Years ago I was diagnosed with A-fib. It happened after binge drinking daily for quite a long time and I think upset my electolytes in my body. I was given metoprolol at the time and I returned to feeling good. I started exercising and eventually got my doctor to allow me to stop the meds. I did good.

Then about 9 years later, I had a bout with cellulitus and my body temperature went up to 105. I was very sick. Was checked into a hospital and the doctors eventually found the problem and that's when I got my diagnosis of A-fib. I can't remember what they gave me but I know I was on a asprin regement and other blood pressure meds hctz and lisinopril.

The next year or so I was referred to a heart doctor. He asked me a few questions and put me on sotolol. Hated it because I was always sleepy and I gained some weight. I was eventually taken off that and put on flecinide with Diltiazem. Didn't like that because I had bad fluid build up in my legs and the swelling made my calfs and ankles huge. Plus, the diltiazem made me weak. My legs lost strength big time and my upper body strength went to hell too. after another evaluation, my doctor put me on testosterone replacement(andro gel) and they thought I was suffering from lack of this male hormone. Wrong...I am the one who concluded that the diltazem was the cause of me losing my muscle strength. 

So, the doctor put me back on metoprolol. I like it and it seems to work. The problem I have with it is I can't seem to lose weight now and am gaining in fact. Damn it. What can I do? This med seems to have caused problems with my glugose levels or wrecked my normal metabolism responses and the weight gain is the result. I hate this.

It makes me mad when I looked up side effects and some experts on WebMD said "why yes, some people will gain. I know of one person who gained 4 pounds". FOUR POUNDS?

So then I read the forums. Actual users have reported gains of 20,30 and 40 pounds! Gawd this makes me sick on how the doctors go along with the product literature/sales pitch and make these silly and dangerous claims of the innocence.

I think I have gained nearly 70 lbs since 2013 when they started giving me these meds. I don't know what to do anymore aside from near total starvation. I am sick of this crap. I am frustrated to no end. I've requested ablation but the doctor says we must exhaust all other options first. Maybe she wants me to cash in my chips. Yeah, sad thing to say but I don't feel like I am being properly taken care of.

What should I do?

I don't know. Sometimes I think they are just satisfying their own goals and don't really give a damn about my health since they ignore my weight gain. Any A-fib meds that won't mess with your weight?