good afternoon everyone
i was prescribed metoprolol er 25mg once a day in june. not even a week in and i started to experience horrible migraines that sent me to the ER twice. after that a whole slew of side effects started to present…
Nauseous
High blood pressure
Light sensitivity
Halo around lights
Loss of weight
Migraines
Tension in neck
Jaw pain
Ear congestion
Sinus pressure
Floaters in eyes
Dizziness lightheaded
Extreme fatigue / weakness
Depression
Anxiety
Muscle soreness / weakness
Lack of appetite
Hair loss
Blurred vision
Decreased sex drive
Tingling in hands feet arms and legs
Electric like current in head
Low energy
Dry mouth
Dry eye
Ringing in ears
Brain fog / confusion
Decreased urine out put
Chest pain
i started to feel like i was going crazy, slowly losing my mind i felt like i was constantly in a daze and everything around me was just surreal.
after three weeks i called my dr and he said i was fine it wasnt the metoprolol to keep taking it, i changed doctors and started to taper off.
my last dose was 5 weeks ago and i still dont feel back to mormal. many of the side effects have gone some taking longer than others, but the ones hanging around are the anxiety, depression, headaches tension in the back of neck and low energy (no where as bad as what they were) and occasionally now i have a high pulse rate (the cardiologist said sinus tachycardia ) and i am currently wearing a holter monitor for 2 weeks.
the cardiologist wanted me to start propranolol 20mg twice a day for the tachycardia (which comes and goes) i took two doses and started to feel very anxious and stopped taking it, i have been monitoring my pulse rate and blood pressure.
is this ever going to end? im a healthy 33 year old female and aside from mildly elevated blood pressure have never had any issues with my heart.
i know im getting better slowly but it just seems like its taking forever
i feel so weak and broken right now (which is not helping with the depression) please tell me it gets better