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I wanted to add that she has been on the atenololAtenolol Atenolol-chlorthalidone for about six years for palpitationsHeart palpitations and high blood pressure attributed to lyme disease. She has chronic lyme disease so the beta blocker does not help with the crushing fatigue. Atenolol has also caused her psorasis to get VERY BAD. What has anyone been able to taper to, a calcium channel blocker. Or does one need to stay on a beta blocker for life since the heart has become dependent on it?
Please do this under a doctors care. Stopping atenolol can prove fatal. The atenolol may not be the cause of the tiredness. It may be that her heart is weaker and causing her to be tired. When I took atenolol it did not make me tired at all. Atenolol did not make my mom tired.