At the end of my tether!
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I have had an issue for the past year or so, with waking during the night and getting palpitations/irregular heart beat. I was prescribed metoprolol, but that made me dizzy so I weaned off that. A 24 hr holter monitor did not really show anything, so it was put down to anxiety and I was told to take propranolol when I had the problem, not every day, and an anxiety tablet at night. An echocardiogram did show that I have a slight mitral valve reflux, but that this is not the cause of the night-time palps.
I found that taking the propanolol when I had the palpitations did no more good than sitting up or walking around for a while, so I stopped taking those and the anxiety pills. However, recently the problem was getting to me again and I thought I needed to do something, so I went back to see the cardio and was started on Betaloc (metoprolol). I soon began to get a tight feeling around my chest and numb arm/fingers, so I told the cardio and she changed me to Emconcor 2.5mg once a day (bisoprolol). Now I am getting flashing lights in my peripheral vision and I am convinced this is a side effect of these latest tablets. I saw a neurologist and he referred me for a CT scan of my head, as I also get lots of optical migraines (not a headache, just a shimmering flashing spot that moves across my vision - I've been getting these for years, but was told they were nothing to worry about).
I started taking the Betaloc in early September this year, and the Emconcor about three weeks ago, but I am seriously considering weaning off these tablets. I am not sure whether I can tolerate the original problem better than the side effects of the beta blockers. As I have not been taking them for that long, is it OK to stop these more quickly than if I had been on them a long time?
Reading some threads here, I really wish I had not started them at all, and I really do not want to be suffering the after-effects of these for years to come!
Sorry for long post. Thank you for any advice anyone can give.
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tom19772 DH59
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you were on some of the worst medicines out there I went through hell for about 6 months on two of them doctors told me my medical issues were not from the meds . I got on other meds feel great again. Doctors don't know everything. Tom
DH59 tom19772
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Thanks Tom, I am currently only taking half of my prescribed dose and will see how that goes before reducing again. Even though I have not been on them very long, I am scared to just stop them, reading some posts on here. But these flashing lights in my eye are really worrying. I should have had the CT scan last week, but the machine broke and so I am still waiting! This morning I had a very sharp stabbing pain in the left eye (where I am seeing the flashes) and that worried me even more.