hope you are doing better now
im also stuggling intensley with withdrawal from Atenolol. you mention anxiety. its terrible. i also have tingling/prickling all over my body, sleep deprivation and just generally feeling very sick
You have perfectly described my last 28 days. The pins and needles are horrible
I see replies talking about tapering off and this is correct. However, if your dose was 2.5 mgs that is actually the lowest dose available. It think there is no opportunity to taper off unless you cut them in half but if I recall correctly they are not scored.
I am going through similar symptoms but I dropped from 40 mgs to 20 mgs.
I was quite shocked at the withdrawal symptoms. Like you I am without answers.
have you seen any inprovement Amy?
GLR702, thank you so much for this play by play, I to was put on beta-blockers On March 7th - 2022 I took them until about March 29th, and I swear I am still having withdrawal symptoms. I am reading your daily log and it is exactly as mine… Did you finally get relief? I did try taking a half a dose to see if the symptoms stopped, and yes they did. I fear this is going to be my life for months now and it sucks… Please tell me there is an end in sight.
I was put on 2,5mg/day of Bisoprolol in July last year (2021) for atrial fibrillation. A few days ago I was given a cardioversion procedure in hospital which successfully put my heart back into normal sinus rhythm. I found that my heart rate was very low at 51 BPM with some lightheadedness and the hospital consultant told me to stop the beat blockers (Bisoprolol) completely as I no longer needed them. I stopped them abruptly and after a couple of days felt really bad with soaring blood pressure. I have since started taking half a dose/day and will do this for 1 week and then try taking a dose every other day. The withdrawal effects have disappeared now that I am back on half doses, will see how I get on in the coming days.
can I ask you, how long you were on Metoprolol and what strength? thank you
I had to go through my old posts because I didn’t remember. It looks like it was Metoprolol Succinate ER 25mg. I did take Propranolol before I was switched to Metoprolol but don’t remember the dosage on that one. I took it for about 3 weeks in total.
Hi I seen your post. so It takes over a month for the symptoms to kinda stop. I was on metoprolol 25MG for 2 months. now im off it and im having really bad withdrawals from it. Idk if im going to last much longer. been 4 days. im just worried that the withdrawal symptoms won’t stop soon. so how long to get over withdrawals? thanks. GLR702
Hi. Just go through my timeline so you can have a better idea of how everything unfolded for me. I did wean for a little, not too long, as I was convinced it would kill me if I stayed on it. Withdrawals were horrible still. I had a bad reaction to it, it’s now in my allergy list. Sometimes I still feel some of the side effects I had during that time, but they are just quick and temporary, nothing at all like what I went through. I know exactly how you feel, it seems like it’s gonna last forever, but it doesn’t. I just kept telling myself that going back to that poison was not an option, I could only move forward as hard as it was. Just be patient, even though I know it’s almost impossible. Time goes by anyway, and someday, hopefully not too far, this will be all a bad memory. And yes, to feel close to my normal self it was about 2 months for me. After that I would have setbacks but they became less and less often as time went by. I wish you the best. we all went through that, you can also do it. Just one day at a time. Pay attention to the little things, maybe something you don’t feel now that was bad before, or the intensity of the symptoms as days go by. Measure your improvements any way you can, no matter how small they are, that usually helped me as well to keep going. Good luck!
I had covid and was on a respirator so my lungs were compromised and I lost 25 pounds in a month so all my muscle was atrophied. my resting heart rate went up to 117 so they put me on 25 mg metropolol split in half so 12.5 morning and night. I had no side effects and my heartrate went down about 20 beats per minute which was good. Now my Dr. wants me to wean off of them and I’m finding it difficult. I tried 12.5 mg once a day and felt short if breath, so I tried 6.25 mg during the day and 12.5 at night and that felt better. I did that for 2 weeks and tried only 12.5 at night again and it was still difficult to handle the feeling if shortness of breath. I gonna try 6.25 2x a day and see if I can do that. my Dr. doesn’t know why I would be having any problem getting off of it. he said it was anxiety, which I never had before covid. I have low blood pressure and am healthy besides dealing with my lung recovery. I would love any thoughts or help you could provide for getting off this drug.
I’m sorry you are going through that. I had covid too and my resting heart rate was in the high 90s or low 100s and I didn’t even have any lung trouble, just short of breath for a while later. What I mean is that even in people with mild or moderate cases the heart rate can go up for a few days, in my case it was close to a month. Regarding the weaning, what can I say, it was very hard for me, but I powered through so I could get out of the medication. Try the 6.25 day and night for a few days and then go from there? And it’s not in your head. It’s very hard to get out of this med. Keep cutting doses as slow as you can and keep moving forward. Eventually you’ll be out of it. I wish you the best!
I am currently trying to wean off of metoprolol after being on it for 2+ months with significant side effects. After 2 days of being off the medicine I started having horrific palpitations which led me to an ER visit where everything was normal with my heart and electrolytes. I went on metoprolol for high heart rate only and never had palpitations or any other heart symptoms until I got on this medicine. So with Dr. consent I am weaning off this medicine but having horrible palpitations similar to when i was taking the medicine. What did you do to get through the palpitations when you were weaning off this medicine? Any tips you can share would be so helpful.
Hi there. Sorry you are going through this. To be honest I have no tips to make it better. I just rode it off hopping the end wouldn’t be too far. I tried to relax as much as I could and simply wait. I read about anxiety, took lavender scented baths, etc. Eventually everything got better but it wasn’t easy as you know. Just have to be patient and not lose hope. Sorry I cannot be of much help. Wishing you the best!
How are you feeling now? I’m cutting down from 12.5mg to 6.25 starting tomorrow. the withdrawals are horrible
How are you doing now? I too am going through a withdrawal and still have issues after 30 days off. The past week I felt better than Before but in the last 2 days Ive had bad symptoms return again. This whole experience has been a nightmare.
i understand what you mean by nightmare. Ive been struggling for many months.
I read your post and wanted to reach out. some of your symptoms are similar to mine, the low blood pressure, shortness of breath, anxiety.
I did not have Covid, mine came on after 2 doses of the vaccine. I ended up being hospitalized for a week, where i was finally diagnosed with POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardio. Essentially, your autonomic nervous system gets haywired and no longer controls your blood pressure, when standing.
I have seen a POTS specialist and he confirmed that the vaccine and COVID are causing POTS.
Did you experience chest tightness and shoulder pain during the withdrawal process. i have reduced the Metropropolol dosage after 2 1/2 months at 50mg to 25mg and I’m experiencing multiple side effects. Today its chest tightness and shoulder muscle aches. This is causing me great anxiety. its only been one week.