Bisoprolol cessation and exercising max heart rate / 1.25mg

[David-75]

Hello there, a quick query to see if anyone else has had similar. I stopped Bisoprolol 1.25mg about 7 weeks ago. First attempt was foolhardy - really based on cardiologist opinion that as I was on the lowest dose anyway - the withdrawal effects would not be much/ if any after even 4 years of use…. it did have some effects when tried stopping outright - heart flutters on waking, anxiety levels went through roof - as some nerve endings seemingly reignited. So a more gently, gently approach of every other day then every other 3 days was used over about a month or so. This second approach worked - but now just left with a high heart rate when seemingly not really going flat out running and not out of breath. A very leisurely 11.5kmh for fifteeen minutes and my heart rate would be at 155-160bpm quite quickly. As I am 47 (had a HA 5 years ago nearly and 5 stents) - I don’t think I should be training at that rate really unless it feels like I am exerting - which I don’t really. My question is has anyone similarly had this ?and should I expect my HR to come down over time (weeks later after further training and adjustment) to about where I would expect it to be at this light jog pace …125-140 ish?. I usually run at 14kmh in the treadmill for 5k but too scared to push it that much as think I would be at max hr all the time. Thanks.

[David-75]

I should add my average resting heart rate just went up two beats to about 48 - so not much change there.

[David-75]

Thanks for the reply- that was really well articulated and comes as some relief to hear it will probably settle in time. I was able to get to max HR pre stopping biso so assume I still can , but will tread gently for a while. Good luck with your sprint training by the way😉- very impressive. There is something very liberating about going full pelt and I will no doubt give it a go again at some point- but I doubt I will be as fast as you!… my legs are about maintaining speed or used to be about very short burst of speed for football (10 metres or so) - but I always struggled with 100 and 200m!. Thanks again.

[Wooodsie]

Hi Davis & Thatwasunexpected, i tried quitting the biso a while back and had thebsame as you, so went back on. I quit again 7 days ago with no effects (i was on 1.25mg only). But I've got covid at tje mo so haven't been to the gym since I quit, probably a good thing. I feel like im not so breathless now although my resting rate has gone up a bit. I've asked Thatwasunexpected on his sprint post if it's OK to push the HR above the average. Lets hope he relplies.

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We are all different and our bodies respond differently to exercise, whatever the circumstances, there is no one size fits all for an optimum outcome. So my advice to anyone with a medical condition which may affect their performance whilst they exercise is to simply listen to your body. By all means don't hold back but when your body says 'whoa! that's too much', respond accordingly. And if you are re-establishing an exercise regime after a major medical trauma slowly ramp it up to test how you feel along the way rather than be disappointed when you try too hard too early.

[David-75]

Thanks a lot for this. Yes- I’d read about the Borg scale and I am fortunate to have retained my fitness to a degree- but I did used to do quite a bit of competitive sport and gym. Now the issue , I suspect like many of us, is trying to wrestle with the anxiety of pushing it too hard ; which I suppose is where the Borg scale comes in - but I do miss the really out of breath running approach!. Is . One typo I think I spotted in your reply - i think the average jogging speed is about 6 mph rather than kmh (I may be wrong!). So my 11.5kmh is just a steady jog really (about 7mph), but I mainly run at 14kmh (well- I will when the ticker settles down a bit!). Thanks again - Good health and best wishes.

[David-75]

I stand/jog corrected 😉