Goodness, you sound just like me! I am 61 this June and although my valve is not leaky, the skipping beats and palpitations do not help my existing anxiety, that's for sure! Do you feel better on the blockers?
Hi Cathrine,
I used to have very frequent heart skipping a beat. Sometimes my heart fluttered every fifteen seconds! I also felt really irritable and had trouble focusing. It's a long story how I found a solution and too long to write out, but what helped was taking thiamine (B1). Specifically, a fat soluable version that is more easily absorbed for some people - "lipothiamine". I take two of these tiny tablets a day and it fixed my skipping heart problem.
There are other vitamins and minerals that are associated with heart arrythmias like B12 for example, so you might explore some of those for yourself also. Thiamine is the safest thing to try as there are no side effects and no upper limit.
I= was on bisoprolol for svt and skipped heartbeats, it made me feel terrible, but the missed heartbeats are terrible too, i,ve just come back from shopping and my heart feels as if its beating out of my chest with the skips. I,m 69 years old and also am frightened of the side effects of the drug, its quality of life not quantity but i haven,t got quality with this heart of mine, i,m afraid of collapsing and dying. I go see a heart specialist in 4 weeks.
Im 19 quite fit, ride a bike everyday but smoke about 10/15 cigs a day, except from the past month and a half because I couldn't leave my house from anxiety. I take propranolol 40mg 2x a day and my resting heart rate is 60 when taking these. The doctors said my blood pressure was fine so I don't think it will affect mine that much. My breathing seems so slow like I'm not breathing at all, it's kind of weird but I think that's what it's supposed to do and keep a steady heart rate and because your heart rate is lower you need less oxygen intake for you body so that covers the breathing so slow. When I exercise it doesn't even feel like my heart rates going up at all and I feel like I'm still breathing so slow. I'm pretty sure propranolol is safe and it's supposed to make your heart rate like that, it makes you more relaxed, that's why they give it to people like me with anxiety.
I am so glad i found this. I have suffered from panic attacks for over 30 yeras. Had different tabs and the one i have been on for 7 years now has started to not work the same and make me ill. I was suffering terrible palpertations and not being able to breath. I have now been on propranolol for 5 weeks wich was 40mg morning and night. I was feeling much better but doc has now said to start reducing them very slowly as my heart rate at docs was 60. I was concerned this was to low but reading on here its fine, my blood presure was 130/89. I then started to worry as we do but now reading this i dont know why she would want to reduce it. I feel fine well i did till i seen her lol.
If you have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation it's best to take your meds as not doing so puts a person at risk of stroke. I'm on bisoperal and reduced it , under consultation with my GP, to reduce it to 2.5mg/day from 10mg/day. The higher dose caused nightmares and v low blood pressure/low heart beat ( for me). Hope this helps.
hi nancy dont worry if you feel ok ive been diagnosed with right bundle branch block my heart rate sometimes goes to 44 bpm i am on 2.75 bisoprolol pluse lots of other meds ime 45 and feel 95 lol but if youre worried i.de go to you.re drs hope this helps try and moniter it with blood pressure machine i find omron m2 basic to be the most acurate
youre heart rate is fine if you feel ok im.e on beta blockers e.t.c and my heart rate sometimes goes to 44 bpm
Yes my heart rate was as low as 41 the Dr took me off propanaol I had go to er they said I had a heart block could be from meds and might reverse after stopping meds I was taking 10mg once per day I have now been off 1week it can be dangerous to stop them all at once but in my case I had to. I have a app in one month to get a pacemaker because of the block there is a chance after stopping propanol the heart block could reverse and that is what I am praying for I don't know how long it takes don't get upset because propanol does slow heart rate but you do need to talk to your Dr to find out if your heart is beating too slowe. I was told I had br
I was told I had bundle branch block and needed pacemaker have they said anything to you about a pacemaker?
Hi. 42yr old male. Took propranolol 10mg for the first time yesterday (for Tachycardia/svt) and at first I was fine but I got worried because my normal resting hr is about 67-75 and I was worried that it was gonna go lower than that and it surely did. I woke in the middle of the night because I was worried about it dropping low so I checked it and it was at 57.. it sort of scared me and now im afraid to go back to sleep because it might drop lower when I get more comfortable? My bp is sort of all over the place since I first took the med yesterday so that part is confusing. Rite now im at 66hr and 116/72bp which is ok but earlier my bp was 101/69 then high then low again.. Im wondering if it would be ok if I just took half of the 10mg twice a day instead?
Hi I am 69 my doc prescribed me with 80mg once a day my heart rate is 54 BPM. Is 80mg to much. I take it for stress and anxiety also for Migraine with aura which brings on the Anxiety.
Hi Catherine. I've similar symptoms to you and I've been proscribed propanolol but haven't yet took them.. I'm wondering if you've takin them and do they work?
Are you sure .. I have been on propanolol 40mg once a day my heart rate is 80/120 ..I have been thinking a lot .at times when I have bad dreams it makes me anxious it makes me panic .at first I use to work out a lot and walk a lot but this days I can’t any more ..because any time I plan to go out my mind keep tells that I will collapse or faint please what should I do ..
A late reply but my heart rate has gotten as low as 42 but the key thing is how you feel. I am able to do my usual exercise when taking propranolol and work as hard as I did before. The one annoying thing I've definitely noticed is that I get cold easier.
Hi am on 80mg propranolol. And when I go out I don't collapse I used to be scared to go out. But you can't let it control you. You need to carry on and go out you will be fine. Go for short walks to make your self at peace
Hello was wondering if u will see this message please reply if so I have a few questions for you thanks
doc give me 10mg propranolol i was on it for 2 days brought my heart low 36 resting i was dizzy i came of them
hi im finding this 5 years later ha ha i take propanolol and it drops my hr below 60 and its making so worried i have av block or something and your post made me even more worried lol, did stopping the tablets get rid of it and how long was you taking the propanolol for before they found the block?
hi im 5 years late lol but did lowering your dose help increase your resting heart rate as mine is low and im wondering if reducing my dose will help
hi im off propranonol as it made my heart rate slow. what are your symptoms im soo anxious too