Coming Off Propranolol (Top voted first)

i have stopped taking propranolol 80mg 3days ago and would like to know if there is any side effects coming off them

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I too am weaning off propranolol. Had to take it for my racing heart cuZ of hyperthyroidism. It's made me gain 30 pounds and I'm feeling very depressed and obsess about it cuZ I just keep gaining. Will I lose the weight once I'm completely off of the propranolol. Taking 5 mg three times a day. Any input would be greatly appreciated. There's got to he more to life then feeling so ugly and fat all the time. Even my husband looks turned off

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Hi, I as well am on 10mg twice daily. I am 37, had a severe migraine in nov with high BP, and facial lt numbness. It was a month straight of migraines, but I put up with it. This same thing happened at age of 24, but lasted a short period.. So dr said letsntrybthisbas BP was high. I am active not overweight but have a high stress job. So I have been on this for 10weeks. This last few weeks have been hell, not a headache but cold drenched sweats at night,so achy to joints I could cry. I wake up step on my feet and they have that frozen puffy feeling. And sex drive blah hubby noted my mood to be all over map too. Dr doesn't feel any of this is related to med. I can sleep on a dime now where as before I needed gravol to help sleep. Hubby now finds me at 8:30 sawing logs with glasses on and my i pad in my hand, I have the clinical signs of depression but have no reasons to be. I know this is a low dose.. Although its worked wonders for migraines I seem to be falling apart everywhere else. Did u feel like this at all being on such a small tiny dose? Can anybody relate to the small dose??? I think I may wean myself off cause I ain't the same gal I was 3 months ago.

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I take 10mg in morning and 10mg at night, doenst sound like much but when I try to cut night pill in half to decrease dose it makes my heart rate extrmly high. Wondering how long that will last till my body becomes accustom to the half pill, and will it continue when I cut back on morning pill. Dr. says to do it anyway.

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Does anyone get severe stomach pains with it. I was taking 80mg 1 a day he had me at 2 a day and I lost 10 lbs really fast and now am trying to get them out of my system - it has been 3 days without them but still get stomach pains. How long does it take to get it out of your system.

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I have been taking 40mg of Propranolol 2 times a day for almost 2yrs and I stopped taking it about 20days ago and right after stopping my ankles started to swell and this last week i have started itching all over and it seems to come and go. Today i had chest pains for about 20minutes and then they went away. I am 49yrs old and I am wondering if not being on the medication is causing the itching. I have tried taking Benadryl, but it only puts me to sleep and when i wake up, it all starts again. Any ideas if stopping taking it is causing the itching?

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I have been on 80 mg Inderal for over 20 years for migraine prevention, very successful. I started having severe tremors approximately 4 weeks ago, been hospitalized and no medical reason found so far. Tuesday I realized I had been missing my daily dose for a week or so. I started by 2 days ago and there were no tremors today. Could that be the cause of the tremors?

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I've been taking propanolol for about seven years for migraines. Originally 40mgs twice a day. I've managed to cut down to just 10mgs taken at night but it's been hard. This last 10mg is difficult to give up. I feel heady if I don't take it. I've been having very vivid dreams and occasional sweats at night. Some problems with lethargy too. In seven years my life has changed immeasurably so I really don't know if I need it anymore. Tapering off seems to be the only way to kick the habit. I will stop soon and suffer the consequences if there are any. I never realised it would be so hard coming off this stuff. Good luck

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I was on 80mg propanolol for 1 year due to stressful job and tremors. I got laid off and went back to 40 mg right away, and continued on that for a few months. Started getting really cold all the time during the winter, and reduced the dose again, then started getting chest pains in January. I did a stress ekg in May-he made me get my heart rate up to 170 beats per minute and I haven't felt right since then. He told me to quit the propanolol as it seemed to be slowing my heart rate too much. Now I'm getting a lot of chest pain and wondering if I did some damage by taking too much (80mg) and then coming off too quickly, although it wasn't that quickly. Any comments? The doc said I have benign arrhythmia and had nothing to worry about but now I have a lot of pain and am going to see another doc.
-Sarah

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I have just spoken to my Dr about coming off Propranolol. I'm on 40mg 3 times a day. He has told me to take 2 aday for a week then 1 a day for a week as it must be done very gradually,
Hope this pelps

