| I have just been prescribed Beta blockers by my Doctor. Does anyone else use these, and how does it affect your life? |
Beta blockers. Anyone else use them?
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OZ 63 posts
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What are they? Do they stop you wanting to Beta test stuff? -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoNot on beta blockers, but am on similar high blood pressure drugs (assuming that's what they're for). Doesn't change my life one bit (although really should take their advice and not eat as much crap and drink less), aside from having to remember to take the damn things. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoGood dummys guide site to medicines: -
beta blockers
I found out at christmas that my fathers side of the family historically has a history of high blood pressure, high cholestral and strokes. Luckily so far I've had none of the above.
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agossuellid wrote:
Good dummys guide site to medicines: -
beta blockers
I found out at christmas that my fathers side of the family historically has a history of high blood pressure, high cholestral and strokes. Luckily so far I've had none of the above.
Edited by ssuellid at 11:18:29 12-01-2005
It'll come to you mate! My old man's side had a history of HBP etc too - now me, my brother and sister all take drugs for it. And I'm only 31 FFS! -
I was on half-dose ones 9 years ago for a month as I had stopped using E's, speed and acid and was suffering from intense anxiety, panic attacks and adrenalin over-loads. To give you an idea, I went out on a date once, and got paranoid that it was a wind up and ended up locking myself in a toilet cubicle for a couple of hours. I kinda knew something was wrong then..!
Started the beta-blockers and they kicked in after a few days and boy did they work! It was like a holiday for the brain. No panic-attacks, no adrenalin just blissful peace in my head! It did however negate the effects of cannabis!
Anyway I stopped after a month because I was becoming more and more reliant on them and so I stopped. Over the following year i would get the odd tinge of panic and paranoia but it eventually wore off. My boss at the time told me that it takes about 5 years to get the mental effects of drugs out of the system and five drug-free years later (apart from THC's!) I celebrated with champagne and tobacco!
I hope this is of some use. I chose not to go down the route of pharmeceutical medication after the beta-blockers and worked a lot of stuff out with my family. -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
Mine are for an irregular heartbeat. Sometimes its fine, other times, a nightmare!!! The real downer is not being able to touch alchohol. Well, that's what it says on the leaflet that you get with stuff these days.
Not on beta blockers, but am on similar high blood pressure drugs (assuming that's what they're for). Doesn't change my life one bit (although really should take their advice and not eat as much crap and drink less), aside from having to remember to take the damn things.
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoDon't worry about it mate, got a feeling my mum is on beta's for the very same thing and has been for over 30 years!
Surely the doc expalained all this to you though? -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoPeople (other than my doctor) have been telling me that I'm on Beta Blockers, but I'm not.
/blade voice on
I'm (on) something else.
Flecanide (I think that's how it's spelt). I don't think they'll change your life, apart from you kicking yourself when you get to work and you realise you haven't popped a pill.
/kicks self
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OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
The doctor has a very strong Scottish accent, so I could understand some things she was saying, but a lot went straight over my head. (not difficult!!).
Don't worry about it mate, got a feeling my mum is on beta's for the very same thing and has been for over 30 years!
Surely the doc expalained all this to you though? -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
The doctor has a very strong Scottish accent, so I could understand some things she was saying, but a lot went straight over my head. (not difficult!!).
Don't worry about it mate, got a feeling my mum is on beta's for the very same thing and has been for over 30 years!
Surely the doc expalained all this to you though? -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
The doctor has a very strong Scottish accent, so I could understand some things she was saying, but a lot went straight over my head. (not difficult!!).
Don't worry about it mate, got a feeling my mum is on beta's for the very same thing and has been for over 30 years!
Surely the doc expalained all this to you though? -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoflecainide? Another for irregular heartbeats. -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
The doctor has a very strong Scottish accent, so I could understand some things she was saying, but a lot went straight over my head. (not difficult!!).
Don't worry about it mate, got a feeling my mum is on beta's for the very same thing and has been for over 30 years!
Surely the doc expalained all this to you though? -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWell you never know maybe you'll get a lot better at playing snooker when you take them. -
OZ 63 posts
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agossuellid wrote:
Irregular/flipping mental
flecainide? Another for irregular heartbeats.
Potato/Potarto
Heh, I was back at the docs last week and they're still unsure how my heart does it!
300+bpm?
We're going to need a bigger ECG!
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OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoWhizzo wrote:
LOL !!. Was it Joe Johnson who use to take them??. I have always been crap at snooker, so if my game improves, then I know why!!!. Don't know what happened earlier, four posts all the same!!!. They may be kicking in already!!!
Well you never know maybe you'll get a lot better at playing snooker when you take them. -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
300 bpm !! You ARE joking surely??. A humming bird has a slower beat!!. How long have you had to put up with that??.
ssuellid wrote:
Irregular/flipping mental
flecainide? Another for irregular heartbeats.
Potato/Potarto
Heh, I was back at the docs last week and they're still unsure how my heart does it!
300+bpm?
We're going to need a bigger ECG!
