BAD Withdrawal Symptoms from Stopping CARVEDILOL Abruptly

Why did your doctor take you off Carvedilol without replacing it with something else?
Are you keeping him current on what you're going thru?

My cardiologist had me on Carvedilol 12.5mg, twice a day, for 25 years and I suspect it may have caused high blood pressure over the years, resulting in an aortic aneurysm. I am now on 3.125 mg twice a day with another cardiologist. Its helping to stabilize my blood pressure and aneurysm.

@ewei6911

Doctors suspect that I have allergy towards BetaBlocker. They did not replace with other meds as my heart rate and blood pressure are stable throughout my 3 days stay there.

I’m having similar symptoms after my cardiologist abruptly stopped my carvedilol a week ago. Have been back to the ER twice with lightheaded spells. Blood pressure ok but very anxious and even trouble with coordination as i walk around the house.
Any suggestions on how to get through this?

@jodo You will feel anxious and heighten nervousness, lightheaded for the next 1 week or 2 before it start eases down. These feeling can be quite scary and concerning but no worries, all these will get better.

During my withdrawal, I went for morning walk first thing in the morning, get hydrate. Meditate everytime I feel anxious / nervous for at least 15mins, set a nice soothing music and focusing only on breathing "4 seconds in and 6 seconds out"

Try to stay away those that may trigger or make you anxious or nervous. Try to engage releaxing activities which you like.

Chamomile tea and magnesium glycinate supplement to aid my sleep.

@vynskye thanks for your suggestions. Good reminders to meditate and monitor slow breathing. I had a very good day yesterday but this morning I was so lightheaded that I afraid to walk outside with friends so just paced in the house. It seems like a good day is followed by a scary one. My cardiologist’s nurse thought I was making up my symptoms!

@jodo you weren’t making up the symptoms. Your cardiologist should’ve known that you were not supposed to stop that pill that way. I tried the same thing and went to into a tail spin the next day having a bad episode very high heart rate.. It took me five weeks to wean off of it completely they say you have to watch out for rebound. I’ve been off of it about six weeks now same thing happened now I’m went into a tail spin. They say coming off that pill could give you a heart attack I said great. I will keep you in prayer hang in there take it slow. You have to dose down slowly if you’re taking three a day or two a day come down to one a day and stay at that for as long as your body can tolerate until your body tolerates it once your body tolerates just one a day then you can think about stopping altogether, but give yourself at least a week in between lowering doses. It’s a horrible medicine for those of us who can’t handle it. Best of luck to you God bless you.

I was only taking one a day because I overreact my body overacts to meds due to my rheumatoid arthritis and other pre-existing conditions. It is the pill from hell it’s the smallest pill I’ve ever seen in my life and I can’t believe something so small could do so much damage I told my doctor that I had swelling above the knee after a week on it and he said that’s not possible went to the pharmacist and she said it is a rare but serious side effect. You need to come off that pill well my doctor insisted I stay on it so I foolishly did because the heart episodes were so bad back in April. I was visiting 220 bpm sometimes. I will keep you in prayer. Hang in there. I am out of power and I will catch up with this later and tell you how I did it even though I was only on one pill it took me five weeks to completely wean off and be in the safety zone

Beta blockers are notorious for withdrawal side effects. So sorry for your experience. Coming from someone who is hypersensitive to a lot of medications, try some Lemon Balm tea. I have used it for anxiety at night…it has a mild calming effect so you can sleep.

Keep us posted…sending a digital hug 🤗.

VaniaG

The cardiologist in the hospital stopped my 12.5 Coreg beta blocker abruptly as it was causing me to be lightheaded. No tapering. It’s been 10 days of feeling stressed and unsteady. I’m functioning but struggling.