Metoprolol and dreams

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Im already on 100 mg 1 time a day of extended release Metoprolol.....and I think, just to appease me, because ive had a couple really really bad days of almost nonstop palps..he said to increase my Metoprolol to 1 100mg tablet in the morning...and 1 100mg tablet at night. Anyone EVER been on such a huge dose before??? I trust him...but yet....Im scared to take that much!!! ANY info on SVC OR Metoprolol would be appreciated!

I jsut saw this discussion and because I have a few issues thought I'd read as well. I have hyperactive thyroid which caused my pulse to go over 100 so now I am on metoprolol 25 mg am and 25 mg pm. I never thought that the pounding might be from that..I have been searching to figure out what the pounding is from. The meotprolol has only decreased my heart into the 80s but that is fine for now until thyroid surgery then I should be off the metorprolol.

Hi, I was hospitalized for a couple of days due to SVT, they started me on Metoprolol, 25mg twice a day. For the first week, I had no side effects. On day 8, I started getting these very "spacey" feelings, unsteady, and a little dizzy. I also started having very vivid dreams. (not scarey, just VIVID!) I guess I just wanted to know why I had no side effects in the beginning, but have started to now?

first off i would like to say that I am aware and would like for anyone who has read this question to know that metoprolol is to NOT be stopped cold turkey and is supposed to be monitored by your doctor if you were to wean off the drug. my question is that has anyone shifted the times of when their doses were suppose to be taken? did your doctor give you the okay?

After wearing a heart monitor for 24 hrs my Doctor told me that I had tachycardia and prescribed 25 mg metoprolol once a day.I have been taking the medicine for six days now and feel generally unwell. I'm tired and my stomach has been bothering me. More importantly, I have been having a kind of "needling" pain in my chest. It's mild and not very painful.

YES, Metoprolol does have a side effect of depression, dreams / nightmares. I am taking 100 mg., twice a day, along with Sotalol and commoudin. Always tired, lack of energy & concentration at times, and vision problems. (I was on 100 mg. of Metoprolol, three times a day).

Hi! My cardiologist has just prescribed Metoprolol, very low dose, to try to help me with my PVC's and various other arrythmias. I was just wondering if anyone else has taken it for this, and has it helped? I allready have a low resting heart rate (56) and very low blood pressure (89/55 at times). I am not too keen on my blood pressure or pulse going too much lower. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Anyone having any experience with this drug, good or bad, I'd love to hear it.

Following are my observations on day two of substituting Atenolol 25 mg twice a day for Metoprolol 25 mg twice a day.. both are regular, for Metoprolol it is called Tartrate, I think the Atenolol comes in only one normally longer lasting form. Today in the early afternoon, following my third 25 mg dose of Atenolol at about 9 AM, I noticed some dizziness when I rose from a time sitting.

I believe, and my cardiologist confirms it is possible, that Metoprolol (beta blocker) cause me to have unwanted dreams every night... never miss a night, or even a nap, always dream and dreams that are slightly upsetting. I like to call them troublemare not nightmare. I have tried, with doc's approval, changing how much and when I take my BB. I had been taking 100 mg in the morning and 100 mg in the late evening - couple of hours before my bedtime.

Hello:) My name is William and I am 18 years old. A few weeks ago I had a strange thing happen to me when I was sleeping although I cannot be sure if I actually was sleeping or half-awake. It has started to happen again and is making me worried about going to sleep. As i'm about to drop off, my brain will storm all crazy thoughts to the point where i'm not sure if i'm awake or dreaming. I will try & wake up and when I open my eyes I literally cannot move.

I am about to begin withdrawal of 50mg Metoprolol after 5 years addictions to it for blood pressure only. No heart issues. It has been used with 5mg Norvase - Calcium Channel Blocker. PCP's instructions are: 1. Stop the Norvase for 20 days to see if BP spikes. If not then proceed to: 2. Reduce from 50mg of Metoprolol twice a day to 25mg twice a day for one week. 3. Then, 1/2 a 25mg tab twice a day for one week. There was the expectation that there could or would be BP spikes. WHY?!

Several weeks in started having bad dreams, hallucinations, burning in hands and feet-couldn't walk the whole month of April. Big toes turning blue in joints-had to wear 3 pairs of socks. Bulging veins and discolored legs-although I am overweight, I always had nice legs, clear, white, no veins. Now, there are broken blood vessels in my ankles and bulging veins all down the back and sides of my legs. Burning hands, etc. I wound up in emergency.

After taking captopril and metoprolol for a few years, with good results, I stopped the metoprolol due to incessant, vivid, relentless dreams. It was the only side effect, but it was enough to make me quit. Is there is any empirical evidence to suggest any of the beta blockers have not reported this side effect. My assumption is that this symptom is associated with the entire class of drug, not one drug in particular.

After being in the hospital for afib and having my heart rhythm restored, my cardiologist put me on coreg as well as coumadin. I have strange dreams and really have had a lack of energy. I expect to be slower at age 77, but not this bad.

I understand Metoprolol SR and Toprol XL are equivalent, the Metoprolol being the generic, and much lower in cost. I've taken both, albeit it has been at least 6 years since I last used the brand-name Toprol XL. I guess I'm 'lucky" as far as HR goes. If I take 100 mg twice a day of Metoprolol my rest HR goes into the 70s at rest. I have been trying lower dose to see if that reduces the dream problem I have.

