Thanks. Coincidentally I have recently filled a prescription for diltiazem that was prescribed to me a year ago by a doctor who no longer follows me. (Moved his practice to another city)… Thinking I might try it out of desperation. He said at the time that it was sometimes more easily tolerated than a beta blocker. I haven’t tried it yet because I find I feel hesitant about taking something that no doctor I’m seeing right now has prescribed. Because of the low blood pressure issue (beta blockers did that too though) but mainly because of two potential side effects -easily enough tolerated by most people- constipation and urinary frequency (did you get those or edema as a side effect?) are already problems I have that exacerbate the pain I have with pudendal neuralgia . To have more bladder and bowel issues feels like the worst risk to take and with no doctor overseeing- I’ve just been hesitating.
Did you find it just slowed your heart generally overall but you still have episodes-with lower numbers or does it actually control your arrythmia? Can you exercise?