Hello! I’m a 23M and have had hypertension and anxiety issues since high school. When I was 18 in college, my BP shot up drastically one night, higher than I’d ever seen before. I think it was from a panic attack, and seeing it shoot up worsened it. I went to the hospital, and they did a chest x-ray, blood tests, and standard stuff. Nothing was wrong, and a couple weeks later, my internist put me on a metoprolol succinate (a pretty low dose, though I don’t remember exactly). I took that for two years, and then he put me on Bystolic 10mg once a day.
My BP has been great for the past few years. Recently, in the past half a year, I’ve started making an effort of eating better, exercising more, and more recently started focusing on losing weight.
I’m interested in the possibility of weening off Bystolic and betablockers in general in the near future. I don’t like the idea of being dependent on medicine, especially if I don’t have to be, and I’ve read about studies showing the possibility that betablockers can shorten life spans and cause potential cardiac issues later in life. I’ve also seen talks of betablockers rasisijg blood sugar. This is a concern for me, because my blood sugar has always been on the higher side of normal and diabetes runs heavily in my family. I’m not sure how accurate and reliable these studies and findings are, but they still don’t sound too good for betablockers. I also have anxiety in general in about the idea of weening off of it.
Would this be a potentially good idea to ween off in the near future? Are these studies founded on solid information and methods? Any advice in general related to this would be greatly appreciated. On the bright side, Bystolic seems to have the least of any short term or long lasting serious side effects compared to others and doesn’t affect blood sugar as far as I know, though I would still like to be off of it.
My BP has been great for the past few years. Recently, in the past half a year, I’ve started making an effort of eating better, exercising more, and more recently started focusing on losing weight.
I’m interested in the possibility of weening off Bystolic and betablockers in general in the near future. I don’t like the idea of being dependent on medicine, especially if I don’t have to be, and I’ve read about studies showing the possibility that betablockers can shorten life spans and cause potential cardiac issues later in life. I’ve also seen talks of betablockers rasisijg blood sugar. This is a concern for me, because my blood sugar has always been on the higher side of normal and diabetes runs heavily in my family. I’m not sure how accurate and reliable these studies and findings are, but they still don’t sound too good for betablockers. I also have anxiety in general in about the idea of weening off of it.
Would this be a potentially good idea to ween off in the near future? Are these studies founded on solid information and methods? Any advice in general related to this would be greatly appreciated. On the bright side, Bystolic seems to have the least of any short term or long lasting serious side effects compared to others and doesn’t affect blood sugar as far as I know, though I would still like to be off of it.
