Hello, Im 41 and I have been on metropropolol for about 3years( its a low dosage of 25 milligrams). My heart doctor has told me that down the road i will need a valve replacement. Recently I went off the meds because I was feeling worse on it rather than better. Symtoms being: extremely tired feeling, flu like symptons, hair falling out. So I stopped taking the meds. I did call the my heart dr prior to doing this and he told me to get my thyroid tested. If it was a thyroid problem I was to discontinue the meds. Do to job loss I didnt get the test and I orderd iodine tablets to jump start my thyroid. Its been a month or so since taken the iodine. I have seen some remarkable improvements.My breast dont ache, skin and hair is much shinier, etc. My problem was last week right before I got my period I felt terrible in my body. My chest felt so heavy and right before I would fall asleep it almost felt like I would quit breathing so I would jump awake. Due to no sleep or just a few hours in that week the problems got much worse. My legs felt heavy and in my head I felt confusion.Also when I tried to sleep my arms and hands would get numb and my skin would feel like I was on fire. The only relief I had was to sleep on a recliner in a upright position on my back. However once I started my period all of these nasty symptoms went away. Im not looking forward to my next period; it almost felt like I was on death s door so to speak. Any advice would sure be much appreciated.