I've had all the thyroid tests done, blood, iodine scan, ultra sound and an EKG so am waiting for the results. My question is about the metoprolol. I am having BP 112/73 then 103/64 then by afternoon 93/55 (within 5 hours) then by the time it's time to take the next dosage was 128/71(8 hours after am does) Feel tired and dizzy and get easily scared when I feel the shaky feeling or the light headedness coming on and it has always been about 5 hours after taking the pill.

I am confused because I read that hyperactive thryoid can cause panic attacks and intorleranc eto heat, but also read that metrapolol can cause vivid dreams. Help! Can anyone make the connection for me?

who changed me to Quinapril twice a day because he said it was better for kidneys and added Metoprolol ER 50mg / day because my pulse was always around 90. My BP was usually 120 / 80 with the Ramipril. It's now down to 105 / 65 and my pulse is down to 70. BUT I can't stand how gassy the Metoprolol makes me. I am walking around passing gas all day without being able to control it. I also have had terrible dreams and think I am feeling depressed.

I did have issues because the Toprol XL is an extended release of the drug metoprolol, which means there is a very steady release of the drug over a period of time so you only have to take it once per day, but the metoprol is more of an immediate effect that does not last as long in your system. They did not increase my dose to twice a day so I was only taking it once a day because I was not told of the difference.

FRUSTRATED that the doctor wants to dismiss this as though there is nothing wrong. he sent me back to my regular doctor who at first put me on metoprolol but I had a bit of chest pain with that drug as well as nightmares. Now he has me on diltiazem but since I've been on that my heart rate has gone back up (the metoprolol was keeping my heart rate down). What do you all think I should do??? This is completely debilitating - I have not worked in 2 weeks.

You have too powerful a mix for most of us to relate to, but I can say high dose (the number is patient dependent) of Metoprolol (any beta blocker) can cause some of the side effect you describe. I have taken up to 200 mg of Metoprolol a day and that level gives me some dizzy spells upon a sudden change in my activity level, and it also causes some general fatigue in me.

what is Cardizem, a calcium blocker? Let us know how it works. If you dose of Metoprolol is low I think you can stop is one step, you doctor must know what he has told you to do. My experience, I have jumped up and down, on doses 100 mg, then 200 mg and back, and then down to 50 mg, and even off to none in the past months. My doctor and I are trying to determine if it is the BB that is causing my dreaming problems. For now it appears not to be the BB.

Well, one week of taking both before bed time and I am going back to the morning for the 50 mg of Metoprolol. I am pretty sure the night time BB causes more dreaming problems, the dreams seem to be more vivid and lasting. This is hard to get a good measure on as my mind tries to forget dreams as soon as I wake up... I think this is normal. I also don't feel any more energy and I think my HR is a bit higher both during the day and when first getting out of bed...

I've had slightly elevated blood pressure (in the 145/85 range) for the last year and have been taking Metoprolol for the last six wks with some benefit blood-pressure-wise (now 137/70). Episodes in last five nights have been increasing in frequency to average five. They wake me up but only seem to last 8 to 35 seconds (mostly, I'd guess, around 12 seconds).I'm guessing my pulse rate goes up to around 140 bpm. Daytimes, I feel and act just fine.

I was taking 100 mg morning and night. The Metoprolol is SR. I'm still having dreams. I call my dreams trouble-mares not night-mares, as my dreams and not life threatening/scary they are just troubling... I traveled a lot in my profession and some of the dreams relate to travel and reservation screw-ups and complexities. Strange, I had almost none of these experiences in my many years of heavy travel. Other dreams relate to phobias I am aware I have even in my waking life.

It usually takes at least a half hour berfore my heart rate goes down. I am on 25mg of Metoprolol which keeps my BP and heart rate in check through out the day except when I take a nap. I was also diagnosed with OCD several years ago. My Lexapro medication was recently increased to 20mg and during the transistion from 10mg to 20 mg I am taking .5mg of xanax. I have had OCD for several years now and I know what a panic attack feels like.

I'm taking Ibuprofen, though the pharmacist said it is not a good idea while on Metoprolol, but if I don't take it all the time there shouldn't be a problem. Could the interaction between the Meto and the Ibu be causing the palpitations? Just wondering!

is there a substitute for this metoprolol? it makes me stutter, forgetful... embarrassed...

My cardiologist approved my changing from 100 mg Metoprolol SR twice a day to just once in the morning. That didn't change my dream problem, but then I gave it only a couple of weeks try, then I went on my own to 50 mg and have been at that level for a week+. The dreams continue (the BB may not be the driver), but I do notice a higher HR, and now on one or two sample tests a marginally high BP...again I did not had high BP prior to starting the BB a few years back.

I switched from Toprol XL to generic Metoprolol, and I I don't know if that has had any affect. I have also had increased reflux issues during this time. I am getting more PVC's and bigeminy than normal and am noticing it most when I lean forward, especailly while eating. Does this sound like the PVC's are coming from reflux? I feel kike my heart is irritated and ready to skip at any moment. I even wonder if the pollen outside is somehow affecting it. Any ideas?

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