Thanks for your replies. I wish that my doctor had used something else for my blood pressure.

In answer to the questions, I have had an echocardiogram, a stress test, EKG, and I don't know what all blood tests. The why's of my hypertension are not answered. At one point I was told that my heart was severely enlarged; now it is not. Weird stuff.

I would not just quit taking the drug. I doubt that I would live a week. I would like to try something else under my doctor's care, but he may be afraid to try.

I just got to thinking; my MG symptoms were so mild that nobody even believed that there was a problem before I started on beta blockers.

If my MG getting worse is just a side effect of the drug, I guess that the side effects may get less severe like they do for so many drugs.

I have high blood pressure that only seems to appear when I have inflamation, which is almost always. The nurses mention my high blood pressure but I guess it's not high enough to put me on meds. My blood pressure was 158/94 a couple days ago, and it's been higher than that. I take CoQ10 but recently ran out and now I'm waking up in the morning with pins and needles and feeling even more sluggish than normal. I have high cholesterol too, even though I try to eat healthy. The CoQ10 at least keeps me in the pre hypertension arena. Maybe you can talk to your doctor about taking the CoQ10. I've got to go to the store today and get some -- it's in the vitamin section at most stores. Since I haven't taken it for a few day, I can really feel how much it helps.

You really need to get on something. That diastolic number that is over 90 is dangerous. Just have better sense than I did and don't let them use beta blockers.