Metoprolol & Anxiety
Hey everyone! Staying up late with the newborn has me searching so many threads for those with any similar experiences.
I gave birth 2 weeks early on May 3rd. During pregnancy I would have issues being very out of breath and heart racing but I figured it was my asthma. Before pregnancy I took ADHD meds so my heart rate was a little elevated.
A few days following birth I went to the ER with trouble breathing, my heart rate getting very high, and feeling lightheaded. The night before I woke up in my sleep feeling like I was gasping for air! I thought it was an anxiety attack, but they found one of my arteries was mildly dilated. I was on metoprolol 25 mg at first to help reduce the high heart rates and they’ll have me on a heart monitor a few weeks, I noticed I was getting very lightheaded and my heart rate getting very low at night. The doctors cut my dosage today then to 12.5 mg. They think it’ll go away within a few months post partum.
But my biggest question—does anyone else get anxiety with how low your breathing and heart rate feels at night!? Today I felt like it was more of an anxiety attack thinking of it all and especially at nighttime. For anyone else with anxiety did medication help or is this all side effects from the medicine and feeling like I did before??