Posted by KaraS on January 27, 2005, at 1:14:09
In reply to Re: Why not beta blockers for tachycardia? » KaraS, posted by emme on January 26, 2005, at 17:08:58
> Some do. Mine did. Atenolol doesn't cross the blood brain barrier as easily as some of the others and might be a viable choice. Besides, if you tried one and decided it increased your depression, you could stop.
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> > I'm becoming increasingly sensitive to norepinephrine. It has made it difficult to take any antidepressants that might really help me with my anergic depression. I just started taking a very small amount of maprotiline to help me sleep (something I used to take for years) and now that too is giving me tachycardia and it's not terribly helpful for sleep anymore. I tried a very small amount of Cymbalta and felt the same way. This is particularly bad since I'm having terrible problems with anxiety now.
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> > The SSRIs are of limited use for me. I need more comprehensive AD agents but then I face the norepinephrine problems (not to mention the dopamine problem as it puts me to sleep).
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> > My last two pdocs have refused to give me beta blockers. Why won't doctors prescribe beta blockers for tachycardia? Or are some of them willing to do this? Are there any other answers here?
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> >Thanks. I think that if I could find a doctor willing to prescribe them, then I'd have a few more options left. It might be worth risking the extra depression. (I need to find out for certain whether I have any asthma or not though as beta blockers are contraindicated with this condition.)
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