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my cardiologist has taken me off Bisoprolol, with dramatic effects ! This might help others.

18 months ago, I was put on 5 mg and it made me feel awful emotionally, and dizzy, and I had a tendency to fall over. They reduced it to 2.5 mg, which was okay, but I noticed when I go out running I can only go so far before I have to walk ,and then I start again for a bit and then I have to walk and so on. It was the same with walking up hills. I noticed that if I forgot to take it, I had much more energy and could run for longer.

Since I came off the tablets I have felt physically much much better, but what I have noticed is that my mood is definitely way better and I feel alive in ways that I haven’t done for 18 months. I didn’t know that what I was feeling below par until I came off the tablets!! I see on the Internet it is also connected to depression and there are other tablets you can try which may not have that effect.

I hope this helps at least one person😀

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Hi,

Four days ago I took my last Bisoprolol. My cardiologist changed my medication because of fatigue and breathlessness.

I'm now on Diltiazem slow release over 24 hours, and I was thinking it's a bit too early to tell but I feel so much better and haven't nodded off once over the three days.

🤞 Hopefully it will continue.

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