Bosoprolol withdrawal

[Jayloft]

I've been on bisoprolol since January for a tarchicardia because I was getting fast heart rate when I get up but not pots and also breathlessness and fatigue. Did both an echo and ECG nothing showed up.... I've been trying to get off the drugs cus I'm untimely tired of em. I no longer have breathlessness or fatigue after taking the drugs. It's the 5 months now, I tried stopping the drug and my heartbeat went out of proportion. So I was still scared and kept on taking it... It's been 5 months my GP said I should stop but I get nasty withdrawal symptoms like a freakishly fast heartbeat,Really dizzy that I have to immediately sit down or pass out. I need help what can I do. I'm just only 19. This all started after I took ciproflaxin

[Ennasti]

The easiest way to prevent withdrawal is to slowly reduce the amount you take. Start by dropping it to half for a week or two and then half again.

I’m not sure antibiotics are generally known to cause tachycardia and I’m surprised a doctor put you on a bb when your other tests were ok. It’s also interesting that you’re having this reaction given you’ve only been on them for a few months.

[Jayloft in reply to Ennasti]

I was put on steriods for an allergy then after 2 days was given antibiotics and this started ... I was first put on propranolol but that causes me to be very breathless. Told my GP and he switched me to Bisoprolol. Been on it since...

Trying to taper leaves me waking up with pounding heartbeat

[Ennasti in reply to Jayloft]

Well you only have two choices. Cold turkey or slow reduce. The symptoms should stop once your body adjusts.

[Welshwomanarrythmia]

Have you tried reducing the dose rather than taking yourself off bisoprolol completely? I hope this withdrawal has been under the supervision of at least your GP

[Jayloft in reply to Welshwomanarrythmia]

I have already been told to stop the drug... He Literally just wants me to step off it, tried but it wasn't a funny situation at all

[DanniC88]

Hi there. I too take bisoprolol. I take 2.5mg daily and have done since 2019. I have sinus tachycardia and would love to be tablet free. I have lowered my dose before but it didnt help. Like you I had a faster heart rate.Let us know how you get on. I'll be interested to see

[Jayloft in reply to DanniC88]

Yeah. I'm trying my best to get off it because if I try any strenuous excercise on the drug it makes my heart to go off beat and I want to leave a regular life again . I'm tiredddd of being awake. I was diazepam for that then stopped...... I'm an active person, a physical one at the best and I love sports

[fishonabike]

gradual tapering off is a much gentler approach for many people - you can do this by reducing the dose, your gp will need to be involved, or by spacing out how often you take the dose , gradually increasing the time between doses

e.g if yo take it in the morning, try taking one in the morning, take the next after 36 hrs (the next evening) then miss a day and take the third 36 hrs later in the morning do that for a week or two, if you get side effects go back to normal pattern till side effects stop then try again but taking them every 30 hrs for 2 weeks

if no side effects increase the gap, try that for 2 weeks etc, until you can stop

[Jayloft in reply to fishonabike]

Thank you very very much ❤️🥺🥺🥺 I would try thisssss I was put on 2.5 per day two times a day.... Then I dropped it because I started researching and I didn't want to get addicted to it and But I felt better no longer breathless and shiii and I'm stronger slowly playing basketball but that triggers my heart to beat off beat if I stress too much, so I play with caution and no competitive games. I successfully dropped my dose to one in 24 after Many unsuccessful tries. But during this time I dropped if I do any exercise and adrenaline starts pumping it reacts and heart beats off and I stop hydrated and rest then my heart starts beating fast during after something I rested

[fishonabike in reply to Jayloft]

firstly Beta-blockers are not physically addictive, in the way that heroine and nicotine are - so try to stop worrying about that

have you tied things like breathing exercise which calm you and help you heart rate to settle? these could help you deal with those times when things inside you start racing - it is normal for your heart to pump faster and harder during exercise but if this causes you distress then it's probably best to limit your excercise untill you can rebuild your stamina as you are doing - maybe you could also find other ways to build up gradually, apart from basketball, so you have a choice and can switch around

stopping medication our bodies have begun to rely on can be hard, because of the weird feeling we get, but if you take your time and learn to get through the weird feelings you will get there - be kind to yourself and notice the improvement and achievement, you have already cut back, the last bit is always the hardest and slowest

[Judithdalston]

I am much older than you, but have had similar symptoms to you with 4 years of Long Covid. Ended up on 5 Bp drugs, but would collapse in the street. No ecg, echocardiogram, X-ray showed anything obvious causing breathlessness, dizziness etc etc. I had self diagnosed PoTs using the NASA test, and persuaded my GP to refer me outside my Trust to a specialist with tilt table…. Test showed after about 8 mins my BP dropped considerably to 60/40, so postural hypotension, and HR rose to 130+ to counteract this, so technically not PoTs as BP involved. Though PoTs is more likely in teenagers than OAPs! First thing the consultant did was to remove the bisoprolol, then shift some am drugs to pm. Can’t say it’s obviously improved symptoms, except I no longer have claustrophobic nightmares; I still don’t do much standing/ walking but do go swimming 5x a week in attempt at fitness/ using the heart/ circulation. Not that I am a medic, but I can well understand how even a low dose BP drug, or its withdrawal, causes all sort of odd symptoms… to wean yourself off have you tried taking bisoprolol at a different time of day, or chopping it in 1/2 or 1/4 and reduce very slowly by small bit over a week or so?

[Jayloft in reply to Judithdalston]

I weaned myself to 1.25 per day... So I'll try to either lengthen the time or reduce the dosage but slower this time. Thanks for your help ❤️