Hello All,
I had a mild set back last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and felt short of breath and dizzy. To my knowledge, I don't think I've been in A-fib before, but am not ruling it out. I was reading some old posts about what A-fib feels like, and I still can't determine if that is what was going on. My pulse did not seem to be beating rapidly at all. I’m feeling a lot better today physically, but am still a bit worried.
This is all concerning to me because I was feeling pretty much normal prior to switching medicines a little over a week ago. I was taking 50mg of atenelol in the morning and 180mg of cardia in the evening. I am now taking 100mg of toprol XL in the morning and the same in the evening. I seem to be waking up in the middle of the night suddenly now. (Don’t know why???) Is there an adjustment period when it comes to medicine? If so, when will I know if this current drug is the right fit? Was I possibly in A-fib because of the drug change?
Just when I thought I had this thing under control, I've started feeling uncertain again. Does anyone think this is due to the medicine change? I must add (wince), that I played some VERY LIGHT 2 on 2 basketball yesterday evening. I know it is a bad idea, and that I will probably catch some grief for it, but I only did it for a short time during halftime of last night's game. I didn't even play defense, (Never did anyway) and my heart rate never even got above 120 BPM.
Any advice, input, or recommendations would greatly be appreciated. I do have an appointment to see my EP a week from today, and will certainly be discussing this with him as well.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
I had a mild set back last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and felt short of breath and dizzy. To my knowledge, I don't think I've been in A-fib before, but am not ruling it out. I was reading some old posts about what A-fib feels like, and I still can't determine if that is what was going on. My pulse did not seem to be beating rapidly at all. I’m feeling a lot better today physically, but am still a bit worried.
This is all concerning to me because I was feeling pretty much normal prior to switching medicines a little over a week ago. I was taking 50mg of atenelol in the morning and 180mg of cardia in the evening. I am now taking 100mg of toprol XL in the morning and the same in the evening. I seem to be waking up in the middle of the night suddenly now. (Don’t know why???) Is there an adjustment period when it comes to medicine? If so, when will I know if this current drug is the right fit? Was I possibly in A-fib because of the drug change?
Just when I thought I had this thing under control, I've started feeling uncertain again. Does anyone think this is due to the medicine change? I must add (wince), that I played some VERY LIGHT 2 on 2 basketball yesterday evening. I know it is a bad idea, and that I will probably catch some grief for it, but I only did it for a short time during halftime of last night's game. I didn't even play defense, (Never did anyway) and my heart rate never even got above 120 BPM.
Any advice, input, or recommendations would greatly be appreciated. I do have an appointment to see my EP a week from today, and will certainly be discussing this with him as well.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
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