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@anonymous1274
Sounds familiar to me. I actually tried getting myself off of metoprolol succinate as well. I was on 100mg. So I went from 100 to 50. Due to my heart rate being under 40. I waited about six months and tried to split it again. So 50mg to 25mg. The first six days I felt like I had my life back. Feeling good. Great heart rate again. No nightmares or body aches. Well the 7th day. My heart rate went to 167 when I stood up. Felt like the whole rhythm of my heart was off and pounding out of my chest. I went to the hospital. My pressure was high and I was having PVC issues. I was told to go back on the 50mg and they referred me to a cardiologist who is a month out from seeing. So now I’m back to the nightmares, the irregular heart rate spikes and palpitations. Body aches, headaches. I honestly feel like this medication is slowly killing me and no one cares. Been on this for 7 years and living like this the whole time. Not realizing it was this medication. I see the cardiologist in another two weeks. So I have to suffer until then and maybe someone will listen to what I’m saying. I hope you get some answers because I am at my breaking point with this mess. This medication is awful and should never be out there to ruin peoples health.
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@ctholen You might ask your cardiologist for a different beta blocker. I was told by one cardiologist that Metoprolol is lipophilic and more easily passes the blood-brain barrier to cause nightmares. I was getting nightmares from Metoprolol. He suggested Atenolol…it is hydrophilic and lower brain penetration. It is also eliminated by the kidney, not broken down by the liver like Metoprolol.
Worth a try. I am an intermediate metabolizer of CYP2D6. I just had a bad medication interaction with Ranexa, Metoprolol and Voquenza. I kept fainting, fatigued, weak and nauseated. I have an appointment with my cardiologist to see if we can switch from CYP2D6 metabolizer Metoprolol to something like Atenolol.
All the best to you. Sending digital hugs.
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@ctholen I don't mean to come across as being argumentative, but it sounds to me, just based on your words above (and how I have interpreted them 😀 ) that you had a ....thankfully....rare episode of a tachyarrhythmia. I don't see how going off metoprolol, or even a reduction of the dose, made a difference unless it didn't have enough oomph at your new low dose to keep your rate lower than the 167 BPM you cite. At that high rate (I have gone as high as 180 !!!), it means your ventricle was also trying to keep pace, and it was careening away at that high rate. It's called RVR, or 'rapid ventricular response.' Those words 'should' appear on any formal diagnosis if you have a recent paper showing it.
Even so, I wouldn't dream of trying to tell you you're wrong; you know you best, and if I were you'd ask about an alternative like Sotalol or Diltiazem....they work for a lot of people, and one of them might be just the ticket for you.