propranolol and menstrual cycle

Hi I have been on propranolol for 6 months and my monthly periods r as normal. Nothing has at all changed for me my body is still functioning the same I to am 45 ( 46 this coming Monday!!!!!!). I was put on propranolol as I suffer from Extreme horrific Migrane's. And I have 80 mg per day which are slow relalise. I feel completely Normal well I feel Excellent as I don't get Migranes as much or as server. And that to me is the best thing not bothered about weight gain I'm migraine free.. X

Hi I'm 43 and have been on propanolol 80mg for 9yrs. I have just recently decided to come off them, I'm just coming of 50 to 40mg and I have just had an early period and I can time mine nearly to the second. I have never had an irregular period in my life so I think that there definitely related. I just hope it goes back to normal when I'm finished.

I was already prescribed toparimate, but since it hasn’t really helped (after school ended for the summer it worked good for like three days and returned to not working for mostly the time) I have been taking toparimate for 12 weeks.

my my neurologist just prescribed propranolol for migraines, and I also had a high blood pressure (140/80) the dose is 20 mg two times a day. I haven’t taken it nor physically have the pills yet. Topiarmate is making me lose weight and I’d rather this not counter that. I need to lose weight. 

Maybe be this will stop my period? Toparimate made my periods very early and last time it made it irregular (2 times a month then spotting popped up 3 days later) so I am going on birth control or thinking about it if it doesnt chill. 

Im 17, so these migraines aren’t helpful to trying to do anything in the summer and nor school. 

 

I realise this original discussion is quite old but I have been taking Propranolol for around 2 months (40mg twice daily for migraine) or so and having read other discussions, I believe it could be responsible for my periods changing. I am 44 and my cycle is pretty regular. I was 11 days late for my last period, which I’ve never been before, and I’ve just started another period two weeks later. Whilst Propranolol doesn’t state this as a side effect, I think there is not enough data to confirm one way or the other. The only trial I can find on propranolol and periods is in a short study with 9 woman , which looked at the affect the cycle had on propranolol, not the other way around. There was no significant difference found but there might have been numerically and this study is far too small and short to draw any conclusions in my opinion. The study only followed one cycle as far as I can see up to 16 days so doesn’t look at the long term effects the drug could have on periods.  When a drug is new to market, all adverse events are supposed to be reported but maybe when the drug was new, the population being prescribed was older and didn’t have periods anyway

. I would be interested to know since it got an indication for migraines for a younger population what the reports have been, although I don’t think an established drug would have to report adverse events for a new indication. My view is that additional research should be done on this to warn women, esp younger woman of this potential side effect. A common side effect is 1 in 10 people suffer so if there’s not even 10 in the study to start with, hardly tells the full picture. Thanks for reading. 

Hi I've been on propranolol for years, until around 8 months back I came off it, and my periods stopped straight away, I thought I was pregnant and convinced myself I was, I done numerous tests and had 2 blood tests they were negative, I had period pains all the time which that's what I had in my 3 pregnancys I was sick all the time and I've gained so much weight, still convinced I was pregnant, got told I was on the change that's why periods have stopped, until today I started bleeding the funny thing is I've been put back on propranolol a week ago and my period has came back, it has to of been the propranolol what else could it be x

Hi I have been taking propanalol for 4 months for anxiety, I was prescribed anything up to 120mg per day, I was advised to keep my dose low so as it seemed to lnock the edge off at 20mg a day I have stuck to that dose except on days my stress levels were high! I didnt notice any change in my cycle at all but there were other symptoms! Over the last few weeks I have been under a lot of stress and so have been taking 40mg regularly in this short few weeks I've had cramping, sharp stabbing pain not to the side as with a normal period but centre! This was then followed by a very heavy bleed, I am on the coil and dont normally bleed, only tiny spotting, this was the second period in 3 weeks which is also not normal for me.

Im currently waiting for tests but as I have a lot of other side effects I am weaning off them! No idea how this will affect my anxiety but the side affects are not worth it!!

Also just to add when the heavy bleeding stopped I was also bleeding brown dryish blood! I am going to report all of my symptoms as there are loads including massive weight gain, I would encourage you all to do the same .

hi! i was given 10MG propranolol in early march because i am suffering from anxiety and stress. i missed a period in feburary due to losing someone in my family, but after taking this medication i haven't had one this month. i'm not pregnant as i had a test done and i have cramps but not painful ones, i have mood swings and it does feel like i am on my period. i'm 17 and very worried about not having my period. they have been irregular before but not for quite some time, i want to go to the GP but i'm worried about having more medication to help regulate it again. is it normal for teenagers to miss 2 periods in 2 months?

hey this seems a bit old, but i started 10mg of proponolol 2x a day about 3 weeks ago. i noticed a few days ago that i started my period which usually is light the first day and then heavy the following few days. but its my "4th" day of this light spotting/period. ive never had light periods. im 30 and wondering if this medicine is causing that. also its a brown tint to it sometimes. honestly its not even enough to wear a tampon or even a pad. its freaking me out. also also it doesnt smell the same as it usually does. (i know thats gross) but it smells different and almost bad. idk. some imput would be nice, thanks!