November 22th
2007
11:55 PM
I've had a problem of chronic stress for the past few years. During the past 10 months, I've made 7 visits to the ER because I felt symptoms of a heart atack. Each time I went in, it was EKG, ultrasound, cat scan or IMR, blood workup, oxygen, stress test, etc. I was in the ICU once, for 24 hours. Each time, the results were negative. This past visit (1 month ago), they detected an arrhythmia. This prompted the ER doc to prescribe the drug Metoprolol Succinate ER 25 mg tabs. I am to take it for 3 weeks, then see my GP. Since returning, the heart beat is irregular and somewhat harder than before. It's uncomfortable laying down in bed so I sleep in the living room, sitting up. In addition, I'm taking anticonvulsants (Keppra and Lamictal) and food supplements. I'm due to go in a week and this really has me concerned. I'm wondering if everything is working against each other. I signed medical releases with all four of my doctors but they don't communicate as I had asked them to. The side effects are: constant headaches, ringing in the ears, hallucinations, mental confusion, bipolar/depression, joint pain, weakness in muscles, spasms, panic attacks, increased stress, vision problems, plus thoughts about high medical bills. Any thoughts about this? I don't expect you to respond to this but my email address is:****** Thanks for considering what I've shared with all of you.
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January 28th
2010
6:00 PM
Hello....I used to be on Toprol XL and got switched to Atenolol. I didn't like that at all and I changed to Metoprolol Succinate ER 25 mg tabs 1 time per day. I've been on them for about 3 weeks now. My pressures have been great and I'm quite relaxed/calm. That's the good part. I notice that I'm waking up randomly once or twice a night and my dreams have become quite vivid but not nightmarish. I wouldn't call it insomnia though. More like a sleep that isn't as deep as it may have been in the past. I'm also noticing an eye twitch and the more I think about it, the more I realized I was having the same problem with Toprol XL. Coincidence? Link? Maybe...maybe not.
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