jbacon83I take anxiety and ADD meds during the day and my doctor said to try taking the metoprolol at night because I was feeling fatigued later in the evenings?
Is it better to take Metoprolol in the morning or at night?
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- 2 Apr 2010 by jbacon83
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- high blood pressure, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, metoprolol, hypertension
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Added 3 Apr 2010:
I just recently started taking my 50mg dose at night like my MD recommended and then monitor my BP and HR during the day to make sure its still effective in keeping them within normal ranges.
Added 1 May 2010:
The medications I take in the morning are lexapro 20mg and Vyvanse 60mg.
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clm1970
Anonymous 3 Apr 2010
Metropolol adds to the CNS effects of psych meds, so I agree that you should try taking it at night. Matter of fact, before bed may actually help you get to sleep better. Now, you may want to consider that some folks experience urinary incontinence with Metropolol and if you have a tendency to have to go at night more than during the day, this may be something to watch as you try it out. I take it also, as needed, for back pain and I notice that if I take it a couple of days in a row, I start getting that last minute urge/now it's too late kind of thing that goes away when I have a break in dosing. Good luck and I wish you all the best.
Rajive Goel20 Apr 2010
I used to take 100mg SR at night, my doctor now has prescribed me to take it once in the morning too - Metoproplol 100mg SR capsules. Perhaps fatigue is one of the side effects... I haven't felt anything like that..God bless you, please let me know if I could be of any assistance?
1 May 2010
So if I switch to taking the metoprolol which is the extended release version at night rather than with my anti-depressants and vyvanse in the morning, will it still be effective in controlling my BP and Tachycardia symptoms during the day as well. I guess the only way to know for sure is to take my vitals throughout the day to see. Any feedback anyone can provide on this?
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jbacon - I am interested in hearing a bit about your experience. I just discovered 15 days ago that i have tachycardia and 3 days ago the doctor put me on metoprolol 25 mg. I have been taking it at lunch and notice that I feel only OK during the day but i feel really good in evening/nite. This however could also be due to my anxiety lessening at evening as opposed to day.
B/c our stories sound similar, could you tell me how your anxiety made you feel? we are trying to DIAGNOSE my anxiety. I feel, well, anxious. I realize now that I always have felt anxious. Do you think this could have caused my tachycardia? Would you mind lettin gme know what caused yours?
Very much looking forward to hearing back. PS I'm only 29 so this has really been freaking me out!
Talk soon.
your tachycardia could be induced by either you suffering from anxiety or physical genetics. For me the rapid heart beat was continuous rarely below 90 at any given time and I'm athletic too so normal range for me should have been 70-80 resting. With anxiety, it is normal to experience, but you have to look at the situation that induces it and how severe. For me, anxiety is mostly induced by social situations to the point where I would literally shake like I was cold and so I would avoid a lot of social interaction situations. Now I take cymbalta for anxiety, and coreg to keep my BP and HR in check. If you also take a stimulant for ADD that could drive up your HR too. I kept daily logs of my vitals throughout the day at various times when I was resting. if you do that you can get about a months worth of data from each day, show it to your doc and that will help I'm determining adjustments to treatment. Hole this info helps.