug for another. Riding the storm out myself. I want my body to be free to find its norm again and that stuff is not normal it's just gonna confuse the system more. I know your trying to help but I don't think putting another drug in its place is gonna help. Talking it out and allowing our bodies to do its thing is the best thing we could do for ourselves. Thanks for your input.

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Same here . I always feel better in the evening .

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I also feel almost normal in the evenings. I believe its because I have gotten food in my system. I always tend to feel better after I eat.

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Day 2 of feeling sort of reasonable. It's so hard to trust when you feel a bit better, the other shoe always seems tondrop. I was relieved to hear that I am.not the only one who is worse in am and tends to get a bit clearer by later afternoon. So STRANGE.
Sandra hang in there, I know that 'back on my butt' frustration all too well. Mercifully I am off today and tomorrow. Next week I have a 63 hour week, which I am dreading.

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I had a good day yesterday. Hardly no withdrawal. Feeling kinda yucky today. Headache and tension in my neck. Tried to clean but nope back on my butt I go :(

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Cjj88 . It is a hard road but one day at a time . I haven't tried going to the gym yet but all i do is walk. i am doing 2 miles a day it helps and especially at night . It helps me sleep better . Tomorrow is my 2 months off

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Hello all, I have been following this conversation for a little over a month and have not posted but felt it was time. I am going on right about 2 months off of propranolol (pretty much cold turkey) extended release that I was on for about 90 days and all I can say is that I have been going through hell like the rest of you. The shaking, weakness, anxiety, (which I have never had) stomach upset, insomnia etc.that all of you have had I am experiencing daily...I found this thread and can honestly say that it has kept me sane and moving forward with getting this stuff out of my system. I have found that if I try to lift weights or do any strenuous exercise the withdrawal symptoms seem to get extremely bad for days and then start to subside.From what I have seen most people who are highly sensitive to beta blockers seem to start feeling somewhat normal at the 3 month mark and I can only pray that is the case for me. The mornings seem to harbor the worst of it and then as the day progresses it seems to fade some, unless like I said I try to lift weights and then all hell breaks loose. Thank you all again for posting your experiences as I found strength in reading that I am not crazy and this will pass at some point.

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I know of several cases where "patient complaints" have made the FDA take action. Please take that link seriously, but don't take the mountain of psycho-babble too seriously. As much ash FDA would like you to think only an MD or a PhD has the standing to report an ADVERSE EVENT, that's so so. There is a phone number or two that you can call for assistance, listed right on the first page. Also research metoprolol withdrawal protocols. Im only an exert with "abusable drugs" in terms of knowing protocols, but it seems that slow withdrawal and some back up from Xanax or Klonopin should enable you guys to get off the drug,

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I wonder why the NASAIDS send us through the roof. I just thought of another thing that was going on with me and I don't have anymore. I would get thes slits on the corners of my mouth that would feel like paper cuts and they would come and go. I haven't had one since I quit the M. Feeling better today and started an exercise routine 4 days ago. Nothing really strenuous cause I'm finding if I do too much and get my heart rate to high it sends me off into anxiety again. It was okay the first month but now my body gets anxiety if I push it too far so easy does it. We will see as time goes on I will increase the intensity because I want to help my heart to stay strong along with my lungs. As I remember more I will post. I must say my sleep is soooo much better cause I'm not up and down with the M insanity jitters.

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Yes, I am no longer able to tolerate any NSAIDS, sends me thru the roof with anxiety. People JUST DO NOT get it, unless you have lived thru this. I understand that the folks in my house are tired of hearing that I just don't feel well, and I am tired of LIVING it. Like clockwork early this am the pounding started, so I took a few drops of Thyroid Calming tincture and that helped within 15 mins, was able to get some more rest. Right now I am body buzzing, ears ringing, and dizzy if I move my head too fast. I hope there will come a day when I don't have to worry about every moment, every single thing I eat or dont,( and I follow a grain free dairy free diet anyhow) . It has definitely been a bad couple of weeks here, just as I had hoped to be clearing some of the 'woods'. That thyroid calming tincture recommends 30-40 drops two to four times a day..... I can't tolerate any more than 7 drops at a time, that's how super sensitive my system has become. It is very helpful tho. Keep posting all, we all need to lean on each other.

