r/Metoprolol

I have vestibular migraines and decided to try beta blockers to see if it helps

I tried propanolol first and started having trouble breathing a few days into it, very very low dose. Went away about 4 days after stopping.

A couple weeks later I tried metoprolol, again very very low dose half of 12.5 for 2 days. Breathing problems and chest pain started immediately after taking. I stopped taking it and the breathing issues have continued, it's been a week now and instead of constantly feeling like I can't get enough air, it usually hits when I'm eating. tonight my husband woke me throwing up and it sent my heart racing and the breathing issues stuck around for almost 2 hours, now that I feel like I can breathe again it kinda burns to take a deep breath.

Plz tell me this medication hasn't caused me to develop a new health problem, I have enough the way it is... 😞

I am being taken off Metoprolol after being on it since 2017 and starting Diltiazem. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thank you!

P.S. I have already tapered down and have been at 12.5 now every third day for a while. I will be off Metoprolol completely for a week and then will start the Diltiazem.

i’ve never taken this medication. My heart rate is 55-65 resting. I’m honestly really afraid to take it, what should i expect to feel?

I've read so much about people having difficulty getting off Metoprolol. My husband has been on it over 10 years. Closer to 12 I think. The side effects are too much. I've finally convinced him to insist the doctor take him off and give him a different med. But after so long, is it possible to end it?

I have extreme health anxiety and I was already scared to start the 25 mg they wanted to start me with so I only took half, it was prescribed for high heart rate spikes even when resting but last night my heart rate went down to 47 and I know the dr said that was too low and I just wanna stop taking it but I’ve read up on all the side effects and I’m scared it will make my heart rate spikes worse. I can’t call and ask my doctor till Monday (it’s Saturday) if I should stop it. Should it be okay to quit taking it?

Anyone else on metoprolol notice that after lifting weights your muscles take longer to recover? Seems like even a week later my muscles are still sore and feel like they haven’t recovered yet. Not sure if it’s the metoprolol isn’t letting blood circulate as fast to those areas or not.

For context I take 50mg ER succinct once daily.

been on metoprolol for 2 years now for high heart rate and anxiety. my dr raised my dosage yesterday to 50mg, i haven’t taken it yet. what should i expect?