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How did you wean off Metoprolol?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Sep 19 7:56am | Replies (551)Comment receiving replies
I am wondering about how to wean off Metoprolol also. I had panic attacks as a teenager, and they disappeared once I was older. Once I was placed on Metoprolol XL 25mg, I began having more anxiety attacks which seen to be getting worse. I tried getting off of this with my University of Michigan physician but I felt terrible the entire time. I want to wake up late on the weekend. I want to go out of the country without thinking about having to take my pill on time. If not taken without 15 to 20min of the normal time, I begin having palpitations and panic. I want my life back.
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"I want my life back." Yes, me too. Before I developed afib and heart failure two and a half years ago, I was a very active person on a ranch. But this illness took me down. I am lot's better, heart failure corrected etc. and also am on Metoprolol which is taken to slow the heart rate. This is working fairly well but I have little physical energy. Part of Metoprolol's job as I understand it, is to keep the heart rate lower and when I start exercising I am fighting this med not allowing the rate to move much higher. It's a confusing thing for my need for movement and my heart's need to not beat too fast. Yes, I'd also like a normal heart function but at 71 I am where I am. Trying to be at peace with this process, not able to make plans that can't be changed because I might be having a difficult heart day etc. On the other hand, I am grateful I function as well as I do and the illness is being managed.