Posted by jerrympls on April 21, 2005, at 17:45:06
In reply to Re: Beta Blockers for Stim jitters-Anyone?Hi Jer, posted by paulbwell on April 21, 2005, at 5:02:07
> > > I take a tiny dose of toprol. The toprol XL comes in a 25 mg tablet which is scored.
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> > > You can snap it in half without messing up the 24 hour time release for a dose of 12.5 mg/day.
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> > > That is just enought to take care of the feeling that my heart is beating too fast/too hard that I sometimes get from Dexedrine.
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> > WOW! Coincidence that I found this post! Even tho my last dose of Dexedrine is around 4pm or so - many times my heart still beats fast at night as a side effect of the Dexedrine. In the past I've taken clonidine to help (although it wasn't Rx=ed for that) and it helped enough so I could relax and get to sleep. Perhaps I should ask my doc about it?
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> Hi jerry,
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> Hows it bud?
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> I got some Propranolol for rapid heart rate, man took 1, felt weird as, I believe this crosses the BBB and causes all sorts of weird-*ss Psych effects, not very Cardioselective, was hoping the small dose i took would wear off, maybe split the mother, in half next time. eekkk.
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> Cheers broHey Paul--I had the same effect! So my doc is gonna let me try clonidine. I've been on it before - doesn't really do much but slow my heart down. Hope it will help me get to sleep faster!
Jerry
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