High Blood Pressure

1 | Is it ok to take atenolol 50 mg daily at the same time taking simvastatin 40 mg daily to lower cholesterol?

March 27th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

[...] Atenolol | Bad Dreams | Beta blockers | Nightmares on blood … [...]

2 | scott

August 28th, 2009 at 3:08 am

I’m on 80mg Propranolol (beta blockers) and regularly get horrific nightmares and have no comprehension of reality when I awake from them. They can surpress emotional trauma memories in lab conditions but I have found the opposite to be true.
If this becomes too much speak to your doc and ask for soluable medication as they seem to be kinder to REM sleep sufferers.

3 | Stanley Wang

September 5th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

I have had hypertension for 4 years. I take Lisinopril 10 mg a day. since last year, atenolol 25-50 mg is added. I take both in the evening. I have experienced almost nightly dream to nightmare with high suspense, running away from dangers , unpleasant environments. I often check my pause which is normal when I wake up from dreams. I want to know why and any reports in medical literature.

4 | louise

September 21st, 2009 at 6:59 am

i’m on 80mg of propanolol, for familial tremor, i have been on them for about a month, and last night, i had my 1st horrific nightmare, so much so, when i woke up, i dare not go back to sleep, and have been crying for most of the morning. i’m a 26 year old female, and i rely on the tabs to keep my shaking at bay, but after last night, am seriously considering going to see my doc. he did warn me, that propanolol will give me nightmares, as it enters the brain, and kinda interferes, but thats what its meant to do, not sure its worth it. i was taking atenolol 25mg for a year, and never had a problem with them, apart from they didn’t really stop my shaking any. just hope there is another beta-blocker i can use, otherwise i will be a hermit for the rest of life, as i hate when people point out my shaking, fingers crossed.

5 | joseph

November 9th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

My doctor gave me 25mg tablets of atenolol, I’ve been breaking the tablets in half. My blood pressure has come down and I feel much better during the day, but the problem is at night.

These dreams bother me a lot, I wake up feeling agitated and tired. Sometimes the dreams seem so real.

6 | anonymous

March 18th, 2010 at 10:25 pm

I have been taking 10 mg of Lisinopril daily for about 1.5 years for high blood pressure. However, I have also been getting heart palpitations once every few days, so my doctor switched me to 25 mg Atenolol daily to help that as well as control my blood pressure. However, I have noticed the side effect that I have been dreaming (or at least remembering dreams) much more frequently. I used to get a perfect night’s sleep almost every night, rarely waking up even once. Now I am waking up several times a night, usually due to dreams.