Worriedat21
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Background:
- 21 Year Old Male
- 155 Lbs, 5’ 10
- active but not athletic
- no chronic health conditions
Reason for last visit: Benign premature ventricular contractions.
Recently I went to the doc for heart palpitations that were ruled benign by an echo and EKG. Doctor chalked these up to stress. I had also been experiencing itchy/painful eyelids that eventually went away after a month.
Just before this, I have been experiencing twitching and pain in my right leg.
I was prescribed 15 mg pills of Metoprolol to take as needed with the palpitations. I took one on 09-21-2021 at night to see if I would have side effects. Took ibuprofen the next morning for pain in my leg as well. That night, I had severe panic attacks, which is unusual for me followed by sweats and weird heat regulation. The next day I went to work and felt fine. Towards the end of my shift I started feeling weakness in my arms and legs and start having panic attacks again in addition to tremors and sweating. I have never had symptoms like this before in my life. I went home and lay down and the next day I awoke with slightly less weakness but still present. Thinking this could be due to anxiety, I took another beta blocker Thursday afternoon. Almost immediately I start experiencing panic attacks tremors and muscle weakness again. I then hopped on an exercise bike which made the weakness in my legs 10 times worse. I then went to the urgency room where are the doctor said it was most likely the beta blockers that were causing this. It’s now over a week later and I’m still feeling extremely fatigued and weak if I exercise my extremities but I no longer have panic attacks or tremors. It doesn’t seem to affect my actual strength but rather makes my muscles have much less stamina. I also have been having erectile dysfunction since taking this. The last time I took a beta blocker was on 09-23-2021. I went to the ER on 9/29/2021 with weakness mainly in my right side including my face. I noticed this after chewing gum and it felt like my jaw and cheek were locking up. The ER doctor could not find any clinical weakness and my brain MRI came back clear. The weakness and fatigue is clearly on my right side.
This is not a normal feeling for me as I am active and normally don’t tire easily. Two weeks ago I was perfectly fine. Any help or words of wisdom regarding this would be helpful.
Background:
- 21 Year Old Male
- 155 Lbs, 5’ 10
- active but not athletic
- no chronic health conditions
Reason for last visit: Benign premature ventricular contractions.
Recently I went to the doc for heart palpitations that were ruled benign by an echo and EKG. Doctor chalked these up to stress. I had also been experiencing itchy/painful eyelids that eventually went away after a month.
Just before this, I have been experiencing twitching and pain in my right leg.
I was prescribed 15 mg pills of Metoprolol to take as needed with the palpitations. I took one on 09-21-2021 at night to see if I would have side effects. Took ibuprofen the next morning for pain in my leg as well. That night, I had severe panic attacks, which is unusual for me followed by sweats and weird heat regulation. The next day I went to work and felt fine. Towards the end of my shift I started feeling weakness in my arms and legs and start having panic attacks again in addition to tremors and sweating. I have never had symptoms like this before in my life. I went home and lay down and the next day I awoke with slightly less weakness but still present. Thinking this could be due to anxiety, I took another beta blocker Thursday afternoon. Almost immediately I start experiencing panic attacks tremors and muscle weakness again. I then hopped on an exercise bike which made the weakness in my legs 10 times worse. I then went to the urgency room where are the doctor said it was most likely the beta blockers that were causing this. It’s now over a week later and I’m still feeling extremely fatigued and weak if I exercise my extremities but I no longer have panic attacks or tremors. It doesn’t seem to affect my actual strength but rather makes my muscles have much less stamina. I also have been having erectile dysfunction since taking this. The last time I took a beta blocker was on 09-23-2021. I went to the ER on 9/29/2021 with weakness mainly in my right side including my face. I noticed this after chewing gum and it felt like my jaw and cheek were locking up. The ER doctor could not find any clinical weakness and my brain MRI came back clear. The weakness and fatigue is clearly on my right side.
This is not a normal feeling for me as I am active and normally don’t tire easily. Two weeks ago I was perfectly fine. Any help or words of wisdom regarding this would be helpful.