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Bisoporol for svt

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Bedford90
Bedford90

Hi all

I'm 26 healthy( I've had so many Blood tests and what not I can say that with a decent amount of confidence) I have had svt diagnosed for pushing two months.

I also take vit d3 tablets.

I'm on bisoprolol 1.25mg 1 per day since January 11th, and I have experienced the same as a lot of people here, stupid fatigue( I've worked one day since) headache, sore throat, cold toes and hands, breathlessness, very low mood, I get very anxious in situations I can't freely leave, eg work, traffic etc( never had this prior to medication.

I changed the tablet time from 8 am to 5pm, seemed to help for a bit I could actually do a little bit, but now the following day, up until I take my tablet I am getting some chest discomfort a niggling in my left rib cage a few inch beneath my nipple, that worsens and then pretty much goes after an hour/two after I take my tablet, it is replaced with the reduced hr, headache and silly tiredness. I have been checked since and I'm apparently still fine. ( is this a potential side effect?)

I was wondering if this is due to me growing more used to the dose or just the time I take it or something else?

The tablets are so far working, no svt since, and I believe it has helped, had a couple of thuds and nothing came to fruition, also seem to have completely removed smaller extremely short episodes I was seeming to have.

That been said, I need to go to work, and svt doesn't effect me as such until an episode and for a day afterwards if it's a bad one, although I like not having svts, I also don't like the feeling I'm slowly been chipped away at day by day.

Also has anyone had any trouble with getting the medication changed? My GP will not touch it because the cardiologist said for me to stay on it( originally given the tablets at a+e after one of those wonderful svt episodes ) and the cardiologist is proven difficult to get in touch with, I'm debating going and waiting outside his office until he can see me tomorrow.

Sorry for all the information, I hope some people can get in touch and answer the questions and directly respond to out my mind at ease :-)

Also thanks for prior posts on here, I thought I was losing the will to live until I saw people having similar side effects and tales.

Thanks

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  • Bedford90
    Bedford90

    Posted

    Update

    3rd day taking the 0.62 dose and I had a svt, a much smaller one that I managed to terminate after a few minutes.

    I feel a million times better on the lower dose,except I'm slightly achey( I worked out, so this could explain it) and I keep having hot and cold flashes , don't know if this is related or what not.

    So now I guess I try a 0.9 dose and see if I still feel okay and it stops the svt.

    • ann82027
      ann82027 Bedford90

      Posted

      Hi Bedford, you are going through the same problem as myself, started Bisoprolol 1.25 14 days ago and feel terrible on them, i cut mine in half day before yesterday and did feel a little better but today i,m back to the dizziness, lightheaded and tiredness.  I don,t think i can survive these feelings until march 22 when i see the heart specialist, also i don,t want the missed heart beats and racing heart back again.

       

  • alibalibea
    alibalibea Bedford90

    Posted

    I know this is a daft question but is it easy to half the dose as the tablet is so small.   My heart rate is alternating between being very low and normal I have reduced to 1.25 but on the mornings I wake up and it's been low 40s I can't get out of bed.    

  • Bedford90
    Bedford90

    Posted

    I just bite it in half and throw other half in bin, I tried cutting it but half of it flew off which let to me vaccing and mopping the kitchen floor as I didn't want my little boy to eat it, I found it though thankfully!

    Low 40s is quite low, albeit I don't think it's technically classed as dangerous ( I'm not a 100% sure)

    What is your HR during the day?

    • alibalibea
      alibalibea Bedford90

      Posted

      Thanks that sounds like a plan.   HR is usually in the lower 50s when resting or when feeling tired upper 40s but it speeds up appropriately when walking or moving around.  
  • Bedford90
    Bedford90

    Posted

    Then if your taking it for svt like me and nothing more serious you could try an slightly alter the dose so that it doesn't drop to too much of an uncomfortable low for you, I had around .09 today, I took the full 1.2 yesterday after my svt and the tiredness and headache came straight back ha, so I need to find the middle ground myself.

  • Bedford90
    Bedford90

    Posted

    I'm on 0.9mg now, and there is an improvement, best way to describe it, is when you have flu and you just feel extra tired and run down, still got a stuffy nose and sore throat, my ears are annoying me too, can't really describe what's up with them, I get funny feelings and noises in them.. my blood pressure keeps dropping too, then reverting back to normal soon after, I've had it looked at it, and they have said unless it stays low and effects me its nothing to worry about.

    Still won't change my medicine, and are leaving me with the choice of keep taking it, or Just stop it, I'm willing to carry on for now, to see if I keep improving.

    • bob52204
      bob52204 Bedford90

      Posted

      If a lower dose is still giving you protection, continue with a lower dose
  • alibalibea
    alibalibea Bedford90

    Posted

    I got put on it for HBP but since having the Fitbit monitor my heart rate has occasionally shot up from 139 to 179 but normally slow and steady.   I think I must be weirdly made.    Am staying on half dose as my heart rate and blood pressure seem quite settled am getting used to low heart rate in morning and allowing myself extra time to get moving.   Will half it again in a few months time.   I agree with Bob try the smaller dose for a few months it's a bit of a roller coaster but hopefully it will all sort itself out.   I am so glad to have this forum as it's difficult to explain to my friends.

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