Side Effects of Metoprolol?

I have been on Metoprolol (25mg) and Eloquis (5mg) for about a month now. I have a much harder time falling asleep at bedtime (often taking 60-90 minutes to fall asleep). I’ve informed my Dr about this and am waiting a response. Have others experienced this side effect with Metoprolol or other beta blockers?

I would love to know the answer about Metoprolol and sleep. I take 25mg morning and night. I have a terrible time betting to sleep and staying asleep. I need to bet up 3 or 4 times at night because of having to drink lots of water to help my kidneys. I’m sure this plays a part, but it is then very hard to get back to sleep. I’ve taken to wearing flat earphones and listening to “Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups” podcasts to give my mind somewhere to go rather than my stress and worries! Sleeplessness is such a curse.

I take Metoprolol twice a day as well. I usually fall asleep well but struggle staying asleep after a few hours. But I think my issues are unrelated, but am still very curious to hear from others about this maybe there is something to consider.

@karen1945, @tct, and all. I've been on Eliquis 2.5 twice per day for a year or so following 2 strokes and a DVT (GCA), plus Metoprolol half 12.5 mg twice per day since a July 2021 heart attack (GCA!). I don't usually have a problem falling asleep, but am wide awake by 3:00 a.m. and can't fall back to sleep. That translates to only 4 or 5 hours of sleep per night, which leaves me kinda' ragged. I've usually resorted to listening to Lullabies for Babies, which sometimes works to at least relax me into a better state instead of my active and wakeful brain still watching its internal movie of the next day's worries. And @karen1945 , big thankyou to you for suggesting Bedtime Stories for Adults. Alexa is playing it for me now, as I text this msg! I'll be trying that tomorrow at 3:00 a.m. for sure!

I take metoprolol 25 mg twice a day and also experience insomnia and to remedy I take melatonin. Makes a difference.

Is it Kathryn Nicola and her “Nothing Much Happens” stories? I listen to the podcasts on Apple Podcasts. She tells me stories all night long, so if I wake up she’s still talking in her sweet, calm voice. I feel as if I live in “the Village of Nothing Much” after hearing the stories so much.

I’ve tried listening to soothing music and lullabies, but I find myself singing along in my head, which makes me concentrate too much on the tunes. It’s better for me if I save the music for the daytime when I’m relaxing with a good Nicholas Sparks book 😊. I suffer from tinnitus, so it’s LwYs good to have a competing sound.

@karen1945 My Bedtime Stories are on my 'Echo 8 Alexa' but I'm not sure yet whose soothingly gentle voice is crooning the stories. I'll check that out later today. I have severe tinnitus too, Karen, and just lately have developed Tonal Tinnitus (music that seems to be softly surrounding me and droning on repetitively for 8 or 10 notes, day and night forever and always. Aaarrgh). The Lullabies for Babies I listen to on Echo is all children's nursery tunes played softly on a piano. You're absolutely right to say you sing the words in your head, but at least it's a distraction for me from the 5 diagnosed 'regular tinnitus' sounds plus the 'tonal tinnitus'!

I’ll check out your “My Bedtime Stories”, too. We can never have too much soothing!

My tinnitus is two distinct sounds….. one like a constant low rumble, and the other a high-pitched cicada sound. My husband will say, “Listen to that rain on the roof,” and I will hear nothing but my regular rumble, which obliterates the sound of the rain. I need to have some other kind of sound going just to take my focus off what’s going on in my head.

I love piano music. I have a music playlist on Amazon Music of Kevin Kern music. I find him very soothing.

@karen1945 Oops, Karen, I didn't mean to imply the name I was listening to was titled "My Bedtime Stories "! What I meant was that I was playing YOUR suggestion of "Bedtime Stories for Adults" at the moment when I was replying to your post, just to see if Echo had it, and it did have it. Sometimes writing instead of talking gets complicated, especially on 4 hours of sleep! Lol.
Now, I'm playing your suggestion of Kevin Kern's piano music. Very nice, and no words to think of either, as we listen to the melodies. I often request "Music for Reading" from Amazon Music and my Echo plays solo classical piano by various pianists. Like you, I miss most softer sounds due to the tinnitus racket!

LOL…. I understand. I’ve checked most all of the bedtime podcasts on Apple, and Nothing Much Happens is the one that sounds the most soothing to me. Kathryn’s stories are so simple and nicely detailed. I haven’t found another voice that is as calming. There is another podcast that I’ve listened to, Dan Bain’s Sleepytime Mumbles, but despite the name it keeps me awake. chuckling rather than putting me to sleep!