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Old Jul 14, 2021, 09:12 AM
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There's not much going on where I am. Last night I didn't sleep well, having racing heart and numbness/tingling in both of my hands for periods. I think the heart racing was partly caused by my missing one or two propranolol doses. I've been taking that med for tachycardia for several years, almost never missing it. Several days back, I asked Hubby to contact our new GP to ask for a prescription. Already this GP has screwed up requests for both my husband and me. We think he's scatterbrained. We may consider looking for a different one. I've resorted to taking my husband's metoprolol, another beta blocker. The dose of that is smaller than the equivalent of my propranolol, so I don't worry. Plus, metoprolol was actually the med a cardiologist prescribed for me, way back when. It was only changed to propranolol in the psych hospital. Their pharmacy didn't have metoprolol.My psychiatrist in the US was always willing to prescribe propranolol but understandably my Czech psychiatrist wants the GP to handle it. I think eventually I will be put on metoprolol again. The GP told my husband that propranolol is not available here, except in liquid form for children. I'm not interested in that! Anyway, I'll ask Hubby to call that GP again soon or when my blood test results are ready. I do need an official prescription for some replacement. Letting one's heart race is not acceptable. In my half-sleep, I hugged my husband wondering if I would die from a heart attack.
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*Beth*, Anonymous45023, Fuzzybear, Nammu, Sunflower123, ~Christina