feeling low

Hi Jane. Sorry you are feeling low. I've been on bisoprolol for abt 2yrs and after abt 8 weeks got very stiff in my joints and lethargic. After abt 6 months it's settled and just sometimes feel tired. I feel my symptoms more likely to be due to my heart disease than the drug. I think you should talk to your GP and go with their advice.

Good luck

I was put on 1.25 mg of bisoprolol 18 days ago, it made me feel so unwell i came off them two days ago, today i,ve got missed heartbeats and pounding, i am hoping to see the doctor in the morning to see if i can try something else, i feel low because of the ordeal i,ve gone through since my svt attack on feb 4th which resulted in me being admitted to hospital, the biggest attack i,ve had so far. Its a very unpleasant condition and affects your life very badly.  I too have shed a few teaars over the past 3 weeks.   Sending my best wishes to a fellow sufferer

Hi Jane. I have been on bisoprolol now for about 6 weeks. Things are now settling down. When I first started talking it, I would wake up in a morning with my hands and feet feeling really cold.Also, I could not feel my legs. Wether this was due to what I am suffering, I don't know.

I feel much better now. I still now and again feel really sleepy.

Hi Jane, Yes, I think Bisoprolol can make you feel like that. Do you find you feel tired as well?

I have recently stopped taking bisoprolol. I was on bisoprolol for 2 months, started with 2.5mg increasing to 10mg. I felt so weak and low like something sucked the life out of me. At first I put it down to my poor health due to heart trouble. But then I became so depressed and suicidal. I told my partner that I wanted to die. We then told the GP that we think it is the cause and that I am stopping it. I've been off the drug for a 4 weeks now and I am feeling much better in my mind. My heart of course still needs treating. My GP said we will try a different drug in two weeks. 

Hi Jane,

I'm an emotionasl chap anyway, but since being on 5mgs Bis for just a week, my thoughts are romantic, tender, melancholy. I wonder if its ok to take an antidepressant with this drug?

 

OMG all I can say is yes. I have been on 5mg bisoprolol for about 2 months.  It was added to a blood pressure med.  Among other side effects, I thought my mood swing was about me and my current situation.  I have had it in the back of my mind, why am I feeling sad/low, if the ant fell off the table I might get a lump in my throat and feel really bad for him. I am exaggerating about the ant but it's small things that get me teary eyed.  I have reported other things that I feel have changed my life due to bisoprolol including weight gain.  I was due for a hip replacement but my blood pressure was too high. Bisoprolol was added on.  In the last 4 years I've been on several different BP meds.  They have only had either annoying side effects, horrible side effects or no side effects with no difference in my blood pressure.  I really want my hip done so I will keep taking the beta blocker until I get the hip.  I have told my doctor about other side effects and well . . . he didn't seem worried about them.  He did suggest I drop the beta blocker but as I said, I'll stay on it.  I've also gained weight, have you? I also have what I call flashes of happiness.  I'm sorry you're feeling low.  It's not fun.

Goodness, is this something else to blame on Bisoprolol?

I have already reprted on it making me feel like an old man/ a drunk zombie, and that my lungs no longer work. But when I came out of five days in hospital due to a sustained attack of VT, and found my child abuse "parents" had gotten the police to smash my front door in because I wasnt there to answer the phone, having been taken in as an emergency, I totally over reacted and nearly succeeded in commiting suicide, so a further four days were spent in hospital.

I am now waiting to die from sheer sadness, but though I have every excuse to be deppressed, I am now wondering if Bisoprolol has exasperated the situation?