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@dougajoi Hi, I’ve been on beta blockers (Metropolol) for 4 years or so, initially because of tachycardia. They didn’t bother me, but I know they make me more tired than I already was. I’ve just learned to accept that the symptoms from the problems and the symptoms from the meds are both part of having heart problems.
I don’t remember which site I found it on, but there was a video on one of a cardiologist explaining that when you exert, the tiny vessels that feed the heart itself are supposed to expand, but instead, with MVD, they contract. That’s the best explanation I’ve seen.
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@susanejw
Thanks for your reply. I can understand with having tachycardia it being beneficial for
medication to help slow down your heart rate a bit. How does your blood pressure run??? Is that high too???
I have a seemingly normal heart rate and blood pressure that can fluctuate beteen a hypertensive 140/82 at a doctors office to a low of 92/50 at home but mostly within a more normal range.
My understanding is fatigue affects many heart
patients but not all. From your postings it sounds like you have a positive attitude and are coping well at this time.
My concern with the beta blocker is not so much fatigue but being that my heart and pressure rates are not routinely high but dropping too low. When my blood pressure is low I feel completely awful and cannot function in the slightest way.
The video you mentioned sounds interesting and I will search for it. Thank you.