Anyone have any experience with too many pills at once causing attacks?  Since I am lazy and forgetful I have been taking 3 pills at once along with some supplements before heading off to bed.  Though far from the nasty episodes I would get before taking the drug I was still awake and pacing for a couple hours after I had wanted to go to bed.  I started switching it up to mornings since I never get an attack after 7AM since I started taking this drug in July.  This past week since starting my new routine I at least get shadows and generally feel like shit every day till well after I get home from work.  A couple days I have even wanted to go home it has been so bad but since my line of work does not give me that option often I have had to stick it out (with all the fail and fuck ups that come from an attack at work).  So is this just in my head?  I am going to start trying to space these 3 pills out over the course of the day.  That and when these supplements run out in the next week or two I am going to give it a go without them.

  That post looks to be the ramblings of a mad man.     Sorry about that.

  Varapamil.  I take 3 pills a day (120MG) and I always take them all at once.  I was wondering if that many at one time might actually be causing me to have these mild attacks I am getting about 30 minutes to an hour after taking them?

My comments are only to mention possibilities, and correspond in a way to what Linda has said.

Jeremiah wrote on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 11:40am:


Jeremiah wrote on Oct 28^th, 2011 at 11:24pm:


The 360mg all at once may be much in one respect, causing perhaps a lethargic feeling.  On the other hand, since you are getting shadows, 360mg a day may not be enough at this time.

What I've done in these instances is see my doctor and ask if I can take 240mg twice a day, 12 hours apart.  In this way, you are not taking so much all at once and also getting better preventive coverage for more than 24 hours.

This may curtail the crappy feeling and shadows since you are not taking so much all at once and also help not get mild hits after the 24 hours since your last 360mg, which may not last that long.

Check with your doc.

I'm going to echo what Marc said...there does seem to me to be a correlation between what sort of verapamil I am taking (ER or quick acting) and in what doses (I take 240mg/night quick release and 400mg/morning ER and QR) and whether or not I will get shadows. When I change this mix, I get more shadows and a few hits. When I stick to this, I do better. Can't explain it, but I note it, and try to stay within what works. It's still trial and error but keep at it, you'll hit your stride. Blessings. lance