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Thanks everyone! !! This is a hard journey for everyone but thank to all these posts it helps alot . Day by day is what i say .

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Oh Bee thank you so much for posting your a trooper! Had to pee in a bag? I just can't imagine but what a story for all of us that think we might be crazy even though we know we aren't! All those crazy thoughts are nothing but lies from the pits of hell! Yesterday I had a good day but the day before I felt like a pressure cooker with the top ready to blow! Today good so far! Lauren and Jr hang in there we can so do this and please don't let them put you on anything Else. Somebody said on here that our bodies know what to do and we will get to a new normal. In crazy thoughts I'm meaning things like I'm gonna die, I'll never be the same and on and on all lies we will be okay. I now have a headache that's driving me crazy but if I take aleve the aleve feels like I took something to make me hyper which gives me anxiety. Hang in there everybody and please post whatever your going through o matter how crazy it sounds because someone out there might need it and I'll do the same also. Geez what a ride!!!!

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Thanks all, Bee, guys.... Thank you for your continued support.

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Yeah, I went through many of the same things as Bee. Even though I was fortunate enough to get beyond the worst of it quicker than she was able to, I had all of the same rebound effects. It was the angina that led me to the ER a number of times. Like others here, I wasn't able to walk more than a few steps without feeling as though I was going to have a heart attack. Then one day finally came where I could walk a block, then two, then a mile or two. I was literally in heaven when that first day occurred. Ya just gotta hang in there the best you can until that special day arrives.

As of my last posting above, I'm on day three of feeling good again after some kind of week-long recurrence. It may not have been due to the Metoprolol, but I'm not ruling it out, either. My doc certainly didn't have a clue. All I know for sure is that it was very reminiscent of withdrawal. Ugh!

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Thanks BEE . This helps alot. Knowing that here is people that went thru and still respond is awesome. It keeps my hopes up

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omg. I cant stand all of you suffering so much...............I did also for a year .. I had the same horrific side effects when weaning... for me I had to stay close to the house .. I did some errands in between medications and that was it.. I didn't walk, exercise or anything. My heart pounded a lot and I was very scared.. I took all kinds of stuff , magnesium, COQ10, L theanine, camomille tea, anything to stop the shakes, tremors, anxiety. I did EFT and anything I could find on utube.. some days nothing working so I would cry and call a friend. sometimes I soaked myself with magnesium oil.... what works also is some celtic sea salt in water.. that will stop palpitations quickly or organic blackstrap molasses.. just down a tablespoon of it. I swear those things could work.
this is tmi but there were times I lied in bed and had to get up to pee and my heart would race so much that I sometimes would have to pee in a plastic bag.. insane I know but I couldn't move more than a few steps without wanting to vomit, faint or heart pounding.... but I kept going .. one day at a time. one hour at a time.. I kept convincing myself this would get better. I even had some angina for awhile so I started taking L argenine which I still take ..
its been a year now and I am off the (M) .. I thought I would die too but I didn't. here I am.. I now walk, bike and do exercises.. my heart rate is normal when I am at rest and does all the normal things when I work out.
I CANT STRESS ENOUGH THAT ONE MUST TOTALLY GET OFF THIS DRUG VERY SLOWLY. WHAT IS THE RUSH.. IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO GET OFF AND THAT WAS STILL A NIGHTMARE.. GO SLOW GO SLOW IS ALL I CAN KEEP STRESSING... HANG IN THERE AND TAKE AND DO WHATEVER IS BEST FOR YOU.. TRY THE DIFFERENT REMEDIES.. DONT WORK OUT IF ITS UNCOMFORTABLE..DO SOME YOGA OR CALL SOMEONE..
good luck

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I do the anxiety is horrible. I wake every morning with chills and sweating . But i hear thats one of the many signs of anxiety. Sometimes it makes me think that there is something wrong with me but there isnt . All i do is say to myself time will heal you . All you need is time .

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