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Posted at 7:54 PM on Jun 08, 2009 by nicole87, #42125
It seems as though a lot of people here have experienced what I have...shortness of breath, feeling like you can't get enough air, lightheadedness when standing, etc. I'm only 21 and on 50 mg of this sh**. The past 2 days I have cut myself down to 37.5 mg and hopefully this will help. Being anxious about not being able to breathe correctly makes it worse. I'm pretty sure the shortness of breath is not cardiac in origin as I have recently had a normal chest x-ray and echocardiogram. I even tried a peak flow meter to see if I had developed asthma, and my reading was 400, which is normal for my weight and height. 5'3, 108 lbs. I am convinced that it must be the Toprol, which I was taking for inappropriate sinus tachycardia. If I had some kind of cardiomyopathy (which causes shortness of breath) that symptom would be HELPED by taking the Toprol XL, as it would relax the heart. I want off this stuff, or at least reduced a lot.
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 09, 2009 by shell07, #20471

If you don't mind me asking... Have you experienced your Blood pressure being to low by being on that much? Was your BP normal prior to being on it? Same question for your heart rate is it low? I to take it for the same reason I am a 35 year old female, started on 25 mg which dropped my BP to low now take 12.5 but still have days where my BP and or heart rate are low and I am dizzy and tired. Have tried going off and get rebound tachycardia everytime.

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