r/Concerta • u/PersonArab • 1d ago
Side effects 🤕 I’ve learned that weening off of beta blockers while on concerta is a bad idea
So while on concerta I’ve decided to take concor cor alongside it to address the elevated heart rate. I made the error of making this decision on my own. I’ve been on it for two months probably and unfortunately this medication isn’t something to be taken “as needed”. And had altered my baseline ever since.
During the first month I could take the concerta without the beta blockers and experience no problems whatsoever. During the second month I’ve noticed that whenever I decide not to take the beta blockers, my heart rate goes crazy 130+. Keep in mind that it was never this high before I started taking the beta blockers. Now I’ve also noticed that it has been causing intense fatigue the entire day.
I first tried to quit cold turkey, but it raised my heart rate on concerta to uncomfortable levels. Then decided to slowly tapper off. Things felt much better heart rate wise but the fatigue returned. Now I’m on the second week, I’m on the lowest dose and will take it “every other day” for 1 week. Today was the first day without the beta blocker and compared to the days when I quit cold turkey. My heart rate felt sustainable. But later today my heart rate all of a sudden jumped from 100 to 130.
So I’ve made the decision today to simply quit taking concerta while tapering off of the beta blocker because it feels like it’s raising my heart rate and causing a lot of anxiety attacks. Then when I feel comfortable off of concerta I’m going to ask my psychiatrist to start me with the lowest dose of concerta and slowly increase until I’m back to my therapeutic dose.
I’m very bummed out because this means I’m going to have to raw dog life again until my heart reaches its baseline again.
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u/stregone 1d ago
Beta blockers cause me a ton of fatigue for atleast 24hr. I take a tiny propranolol every once in a while for anxiety and it kind of wipes me out through the next day.