I’ve been taking 80mg of propranolol daily (20mg in the morning, 20mg after lunch, and 40mg after dinner) for 8 months to manage the physical symptoms of anxiety. As my anxiety improved through therapy, my GP and I decided to gradually reduce the propranolol. In the first week, we decreased the dinner dose to 20mg, followed by 10mg after another week. I’m scheduled to eliminate the dinner dose on February 22nd. However, I’ve been experiencing extreme physical tiredness, sleeping 9 hours at night and an additional 3 hours during the day, along with vivid dreams. Although I discussed this with my GP, he doesn’t believe it’s related to propranolol. I suspect otherwise, considering these symptoms emerged during the tapering process. Any advice? Should I consider extending the reduction period to every 2 weeks instead of every 1 week?
Despite taking magnesium, potassium, and vitamin B12 to address tiredness, there hasn’t been much improvement. Are there any other supplements I could try for fatigue?
Your vivid dreams are coming from the beta blocker. The tapering should be done at a very slow pace and extended over a longer period of time if needed. Every time you taper wait until your body completely adjusts to that taper before going to the next taper. I have done it cold turkey and it has been the 2 most hellacious months of my life and I am still not well yet. My doctor failed me and was of no support and told me I could cold turkey. Doctors never admit the withdrawal from these poison drugs are real. They always say “it should be gone by now”. They just don’t know or understand. Or just pull out their catch all “anxiety card”. Had a doctor tell me that. I have never had anxiety in my life. They just refuse to believe its from the beta blocker because most people don’t have bad withdrawal when coming off beta blockers. , They assume those of us that are very sensitive to coming off beta blockers just have anxiety and that can’t be right. You will find by reading these threads here and other places online that beta blocker withdrawal is real and horrific. Take your time weaning off and go very slow. Even when your done weaning, you will still have some withdrawal but it will be much milder and you will recover much sooner. The key is letting your body adjust to the taper one reduction at a time.
Hallo, ich wollte wissen, wie lange es gedauert hat, bis es dir besser ging?
Ich bin jetzt bei 24 Monaten und besser, aber noch nicht wieder normal und arbeite immer noch nicht wegen der Entwöhnung von Betablockern. Das erste Jahr war eine reine Hölle mit vielen Rettungseinsätzen und Krankenhausbesuchen. Das zweite Jahr war besser, aber immer noch schlecht am Anfang. In den letzten Monaten hat es sich stark verbessert, aber ich muss jetzt Ivabradin einnehmen, um meine Herzfrequenz niedrig zu halten, und ich bekomme immer noch etwas Adrenalin, wenn auch nicht mehr so stark wie zuvor. Mein Tinnitus scheint dauerhaft zu sein. Betablocker durchdringen die Blut-Hirn-Schranke, und einige Menschen erholen sich innerhalb von Wochen, andere innerhalb von Jahren und wieder andere überhaupt nicht.
Ist Ivabradin gut? Also, verursacht es keine langfristigen Nebenwirkungen? Denn ich habe Propranolol abrupt abgesetzt, ohne zu wissen, welche Art von Pille es war. Ich durchlaufe gerade Entzugserscheinungen und möchte wissen, wie lange dies anhalten wird. Es tut mir leid, dass es bei dir so lange dauert und du langfristige Auswirkungen hast. Ärzte sollten vorsichtiger sein, was sie uns verschreiben.