My doctor recently prescribed klonopin for a recurring problem that I
have with PACs. He believes that my "fight-flight" system is too geared
up and is causing too much adrenalin (norepinephrin I believe) in my
system. Since taking the Klonopin I haven’t noticed that much of a
reduction in PAC’s. I do however sleep really well, and I’m definitely
more relaxed.
Today I tried to not take a beta-blocker to see how things would work
out. It didn’t work so well. I had a signficant number of PACs. So I
just took 25 mg of atenolol, and within 15 minutes the PACs were gone.
For those of you who are cardiologists out there, how long does it take
generally for the fight-flight system to begin to calm itself down and
get back to a more regulated form. My doctor said it doesn’t take too
much for a heightened adrenalin output to mess things up. Anyone ever
used this method of treatment to get rid of PACs?
He’s also considering putting me on serzone?
Anyone try that with any success?
Thanks for you help.
Doug