Hi everyone iv been feeling a lot better than what I have been still having the chest pain and palpitations but I'm learning slowly how to deal with it so I want to come of my beta blockers, I'm on propranolol 10 mg I was taking them twice a day but reduced to one a day around Feb this year we'll I went to my doctors a few weeks ago saying I want to stop them and he said that's fine I can just stop but slowly and I went down to 1 a day and have been taking 1 a day since about March time doctor said about 2 weeks ago it was ok to stop them but I still carried on taking them as I didn't feel completely ready anyway long story short I didn't take one today because I felt like I was ready to stop them and now it's come to me going to bed (I take mirtazipine 30mg on a night) I am convinced that because I have stopped taking my propranolol I am going to have a heart attack because it says on the box if stopped it can cause heart attack or death!! Now I'm in a state and convinced it's going to happen to me during my sleep iv got a bit of heaviness in my chest and left side pain (I'm 22 female by the way) and I'm sure I'm going to have a heart attack tonight I probably sound ridiculous but I just wanted to stop them and try and handle my anxiety in natural ways or by my self without having to get used to medication but now I'm scared in case I have done the wrong thing and something bad is going to happen to me or my heart will stop or I go into shock or something! 
someone please reassure me and give me some advice please I don't want to take a propranolol tablet but I will if it stops me having a heart attack I'm really scared has anybody been in this situation or can help reassure me thanks for reading
Laura x
hi Laura. so sorry to hear what you're going through. however, you've done so well and have been very brave in the initiation of cutting down on the BB. my sense, however, is that you are trying to do too much too soon. your body may need some more time on just the one BB. then perhaps u could try on a half tablet. that way your body will gradually re-adjust. there is a modlaity called 'Emotional Freedom Therapy' or EFT for short that's easily learned and applied that may help you through the 'rough' patches. just do a google for EFT.
best wishes
Caitlin
Dear Laura
The dose of propranalol you are taking is tiny! and can hardly have been making any difference, so most of it was probably psychological. I am taking 40mg three times a day and sometimes I take it and sometimes I dont and it has not made a lot of difference and I certainly haven't had a heart attack or gone into shock. This sounds like anxiety playing it's little games again.
Hi thank u both for replying yeah iv had a few people say it's tiny but I can't help but think my body will go into shock or something or cause my heart to stop iv been at work today and had flutters in cbest and the usual "heart attack " symptoms it's just so horrible I was on propranolol since November and been taking 1 a day for about a month now doctor said it was ok to stop them straight away but them others say I shouldn't well I haven't had any whatsoever this would be my second day now and I'm petrified to sleep on a night because my heart is beating so slow I was been sick all night last night that wouldn't of been a side effect of stopping them after one day would it? I just didn't want to be on them for rest of my life so I wanted to stop have I stopped them ok or should I have gone down to half a tablet a day? Thanks laura
You have followed your doctors advice and stopped in the best way. You will not have a heart attack or anything else because anxiety doesn't cause any harm to the body. It is your own body's natural defense system, designed to protect you, so although it can feel disturbing and uncomfortable it wont do you any harm whatsoever. You will be OK. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. You are just scaring yourself, that's all.