Metoprolol Withdrawal (Page 80) (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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I honestly dont know at this point if it was the beta blocker that messed me up. I had my last lick dec 30. 7 months off and still having problems daily. I am still lightheaded. Especially when I bend over to do laundry or when I sweep the floor. My anxiety still hits a couple times a week. I was on a very small mg and cant believe this would still be a problem. I had my anemia fixed so they dont think thats it anymore. Im seriously giving up!

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Gm Sandra,I personally believe it's our thyroid or adrenal system that was thrown off I wake up now every morning with anxiety high HR which goes down through out the day,hot feelings on my neck and back,weak muscles

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Gm Monique, what can we do about it? I feel 10x worse during my menstrual cycle. Hr gets high and I feel so weak during that time. And sooo hot!!

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Todd, thanks for the personal input.

If one month off was the worst, when did you start feeling the symptoms finally calming down?

And how long were you on the M? At what dosages?

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Yes same here,I'm thinking of going to see an endrocologist if thyroid Or and andrenals are off there are vitimans which can help if its thyroid there are natural supplements but medicine also used,my hr is like 120 -134 moving around early but at the same time it's happening I feel weak and shaky which lets me know ok it's not my heart it's the anxiety doing it and by the time I start work I'm in 80'

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That's great to here Norma what supplements
Have u been taking in process

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This stuff wreaks havoc on the thyroid. Just the slightest bit off and symptoms flare, it's not something that's going to come up in blood tests easily. It's all tied to the havoc wreaked on the sympathetic nervous system :/

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Monique I didn't take any supplements, I am thinking of starting some though! I guess I'm lucky to be feeling better, the poison must have worked its way out hopefully! How are you coming along?

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Hey on and off good and bad days mainly in the morning when it's bad,my muscles just feel so week but I just tested low for vitamins d that may have a role in it also,so I was prescribed a vitiman d to take over the next 4 weekspp

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Norma, that's great to hear! That's pretty much how it worked for me, too. Although, I have had minor bouts that would occur once in a great while, even after being off of it for 13 months. It's a nasty drug, to say the least.

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Jimbo thanks! Glad to hear your doing good as well. I'm anticipating that I might have something come back, I hope not. My cardiologist office called me today wondering why I haven't come in for a follow up, I guess I'm going to go back but I was not wanting to be put on another medication, so I hope it works out.

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Jimbo and Norma, did you experience off and on nausea throughout your wihdrawal from M?

And I had to get off it because it was causing me extreme anxiety on M, this after 20 years of few side effects, mostly lightheadness.

I have so many variables going on right now that I really cannot pinpoint the cause.

I was just put on 120 mg of Cardizem ER, that has brought down the HR but not the BP.

They put me on 40 mg bid of omeprazole for the nausea, but I am thinking it may be the omeprazole itself, causing the nausea.

And every medicine invented can cause nausea, so it seems from reading the side effects.

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Hey Jimbo I'm glad to hear two success stories so far I've just been so down the last couple of months,I'm going to see now ENT doc because it feels like something stuck in there all the time,gastro doc next week for this horrible reflux which I heard also makes the heart rate faster too,and then got test done at the endocrinologist yesterday on thyroid and adrenals waiting on those results now,this is just too much ...But God bless all ??

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Hey Jr good to here better days for u,are experiencing any gastro issues and anxiety a lot still which could be link I think

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Thanks Norma and Jimbo...It is so hard to get a handle on what is causing what.

Day 39
Today my BP is OK so far but the HR is 95; yesterday the BP was 160/80 and HR was in the high 70's and low 80's.

Nausea from the start of the day and I am taking Omeprazole. This M is such a strong drug.

Thanks for the encouragement.

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Day 41, getting very discouraged in that I thought I would be having some improvement by now.

When the blood pressure is up, the heart rate is better, and vice versa.

I was woken up twice last night by palpitations and afraid to sleep during the day.

I feel as if I have missed the last 4 months of my life, the summer is over and I am afraid to move much except for trips to the doctor or hospital.

I also feel as if The medical profession has let me down. When they do not have an answer, they think a trip to a psychiatrist is the next step....it is all in your head.
I have had a triple bypass, but I could feel myself getting better and stronger with each passing day, the same with a hip replacement, but with this, it is the same every day...very monotonous and very scary.

I take my blood pressure and the diastolic is in a good, tight range, while the systolic is all over the place, depending on whether I am sitting or lying and it gets so high sometimes.

I hope others are doing better.

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Hello Ma,sorry to hear about all your troubles and yes I've also experienced same things,I'm almost at 3 months off now and so far since Saturday it's been ok,asides from when I first wake up and get out the bed I find my heart right slightly higher like 110-118 but goes back down shortly,it's been a long road for all of us,and when u were waking up palpitations were u having a dream,that' use to happen to me too?

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It is Matt, Monique, somehow the letters got lopped off.

Yes, it was a dream and I woke up with my heart racing. I started on Cardizem 120 last week, but that does not seem to helping much. I am retired so I do not have to work, but this is worse and much longer than Anything I have experienced in my almost 70 years and I have had eight major operations and battled depression from chronic sciatic pain all my life.

I feel weak, chilled at times, nausea is always lurking. My sleep is sporadic and I never feel rested. My only relief is decaf green tea, which sometimes relieves nausea. I have cut out soda and coffee as many have suggested on this board. I have always been able to exercise my stress away, but now without, the littlest thing can stress me out.

Tomorrow comes a barium test to see if my cyst in my esophagus is blocking food and water. IF so, I have to have it removed endoscopically. I am not looking forward to another operation and stay in the hospital because they might just decide to give me a beta blocker and I would despise that.

Be well

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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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