Propranolol for Mitral Valve Prolapse User Reviews

• bra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 16, 2025

"This comes as a warning. Propranolol was prescribed to help my irregular heartbeat with SVT, and it did just that, but it also caused severe depression within a week or two. I stopped taking it, and the depression has not lifted after more than a week, and now my SVT is back with my irregular heartbeat, so I have anxiety. It does have withdrawal side effects of hot flashes also. I would feel like I would withdrawal in between dosing with the short half-life. I was NOT depressed before taking propranolol, but I have a past history of anxiety, likely linked to my heart condition and other stressors. For example, after a bad breakup, I had anxiety, so I was put on Zoloft and propranolol for anxiety, and it helped, but then again, I was also started on a powerful antidepressant around the same time. All this being said, please be cautious with this medication. I can't go to work and lay in bed and ball my eyes out or pace and cry. I am absolutely miserable. I may have to seek treatment in a few days."

• Sad...
• July 19, 2013

"I have mitral valve prolapse and extreme anxiety, where I basically depleted my adrenals from being so anxious all the time. I was in a constant state of fight or flight. Since my Dr. prescribed this medicine a few years ago, it has worked wonders and changed my life. I am now able to function fairly normally, as it greatly reduces my heart rate. I seem to have extreme sensitivity to heat as well, and it calms my pulse in warm temperatures too. It's never fun to always be aware of a racing heart rate, and this med really helps. Takes about 20 mins to kick in, but then I usually feel much calmer. Very happy to have been prescribed this."

• ell...
• October 12, 2014

Propranolol "I have been on this medicine for over 10 years. They had to switch me to this medicine because the other medicine I was on wasn't working anymore. I was on atenolol for a while for rapid heart rate, and then I had chest pains, so they switched me to Inderal because I had mitral valve. So far, it is working."

• MDP...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 16, 2019

"I was suffering from short breath and a very high heart rate and chest pain during exercise and could never keep up with my friends at the gym. Now I take 40 mg thrice a day, and after a set of heavy weight lifting, I'm not even breathing fast, and now I have to wait for my friends to catch a breath to keep up with me. I'm totally fine as long as I keep taking the pills, but they do not cure fatigue, I'm still always tired."

• ELL...
• February 18, 2014

Propranolol "I've been on this medicine for at least 10 years. It has been working so far. I was on something else before they found out that I had mitral valve prolapse. All I had was tachycardia, then they found the MVP, and the meds I was on weren't working, so I was put on this."

• che...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 13, 2018

"I take it for: essential tremor, migraine prevention, blood pressure, mitral valve prolapse. One medication for multiple things! This is the best medication on the planet, in my opinion."

• Sco...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 4, 2021

"I'm on propranolol since 2006. Still taking it - 5 mg in the morning, and 5 mg in the evening. Propranolol reduces my extrasystoles and tachycardia. I have no adverse effects."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 13, 2012

"It works great. Haven't had any of the side effects. Helps my prolapse and migraines."

• Dzo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 22, 2017

"Propranolol, a 40 mg 2x1, led me to an episode of supraventricular tachycardia (244 bpm)."