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Premature atrial contractions: Anyone have any helpful info on this?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jan 26, 2023 | Replies (208)
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@scardycat

I to have them just put on metropol, I’m an anxious type person and needless to say when you are sensitive to these it’s a vicious cycle, has anybody tried anti depressants to calm them down versus a beta blocker? We recently downsized and I’m 69 and had tons of stress( after we were in 6 weeks), my husband had to have hip replacement, so lots of stress. Thanks for any input😊

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lioness | @lioness | Oct 28, 2018

@scardycat Our worst enemy is stress it causes loads of physical problems if we didn't stress about things we would be in good health try to destress somehow Go swimming ,walk away in nature and enjoy it forget about things for awhile

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Oct 28, 2018

Hello @scardycat and welcome to Mayo Connect,

You certainly have had a lot of changes in your life and stress is understandable in your situation.

You ask about taking antidepressants to deal with stress and that might be a good thing to talk with your doctor about. However, beta blockers help slow the heart rate and I don't think you should eliminate (or replace it) without talking to your cardiologist.

How long have you been taking metoprolol? Is this med causing you any problems? There are other alternative beta blockers that you could discuss with your doctor. I was not able to take metoprolol, but my doctor switched me to Atenolol (also a beta blocker) but without the side effects that I experienced with metoprolol. You might give a call to your doctor's office and see if you could either change your dose of metoprolol or switch to another beta blocker.

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