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I had problems just stopping cold turky after one doctor told me it would be ok, i felt panicky and anxious. Another doctor said to reduce the dose slowly over time or i will get withdrawal syptoms, One day on, one day off (2 weeks)then one day on two days off (2 weeks) so on, i still had problems and had to do it over the space of months. I am now down to one morning dose a day and ready to stop completely (after 6 months) and am feeling ok

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Any drug or substance that you take into your body for a prolonged period of time will cause some mild withdrawal symptoms if you abruptly stop using it, even if they don't consider it addictive. Because your body gets used to it and becomes unused to functioning without it, this includes everything from your morning coffee to even over the counter meds.

Therefore, to avoid this, it is always easier on you to taper off slowly.

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I take the same medicine everyday and the same dosage as well,but lately I was feeling anxious so my doctor increased my dosage which is 40miligrams per day. My mood is always changing as well. I'm always sad,angry,or hungry. It really sucks!

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This is a follow up from my first comment last December:

I did it! I slowly weened myself off of Propranolol completely.

I was never comfortable with the panic and anxiety attacks it gave me when I missed just one dosage. This is a Beta blocker that affects the heart, thereby in my case controlling my blood pressure.

I wanted to run again, to live my life free of this evil drug. I monitored my blood pressure the entire time and started a vigorous walking routine. Soon I wasn't feeling tired and drugged up anymore. I feel alive again. By the way, I had given up drinking alcohol completely, right after the Doc prescribed this in the beginning. That helped me to want to rid myself of this unnecessary drug.

After being on propranolol for 6 years, I started cutting the dosage down, week after week id cut it back a quarter of a tablet. Soon the two 60 mg tablets/day prescription became 20 mg/day. That dosage kept getting even smaller. But I knew that this medication was in my tissues and would be hard to rid my body of it. Also I was scared of the day when I would run out of my prescription. I thought, "how will my heart react to me stopping this drug?"

Then it happened. After a couple of months, I was taking only a quarter of a 20 mg tablet - per day. A week later I ran out of the prescription, so scared of that horrible panic and anxiety to return. It didn't. Months have gone by and I'm free of it! Of course, I was taking it for blood pressure control. In my case, as long as I walk every day and make my self not to worry, I'm doing OK. I'm eating balanced meals. That's my story! I'm not EVER going back to propranolol.

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I was prescribed propranolol for migraines I've only taken 2 last night and the night before but I've actually nearly passed out at work today. I'm going to stop taking them I'm unsure about side effects from stopping as it says not to just stop?

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Thank you so much for giving me hope. I eat sleep and breath my sorrow over the weight gain. It came so quickly and I feel very uncomfortable in my own skin.

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This drug should be banned I was prescribed it for anxiety and took it for 3 days it made my condition far worse I came off it cold turkey and even 3 days was enough to put me in the a+e chest pain my wife called an ambulance this drug is lethal be very careful 5 days off it now and am still badly affected , balance head in a spin .please do not use this drug I have gone through hell

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I was diagnosed with SVT, about a year ago. My doctor put me on Propanalol, and within six months, I gained 40 pounds, was extremely fatigued, lost my libido completely and had visual difficulties. I have stopped taking this drug (I am very aware of the dangers), but I could not take it any longer. I have been off for two weeks now, and the last three days, I have had terrible diahrea, fatigue, and jitters. Has anyone else experienced these symptoms? Could this be withdrawal symptoms, even after two weeks?

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I took 40mg per day for 6 years due to anxiety, sorted out the source of my issues, stopped taking them 5 weeks ago, no side effects, sometimes fast heart rate, but it passes within minuets. Don't get caught up in what pharmaceutical company's say, and yeah follow doctors advice, always, but I am ok, real me back!! Body always follows the mind, get that sorted, and anything is possible. Hope this helps someone

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I have been taking propranalol for just over 2 weeks.I have anxiety and insomnia and feel that propranalol is making me more anxious. cCan I just stop as I have reduced from 40mg to 20mg to 10mg over the past week.Does anyone have blurred vision with it and feel their heart beating faster?

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I've been taking 3 40g a day for 3 weeks for blood pressure I'm on 2 away now blood pressure down but I still getting upset tummy and feeling dizzy

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