Metropolol 25mg once a day ?????

Hi Paullie

Thank you for your reply. I truly appreciate it. I'm starting to feel more at ease with taking the meds. I might wait till I pass the cold I'm going through right now but thank you so much. It truly helps to hear someone else's experience with the medication. Do you suffer from Asthma and take it?

No I don't have asthma..I hope youre feeling better from your cold soon..I hear you, it's always comforting to talk with others who know what you're going through!

i was just put on the same dose for svt I'm sooo tired. Thanks for posting. I'll give it a few weeks to see if I get use to it. if I don't I'm going to tell my dr I want to stop .

Hi Ruth! I know this all so scary and I'm new to this also. I'm 33 and my problems started a month ago when I was exercising. After the exercise my heart started pounding and going real fast for a few minutes then it stopped. The next day I started feeling lightheaded and having more palps so I went to the Er. They did all kinds of tests even a ct angiogram for a blood clot. Everything was normal and they gave me the Metropolol to go home with. A few days later I had an episode again and went back to the ER once again clean bill of health. Finally I see a cardiologist and got an echo which came back normal my stress test I only did 6 min before they stopped it my Hr went up to 165. This is my thing I get so nervous and anxious when I have to go to the doc or even when they talk to me my HR goes up. Any little thing sets me off in panic mode. So I don't know if it's anxiety or what. I'm still on the Metropolol and the side effects are getting better but my cardiologist gave me Cardizem. I don't know what to do I feel I'm in a nightmare or in someone else's body. I just want all of this to go away! Very Scary for your HR to go up to 160.

I feel you Nikki. But we can rest by knowing that at least our hearts are ok. Theres always a Cardiac Ablation but I don't think my Cardiologyst wants that for me at the moment. This is why I don't want to medicate my heart if is healthy like they tell me. I want to find a more natural way to do it. My Hear Rate has never gone as high as most people in this forum. Its been in the 160-165 doing absolutely nothing but that happened once. My heart rate is alway if not in the 90's may 110-116 at rest it goes in th 80's or so. I too get anxious talking and going to Dr's. My stress test my heart rate went as high as 182bpm but I finished the test to my knowledge. But I was told the same as you that all my labs and test where normal. I got checked for clots too and all normal. I'm just taking it one step at a time and trying not to stress it my Faith truly helps and I find peace in that but I really dont want to go on meds. I want to first see if the magnesium helps. Stay strong though. There's always a rainbow after the storm 😊🌈

Thanks because I feel like this is a storm I'm going through and God will bring me through it.

That He will. It does get better though. I was dx February 3rd 2 days before my Birthday. I got in a bit of a depression mode, I was checking my pulse every minute, I would cry a lot. I lost 10lbs in a week but I can honestly say that it has gotten better. I still worry and every so often check my pulse but is like my husband tells me is all mind over matter. Some of us have diabetes, some of us have high blood pressures, Some are completely healthy this is just our ordeal but We must trust that we are ok and continue to live life and enjoy every minute of it 😊

Thanks. I'm just scared. I'm a young woman who wants to a have a baby in the next few years. My dilemma is that I don't live close to family and I'm thinking about moving closer even though I was thinking that before all of this happened.

I also want kids. My husband and I are planning for kids at the end of this year but I asked my Cardiologyst and He told me you can have kids no problem with this condition. Family support does help. I'm fortunate to have my husband and Parents along with siblings next to me whom have all been real supportive and understanding.

I am a Nurse and Midwife who has been managing SVT since I was a kid  (I'm now 43).   I went through a twin pregnancy a few years ago with absolutely no problems.  In fact when I had a run of SVT it was easier than ever to convert to normal with a valsalva because of all the internal pressure I could apply with a belly full of babies.  I was a bit concerned than pushing the babies out might set off an episode but it didn't... 3.5 hours of pushing two babies out and no SVT whatsoever.

The most important thing to remember is that your heart is NORMAL and there is just a glitch in the electrical wiring.  You can do whatever you want with your life without limitation.  I get really surprised by all the anxiety I see on these pages!

Hi Poppy, Since you've had this for quite a while now how did you learned to cope with the symptoms? Is your heart rate high even when your not on a SVT attack? Did or have you ever consider a Ablation or do you take any meds for it like Metoprolol? If you have any tips that can help I would appreciate it. Thanks 😊

No my heart rate is not high without SVT - general tachycardia is not a symptom of SVT and I'm guessing that if your ECG is normal then you haven't been diagnosed with SVT.

I am considering an ablation (was offered one a few years ago but declined) simply because of the inconvenience of having an episode and how it interrupts work or study.  Being a single Mum I often need to find care for my kids if it won't convert on its own.  I usually give it 2 hours, sometimes up to 4 hours to convert on its own but I'm in the ER too frequently now needing conversion with Adenosine which is pretty unpleasant and also requires a stay of 2 - 3 hours in the ER which pretty much stuffs up my day.  As I said earlier, I do take Metroprolol when an episode starts and sometimes it will help convert it. It's better taken daily as a preventative though but I don't like the side effects and am not keen to take any medication daily for something I don't have daily symptoms for.

People with SVT have a heart that functions quite normally while they are not in a episode.  They also have an abnormal ECG while they are tachycardic and that abnormal rhythm means that there is reduced cardiac output - the heart cannot take in and push out enough blood to keep the body working well so there can be chest pain, dizziness, fainting, headache  etc.  It is not the same in any way as sinus tachycardia (heart beating normally but too quickly), which is what it sounds like you have.

Thank you. My ECG have all been normal. My 24hr heart halter report per my Cardiologyst said I was having SVT. I do get the dizziness along with some shortness of breath but like I mentioned my heart rate has never reached the 200's. Hmmm I guess is just more to talk about with my Cardiologyst. This past Monday I saw them and I was at the office doing nothing and my heart rate was at 143 while getting vitals done. They did a ECG and it was normal but the heart rate was at 129bpm.

you should try bystolic.