Has anyone with POTS tried beta blockers?

yes like the others are saying: metoprolol has brought my resting hr from around 115 down to like 70 now! it has brought me the biggest relief from my palpitations too :) also my doctor wanted me to drink 3-4 bottles of gatorade zero today and also i drink liquid IV a lot which is great

I’m on metoprolol & have been since I was diagnosed in 2014. I couldn’t function without it so it’s definitely helped me. While I still have trouble standing and walking without symptoms that’s also improved and I can be seated with no tachycardia. I can even stand and walk slowly without it when I go through good periods.

Atenolol took me from a resting of 100 to a resting of 60 and I was on it for a year until I stopped tolerating it. Now I am on metoprolol and it is mostly going well! Significantly improves my quality of life.

I’m on corlanor and midodrine they’ve helped my hr and bp numbers hugely. I now (usually) have normal-ish vitals. They don’t help my other dysautonomia symptoms though, like the reynauds, the blood pooling, the overall fatigue, etc. IV hydration has helped the fatigue somewhat but I still have a large amount of autonomic dysfunction.

Liquid IV & metoprolol has brought me back under 100!

I'm on propanolol and I find it helpful to keep the heart rate spikes and drops in a more reasonable range

I was on beta blockers for years. (For like 10 years) Only just recently stoped needing them. That plus IV hydration helped me.

I was started on betaxolol almost as soon as I was diagnosed, which was changed to propanlol when I switched insurance. I’ve been on it so long that I wasn’t even sure it helped - but I forgot to take it one night! Holy hell that day was HORRIBLE. It clearly makes me less dizzy and way less brain fog. I couldn’t live without it.