So, dosing after being off meds for 5 weeks seemed to go a bit differently. My heart rate dropped again like it did last year. My resting heart rate was 53. Yikes. So, I was kept under monitor for an extra hour. But then that evening and the next day I had this overwhelming fatigue and heavy chest feeling that was all consuming. My heart rate that day was 56. So, I went back to the hospital the following day and they hooked me up to a holter that I went home wearing for 24 hours just to be sure my heart was all okay. I seriously looked like a cyborg! I had 7 connections all over my chest and now those spots look like crop circles. Blech. Anyways, the cardiologist came and had a listen to my heart and thought that the fatigue was a side effect of the drug and not my heart being too slow. So, I've slowly moved taking my once a day pill to the evening so the fatigue hits when I sleep. Interesting. This was the first time that I actully feel drugged or at least feel a drug in my body. I don't even get MS fatigue as bad as this is.
So hopefully over time that side effect eases off. I guess I won't really know considering I sleep when it kicks in, but one day I'd like to move taking my pill in the morning again. I much perfer that routine over taking a pill at 8pm every night. So, we'll see how the next while goes with being back on meds. Heres hoping for a relapse free summer this year.