I was abruptly taken off of my beta blocker (Toporol Xl 25 mg. ) 3 months ago. After the first 24 hours I began to experience horrific symptoms...a racing heart, increased blood pressure and worst of all severe anxiety. My heart has settled down some along with my blood pressure however I continue to experience horrible anxiety. I have been controlling my bloodpressure with resperate,and hawhtorn garlic hibiscus tea and co Q10. It still will shoot up out of nowhere along with my heart rate.
I have not found very much useful info about beta blocker withdrawal syndrome. I am still experiencing it. Can you help?
I was on a beta blocker for 3 years with horrible side effects, I gradually weaned myself off of it, it took me 1 month to free myself of it's effect, after that I had no more problems. It is possible, but not probable that you are still feeling it's effect after 3 months. It should be out of your system by now. Is your heart rate in the normal range? I know when I was taking it my heart rate was on average 55 bpm, I also experienced swelling in my feet. I know I would never take a beta blocker again. How long were you on this beta blocker?
Drugs are considered toxins in our bodies. Therefore, some of the drug is stored in our fat cells. As these fat cells break down, we get the symptoms of withdrawal.
Make sure your Dr. has checked your thyroid because some of symptoms of withdrawal can seem the same as to much thryoid hormone.
It took me two months to get off of Clonidine so I know the aggravation of withdrawal.
BBs are horrible to try and get off of. I was told, due to the horrible side effects that I experienced when trying to wean myself off, that I would have to be on some sort of dose the rest of my life. My situation is a bit odd, though, becuase I was on 200 mgs a day for a few years. I am at 50 mgs now, but my body will not allow me to go lower, my HR and BP soar from just walking at anything lower. This pills really screwed my system up, I hope you have a better outcome though.
Clonidine is considered the most difficult b/p med to withdraw from as far as I know. I was on the lowest dose & it is such a tiny pill so that made it worst.
I found that it is two steps forward & two steps backwards. When my b/p was up I would add more clonidine & then try again the next day to decrease the dose. Fam
To the person taking Clonidine. I have been on it for 10 years. I take .01mg/5 x's a day in addition to recently taking a altenol .25mg/ once a day. I have unconsistant bp. Some days good some days bad. When I visit a Dr's office it is always high.
I get such weird equlibriam experiences. Sometimes I will lose my equilibriam for no reason. I just don't feel right most of the time. I think thru the years of being on Clonidine my body has just compensated for the drug.
I am thinking of trying to wean myself off the altenol. I would love to wean off the Clonidine but after so many years of being on it I think it would be an impossibility. I get very depressed about being on these drugs some days.
I have a very sensitive system. My Dr. has tried me on so many different bp meds and I always had such bad side effects. Clonidine was the only one I could somewhat tolerate...but nothing keeps my bp on an even keel. I have had all kinds of tests and they don't find anything.
It is not often I come across someone who took Clonidine and can understand what I am going thru.
BBs are horrible to try and get off of. I was told, due to the horrible side effects that I experienced when trying to wean myself off, that I would have to be on some sort of dose the rest of my life. My situation is a bit odd, though, becuase I was on 200 mgs a day for a few years. I am at 50 mgs now, but my body will not allow me to go lower, my HR and BP soar from just walking at anything lower. This pills really screwed my system up, I hope you have a better outcome though.
Did you sucesfully get off the beta blocker? I'm going through what you describe. I'm 3 weeks off. Not feeling my best.... And I tapered a long time and to very small doses.
The best way that I have found to wean off of a benzodiazepine or a beta blocker is by contacting a company called TheRoad Back. I was able to successfully wean off Xanax. They wean you off very, very slowly. You need to have a supportive physician during this process. I was ion a very small dose of Xanax and it took me a full year to get off of it. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. Please don't be discouraged there are ways to get off these horrible drugs. God bless and I wish you well.
I had to go back on the Bb to stop the withdrawal. I weaned off of Xanax successfully using a program called The Road Back. I would recommend this program to anyone trying to get off of any type of psychotropic drug. Please do not be discouraged there is help out there.
