Toprol-XL and high heart rate

I've been on the generic of Toprol XL for a month and a half. I take 12.5 mg in the morning and 12.5 at night. I have gained 10lbs so far, I feel groggy, lightheaded, fuzzy, sleepy all the time no matter how much sleep I get. I get episodes where it feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest making it hard to get a good deap breath. I have a headache almost every day. I suffer from severe anxiety to the point that I don't like leaving my house. I worry about stupid things obsessively. I just feel crappy constantly. I was prescribed it due to a high heart rate, but I've never had high blood pressure. I have a dr's appt May 6 and I'm going to ask her to start weaning me off of it. If I would have known the side effects would be this bad I would have asked to be prescribed something else from the get go.

Haven't been taking this medication very long started March 1st or so with 50mg once a day. But felt didn't need it so took it kind of sporadically the first week, every other day, then I tried just half the second week 25mg. Then I had to go back to full 50mg this past week, so basically 50 to 25mg for three weeks or so now, and I feel AWFUL. Now that I have dropped back to the 25mg the side effects have lessened but the anxiety is unbearable! My arms and hands go cold and numb. When taking it at 50mg felt very sluggish, cloudy mind, doomed feeling. It just doesn't feel right. I am only 33 years old they did a stress test on me this past Friday and 2-D echocardiogram. Tomorrow they are going to do some blood tests and a get a holter monitor put on me for 48 hours. To see if I "need" to be on this med. I dont' think I do, if it truly was something I needed or helped my body, it would help it not bother more. I truly think I may have some other underlying reason for the high heart rate, my BP has always been normal except when I was hospitalized and then once they had me hydrated and my sugars back to normal (I'm hypoglycemic) my BP went normal I just had the tachycardia off and on. So that's why the doctor in the hospital said to begin the Toprol Xl b/c it's SO SAFE I GIVE IT TO PREGNANT WOMEN!! His words. I pray for those women. After just the one week straight of 50mg when I dropped to 25mg a couple days ago it felt AWFUL to do that as well, today is much better Thank God. But can you have such strong withdrawals after such short period of time? And if so, that is scary in and of itself.

Rash I went on Topril about 1year ago . 25mg and it solved my my high heart rate. Episodes from 1 to 2 hours rapid heart beat up to 175 beats a minute. Now I am fine But ____But when i increase dossage as recomended to 50 mg a rash appeared and my dermatologist thinks it is cause by Topril. Anybody else have a rash from this medication??? Please help LW

I am so glad I found this site!! I am a 52 year old female. I went on Toprol last October prior to surgery because I have a high heart rate. After surgery my doctor requested I continue with the Toprol as he thought it would make me feel better. In less than two months I gained 10 lbs. I contacted my doctor with this news and he was surprised, plus quite sure my weight gain was not due to Toprol. My eating habits had not changed, since January I started exercising daily with a weight loss finally of 5 lbs. Now I consume mostly protein eating two small meals daily. I have kept the 5 lbs. off by practically straving.

I took 25 mg of Toprol for the first time today for high blood pressure and a high heart rate. I also have mitral valve regurgitation. Already, I can tell that I'm in a fog, very tired, and my chest hurts. I even took a nap around 4:00 pm today, and had a terrible dream. My hand and feet have been freezing cold too. Is it safe to stop taking this medication, since I have only taken 1 pill? I want to call my Doctor tomorrow. Thanks!!!

Jeannie