I spoke directly to the cardiologist today. I explained what had been going on and expressed my concern that I didn’t have enough time to taper off the medication properly. She dismissed my concerns and asked if I thought I should go back to the full dose of the medication. At that point, I became less friendly with her.

I firmly told her no—I would not be going back on the medication. I explained that I only cut the pill in half for a week, despite having taken this medication for three to four years. I also told her that, at 30 years old, I don’t feel I should be taking a beta blocker unnecessarily, especially since all my EKGs, Holter monitor tests, and echocardiograms have come back normal. She denied that she told me to abruptly stop taking this medication completely when she did. I told her that I find it ridiculous that she told me to stop taking a beta blocker and she didn't even run me through an EKG. She got snippy and asked me what I think an EKG would show. I told her I don't know I'm not the cardiologist probably nothing like it has shown previously. She had no good reason for me to go back on the full dose of this beta blocker and quite frankly at 30 years old I don't want to be on it.

I work in emergency services and this hospital that she is associated is well known for their incompetence. They call emergency services on a daily basis to ship patients out of their hospital because they can't provide the level of care. When I worked on the ambulance they told us to never send someone to this hospital unless they fell down and hurt their knee or something simple.

She advised me not to believe everything I read online and claimed that I shouldn’t be experiencing any withdrawal symptoms. I responded by informing her that I would be transferring my records to another office. However, I can’t get an appointment elsewhere until after February unless I start experiencing more serious side effects.

I feel like the medical system is a joke and it's just a way for people to make money they dont care about you.