kalamazoo Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I've been taking propranolol for about 3 years, i take it every few days 30mg once a day when I need it or when I know I'm going to be anxious. My BP has always been normal if not perfect. Until the last 6 months my blood pressure has been elevated, so I started taking more pronranolol thinking it could lower it, seems that it just kept getting higher. I was in the ER the other day because my BP was 155/105, I know thats' not hypertensive crisis but for someone with normal BP I was worried. They said everything was fine, well since then I stopped taking my propranolol and my blood pressure is back down to 115/80 like it has been. I'm so confused and now I'm scared to even take my propranolol which was kind of my life line when I was anxious. Anyone experienced anything similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haugr Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Exaccerbated symptoms from pure beta blockers like propranolol for those that are hyperadrenergic is consistent with Dr Blair Grubb's 2008 article. The norepinephrine ends up binding to more alpha receptors as a result of the blocked beta receptors. In that article, he recommends alpha-beta blockers like labetolol instead of pure beta blockers. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/21/2814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 is your doctor in the loop on the change in your BP and medication? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haugr Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 @kalamazoo keep us posted on this. I am extremely curious to see if you end up concluding that propranolol is in fact making things worse for you and if something else works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted March 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Since stopping my propranolol my blood pressure has been 115/80 almost consistenly. I do think there was an issue with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Did you notice any heat intolerance from the Propranolol? Or lack of sweating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted March 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I have had heal intolerance/painful and lack of sweatin for years so i dont think theres a correlation. My insomnia isnt as bad though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arez2row Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I take propranolol for tachycardia, and I find that it lowers my BP quite a bit.. but because of that, I am able to take more midodrine which I find raises my BP. So it kind of balances itself out.. Maybe you need to try a different combination @kalamazoo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted March 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I have hyper pots and my bp gets high anyways when i exert myself so any type of vasoconstrictor would probably be bad for me i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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