HCM Fatigue and Poor Sleep - What Can I Do?

Posted by selima109 @selima109, Apr 22 4:00pm

I have HCM and two stents, valves problems. I am 74. I am always tired.
Doctor add another blood pressure pill
But I still tired
I walking and getting exercise
Not very good sleeper
I give up don’t know what I should be doing

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@peggynurse

thank you for your info. I’m glad you are doing so well. I was on metoprolol succinate ER morning and night and trying to figure out if it’s better to just take it in the morning or at night.

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I switched taking the very same medication (my dose is 50 mg once a day), from night to morning. It did not seem to make a difference, I have good nights and not-so-good nights, I've had a septal myectomy, am not on any other heart meds other than a statin, also taken on the morning.

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@peggynurse

thank you for your info. I’m glad you are doing so well. I was on metoprolol succinate ER morning and night and trying to figure out if it’s better to just take it in the morning or at night.

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I take metoprolol succinate ER 100 mg in the morning and metoprolol succinate ER 50 mg at night. The only one who can adjust the dosage will be your cardiologist since he knows how the metoprolol may be interacting with camzyos 5 mg. I am not adjusting any medication that I keep taking the same way I took before I started camzyos on 3/29/24.

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@manuelpo

I take metoprolol succinate ER 100 mg in the morning and metoprolol succinate ER 50 mg at night. The only one who can adjust the dosage will be your cardiologist since he knows how the metoprolol may be interacting with camzyos 5 mg. I am not adjusting any medication that I keep taking the same way I took before I started camzyos on 3/29/24.

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Thanks for support
My cardiologist order jardiance
10mg
I started taking today
My blood pressure was still high

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@selima109

Thanks for support
My cardiologist order jardiance
10mg
I started taking today
My blood pressure was still high

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When the pills did not help this is what helped me to reduce a little bit my high blood pressure:

Avoided adding any salt in your food. All processed food has salt including the bread and milk. Avoided high sodium food (bacon, sausage, I saw the labels of food) I found low sodium food or no sodium food such as orange juice, fresh vegetables, rice I cooked with no salt at all. Reduced the amount of food I eat but I am still taking my vitamins. I loss over 20 pounds in 3 months and my blood pressure went down from 167/100 to 138/89. With the blood pressure medication during the day my blood pressure is now around 130/85. I took 1 mile to 1 mile and a half walk inside a grocery store to avoid the cold weather outside.
Avoided stress and try to get enough rest including a nap in the afternoon helped me a lot.
I hope this helps and you get better.

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