Anyone still dealing with anxiety weeks after coming off bisoprolol?

[Dogmom419]

If you were on bisoprolol and suffered anxiety after you came off, how long did it take the anxiety to lift and you felt like before you started taking bisoprolol?It's been 9 weeks and I'm still having anxiety symptoms: jitteriness, anxiousness, nervousness, like I'm climbing the walls. I was on it for 2 years then weaned off because of side effects. I expected some withdrawal side effects. But as time goes on, the anxiety doesn't seem to be getting better. It's happening more frequently and on more days.

Before I went on bisoprolol, I never suffered from anxiety of any kind. I am just feeling defeated and just want to feel like I use to before I went on this beta blocker.

[BearSven]

Do you not think that it will be a time for all of your systems to replace the work the medication was doing,one hopes in time all will settle once more for you!

[Tigrit]

Hi,

What dosage were you on?

[Dogmom419 in reply to Tigrit]

Hi. I was on 5 mg from October 2022 until July 2024. But the lightheadedness and anxiety got worse, so I went down to 2.5 mg for a month. Then I just told my cardiologist it didn't help so I wanted to quit. He said since I was on a low dose, I could just quit. But I decreased it to 1.25 mg for a week, then .75 mg for 3-4 days then quit.With the anxiety I'm currently suffering from, I wish I never touched this drug to begun with!

[Vada2020]

I was on 1.25mg and had the anxiety like you are suffering …I weaned myself off and after a couple of weeks was fine but still get dizziness and lightheadedness even after 2 months🫤

[Dogmom419 in reply to Vada2020]

Sorry you're still suffering with the dizziness and lightheadedness. When I quit, those things went away almost immediately. And was replaced with extreme anxiety, even after 2 months.

[Choccie55]

Bisoprolol can be used to treat anxiety so I can see that coming off it may be a problem. It has actually helped my anxiety which ramped up during menopause. If you are around the peri menopause/menopause age this could be making symptoms worse.