Hi all, I was diagnosed with Dysautonomia about 5 months ago, but before that, the GPs had already realized I had a crazy fast heartbeat on standing so had put me on Bisoprolol. This wasn't helping me enough so my specialist got me to try Ivabradine. I had read online about how for some people this was a magical drug when suffering from POTS so I was really hoping it was going to work. I started on 5mg (2.5 in morning and 2.5 at night) I didn't really feel much different, just a little clearer in my head, but still had the tachycardia going about 150 beats per minute on standing. It is a long travel to my dysautonomia specialist, so she discharged me with the instruction to double my dose to 10mg (5 in morning, 5 at night), having full faith in the drug that it would calm my tachycardia. However, this is not what has happened. The Ivabradine has changed my resting heart rate from about 95 to 68. BUT, when I stand up, its the same as always, going up to 150 beats on standing. This isn't normal, right? haha. I will have to get back onto the phone to my cardiologist. She seemed pretty convinced this was the fix, and I'm pretty disappointed.
Has anybody else had this kind of experience with Ivabradine, and if so what helped you after that?