willow1878I have only been on a 2.5 mg dose for a month. but I was told by an A & E doctor to stop them for 3 days before I did a treadmill heartcheck. The comedown was so bad ( dizziness. palpitations, panic attacks, chest pains, 24 hour headaches, nausea ) that I am now frightend to go back on the tablets at all.
When will my bisoprolol rebound symptoms end ?
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- 22 Oct 2011 by willow1878
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- arrhythmia, panic disorder, bisoprolol, doctor
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LaurieShay22 Oct 2011
Hey willow,
The literature points out the following for bisprolol:
Abrupt Cessation of Therapy
Exacerbation of angina pectoris, and, in some instances, myocardial infarction or ventricular arrhythmia, have been observed in patients with coronary artery disease following abrupt cessation of therapy with beta-blockers. Such patients should, therefore, be cautioned against interruption or discontinuation of therapy without the physician’s advice. Even in patients without overt coronary artery disease, it may be advisable to taper therapy with Bisoprolol over approximately one week with the patient under careful observation. If withdrawal symptoms occur, Bisoprolol therapy should be reinstituted, at least temporarily.
If you have had your treadmill check, I would reinstitute this medication so to avoid any further withdrawal.
Uncontrolled hypertension can be very dangerous.
Best wishes,
Laurie
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Cheers for that Laurie , I did consider going back on the tablets but I am doing my best to work the issues out with a controlled diet, no caffeine, no alcohol and more sleep. Today I woke with the attitude that I had seen enough of the hospital to last me a lifetime and I was going to get all of this mess under control sooner rather than later. I am getting the odd niggle in my chest, but I have developed an odd sort of wind block in the centre of my chest that is making me belch at an alarming rate. I have to be honest and say that this is far less scary than the rebound effect that I have had from the Beta Blockers.
Kind Regards.
Willow.
Please keep a check on the blood pressure, if the life style changes arenot enough then reconsider being on some kind of medicine. Uncontrolled blood pressure is nothing to mess around with.
My whole story is as follows, I was doing nothing particularly strenuouse in work about a month ago when I was struck by a crushing chest pain that lasted for about 5 minutes this was accompanied by a very hot sweat.
I was taken to A & E and was put on a heart monitor for 24 hours. They did 6 and 12 hour bloods , Chest Xray, 3 ECG tests but everything came back clear so they sent me home the next evening with Asprin, Bisoprolol, Symvastatin, Omeperesol and a GT spray.
The Doc quoted Angina and Off I went, within days I was having all dizzy spells, violent headaches, panic attacks, nausea. I have been readmitted to hospital 3 times in 3 weeks, fitted with a 24 hour ECG machine and put through a Myocardial Prefusion Scan (not had results yet) and to be honest I didnt feel that being told to stop my tablets cold turkey was such a good idea, but went ahead and did it , cos the doc said it would be cool.
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Hopefully my ticker is functioning as well as these machines say it is and the rest is all down to an anxiety curse.
Thanks for your reply's, They are most appreciated.
Regards.
Willow.
Wow Willow, You have been through the mill as they say. I would be leary of the bisoprolol too after what you explained. Just didn't want you to ignore hypertension if that is what you have. I'm assuming you have a cardiologist with everything you have been through. Best to discuss the best plan of treatment with him/her. Your angina maybe all anxiety, but only your doc can make that determination.
To be honest it has been the most frightening month of my life and the beta blockers caused me to dredge a load of bad memories from the back of my mind, as they left me with very little defense, when it came to dealing with problems that I thought I had left behind. I have now quit every med that I was given and I am trying to steer a course to safety.
Regards.
Willow.
Good luck Willow and do stay in touch and let me know how things progress.
Hi Laurie.
So far I have had no tablets for two weeks and the panic attacks seem to be slowly decreasing, I am having the odd chest twinge and bout of lightheadedness, but most of the time I am not feeling as tense and anxiety ridden as I was.
Hopefully it will slow down and I can put this episode behind me, but I've got to see the Cardiology Specialist next week, so I will keep you informed.
Regards.
Willow.
Ok Willow, do stay in touch and let us know what the cardiologist has to say. Glad you are slowly feeling better. Hang in there!!
I went to see the Cardiologist on Monday and I have been diagnosed with pericarditis that seems to have been brought on by all of the drug treatment that I have been given over the past 6 weeks ? unfortunately the symptoms are so bad that I could not even contemplate going back to work yet so I now feel like I have been cut adrift and left to fend for myself.
Regards.
Willow.
Willow, what did the doctor say? Are they suggesting any treatment for the pericarditis? May just be a matter of waiting until the inflammation subsides. Hang in there Willow.