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years ago'Ere OZ....your doc hasn't got a strong Scottish accent has she?!
Ask about it again when you go for a check up in a month or two.... -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoOZ wrote:
I'm not kidding, I really should get a copy of the ECG printout and frame it! They come in infrequent random bursts. I've had them for as long as I can remember.
Mike_Hunt wrote:
300 bpm !! You ARE joking surely??. A humming bird has a slower beat!!. How long have you had to put up with that??.
ssuellid wrote:
Irregular/flipping mental
flecainide? Another for irregular heartbeats.
Potato/Potarto
Heh, I was back at the docs last week and they're still unsure how my heart does it!
300+bpm?
We're going to need a bigger ECG!
[MH]
It's weird, because when I hit the gym and use the heart rate monitors my heart can be beating at over 200 and I'll not feel a thing. I guess it's a muscle and like any other if you train it, it'll be able to cope.
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duncan wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
not 5 years... but definitely took a couple to recover fully from a long stint of hedonism ( and a complete break for 6 months ).
Anyway I stopped after a month because I was becoming more and more reliant on them and so I stopped. Over the following year i would get the odd tinge of panic and paranoia but it eventually wore off. My boss at the time told me that it takes about 5 years to get the mental effects of drugs out of the system and five drug-free years later (apart from THC's!) I celebrated with champagne and tobacco!
Still indulge from time to time but haven't really hammered other than the month I spent of Koh Pan Gnan
Good for you dude. If you can kick it completely, it really is worth it. People can tell a lot by yer eyes.
Koh Pan Gnan? I took up mixing to help get the brain working again through it. I was in Gloucester for my hedonism...er.....NOT the best place for doing drugs!
I moved to Cardiff to break completely from the scene and still slightly get that feeling in the pit of my stomach on a Friday afternoon but I just do something else and I have enjoyed a natural sense of well-being on and off for a year or so now. -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoDougs wrote:
I will ask her to write it all down!!. Seriously, I have a very good health centre with 6 or 7 doctors, so when I go again, I will find out exactly what's what. Dougs, you say your mother has been on BBs for over thirty years??. That is a bloody long time!!. Can she drink?. By the way, my BBs are called Propranolol Hydrochloride. Means sod all to me. 30 Years.....!!!!
'Ere OZ....your doc hasn't got a strong Scottish accent has she?!
Ask about it again when you go for a check up in a month or two.... -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoOZ wrote:
That sounds worryingly like that date-rape drug! o_O
Propranolol
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoOZ wrote:
I will ask her to write it all down!!. Seriously, I have a very good health centre with 6 or 7 doctors, so when I go again, I will find out exactly what's what. Dougs, you say your mother has been on BBs for over thirty years??. That is a bloody long time!!. Can she drink?. By the way, my BBs are called Propranolol Hydrochloride. Means sod all to me. 30 Years.....!!!!
Yep, they're the exact ones. She gets palpitations, and the drugs regulate her heart beat. Or something like that anyway. Seriously, I wouldn't worry too much, I'm sure its fine. -
OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
Amazing. Still, as you say, it is a muscle and muscles can be trained. One thing though Mike, if you have had this for as long as you can remember, what thing made you go to the doctors ?. The point being, after such a long time, it must have felt normal for you to have such a fast heart beat.
OZ wrote:
I'm not kidding, I really should get a copy of the ECG printout and frame it! They come in infrequent random bursts. I've had them for as long as I can remember.
Mike_Hunt wrote:
300 bpm !! You ARE joking surely??. A humming bird has a slower beat!!. How long have you had to put up with that??.
ssuellid wrote:
Irregular/flipping mental
flecainide? Another for irregular heartbeats.
Potato/Potarto
Heh, I was back at the docs last week and they're still unsure how my heart does it!
300+bpm?
We're going to need a bigger ECG!
[MH]
It's weird, because when I hit the gym and use the heart rate monitors my heart can be beating at over 200 and I'll not feel a thing. I guess it's a muscle and like any other if you train it, it'll be able to cope.
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI thought I was having a heart attack, so I rushed to the doctors, it turns out it was something else, but caused them to check out my heart.
I'm glad they found it now, apparently it's not such a serious problem as I'm still (fairly) young. If I had a much older heart then it could cause me serious problems. I'm just glad I went when I did..gif)
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OZ 63 posts
Registered 17 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
Same here. I knew something was wrong but i was to much of a coward. Glad I did now !!
I thought I was having a heart attack, so I rushed to the doctors, it turns out it was something else, but caused them to check out my heart.
I'm glad they found it now, apparently it's not such a serious problem as I'm still (fairly) young. If I had a much older heart then it could cause me serious problems. I'm just glad I went when I did.
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Thought I'd pop in and say hi - I used to take beta blockers for the same problem Mike has. And I'll confirm his bpm - I've hit the same kind of rate, and it doesn't half scare the medics shitless.
5 Operations later, and it doesn't happen any more.
So, you got Wolff Parkinson White syndrome as well then Oz?
.gif)
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