Toprol-XL and bad dreams

TWO PIECES OF ADVICE:
DO NOT DRINK alcohol within 6 hrs and EAT right before taking Toprol. This should help with all mentioned side effects!
I have noticed that if I drink ANY alcohol within six hours of taking Toprol (before or after), my HR skyrockets to 190+BPM. I thought this might help others. Also, I MUST eat at least 2 slices of bread each time I take it. Otherwise, I will feel very dizzy, faint and have bad dreams.
If I eat, I have no side effects.
Also, there have been a couple times where I missed a dose or took it late and each time, I feel my heart starting to race and the PVC's coming back.

I have been on 25 mg of Toprol for 6months due to PVC's and rapid/ racing HR (160+)/ palps and BP spikes. My 24hr Holter (six months ago) showed 370 PVC's in one day, so I was put on Toprol. All other heart tests were normal. Anyway, it has worked wonders for me. I had another Holter done last week and there were NO PVC's and steady HR and BP. Since being on Toprol HR is 65, BP is 105/60 or so.

My mother is ninety-one and is on Toprol-XL and has been for almost two years now. She started having some vivid dreams about one of her boys running away (her children have been out of the house for 25 years now) and not coming home. We thought it was the beginning of Alzheimer's and are starting her on Aricept. Could any body help me with this. She has always been very healthy until her heart attack two years ago and has never liked to take medication. She keeps asking if it could be the medicine, but the doctors say," No, these medicines are good for you!"

I started taking 25mg of Toprol and I started feeling really weird, having bad dreams, and i was so deppressed i laid in the bed for a week. I had horrible insomnia and I slept all day.

Thank you for mentioning the bad dreams. I had a very scary dream the other day and didn't know if parts of it were real or not. I've had more frequent chest pains since starting Toprol (50mg/day). And, I'm definitely more anxious than I've ever been. The chest pains don't help the anxiety level at all. And, last night was the first night in weeks that I couldn't get back to sleep. I've been on Toprol now for about 4 weeks.

I've got a lot of numbness and tingling in my left arm.

I'm seeing a cardiologist on Friday so I'll hopefully have some tests done shortly. I was too stressed out (BP too high) to have a stress test done. That was the reason behind going on Toprol. I typically run 140/90 but with just a bit of activity or stress it will jump to 160/110 or higher. I'm still at 140/90 but it's fairly consistent lately.
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate this site.

joint pains, mental confusion, weakness (bad), muscle aches, BP higher, bad dreams, cold hands and feet with numbness, pain in lungs.

slowly took myself off!