beta blocker? r they good?
They do keep your heart from racing and keep it at a steady pace. They do lower you heart rate, mine was about 48 beats per minute. Also be prepaired to feel really lousy for about a week to 10 days until your body gets used to it. I feel asleep at my desk at work for 2 hours, thank goodness nobody noticed.
hi am new to this also. i had a panic attack i guess anyways, i was put on toprol xl cuz my heart was beating fast and my dr thought that was what could of been causing the recent out of nowhere panic like attacks. the toprol has helped alot but i have still a couple of times still felt the palpitations and racing heart especially upon laying down at night. i have had a heart ultrasound done that was showed fine and 2 fine ekg's so im guessing that when the attacks start up the heart is gonna be beat a bit faster regardless. but i would say yes give them a chance cuz they do seem to do some good.
I've been taking Toprol XL for over 6 years.
They gave it to cause my heart rate was too rapid. Now they say it is for blood pressure.
It hasn't hurt me. It take 50 mlg. every morning.
Good luck.
MaryJane
They gave it to cause my heart rate was too rapid. Now they say it is for blood pressure.
It hasn't hurt me. It take 50 mlg. every morning.
Good luck.
MaryJane
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Hi Sweetie,
I take a low dose of Inderal every morning - 10 ml. - to keep my heart from racing. The funniest thing about Inderal is when I started taking it, I got to a place where I always panicked - and while the panicky thoughts were there - my heart didn't race. It was the strangest thing.
For me - and this is just me - taking away the body symptoms of anxiety has enabled me to move forward at a much more positive pace. Again, that's just me. The Inderal helps to block the racing heart and sweaty palms.
While I more than understand learning the abililty to control thoughts from negative to positive, to breath, to relax - things I am learning - I feel that taking medication to help me get from Point A to Point B is a good thing.
I guess the bottom line is I know my recovery is coming from both cognitive learning and medication.
Karma
I take a low dose of Inderal every morning - 10 ml. - to keep my heart from racing. The funniest thing about Inderal is when I started taking it, I got to a place where I always panicked - and while the panicky thoughts were there - my heart didn't race. It was the strangest thing.
For me - and this is just me - taking away the body symptoms of anxiety has enabled me to move forward at a much more positive pace. Again, that's just me. The Inderal helps to block the racing heart and sweaty palms.
While I more than understand learning the abililty to control thoughts from negative to positive, to breath, to relax - things I am learning - I feel that taking medication to help me get from Point A to Point B is a good thing.
I guess the bottom line is I know my recovery is coming from both cognitive learning and medication.
Karma
I have been on atenolol for about a month. I read quite a bit about it. My prescribing doctor said that this will help to block the adrenaline, which is what ramps up when we start the fear/panic mode. I am on 25 mg and it is really helpful. What I am concerned about is I already take two other meds. I would love to be med free, but I have had this enough times throughout the past 21 years to know that being off the medications is not my goal. My goal is to function normally, which means getting out of bed, going to work, leaving the house. Is anyone else on more than one medication? I feel like a walking drug store.