My new vet sat that our 12-year-old cat can come off of beta blockers now
that she has been on thyroid medication for several years, because "many
times, in these cats, after the thyroid levels are stable for some time,
they can be weaned off of the beta blockers."

The reason she is on them is that she was having little fainting
spells--that is what my old vet called them--where she would list a bit to
the side and paw at the ground and just seem really out of it. He said the
high heart rate she had all the years she was undiagnosed with hyperthyroid
had made her heart unstable, so that it would fibrillate and she would have
these little spells. (They were very scary, for me. Usually they happened
before she ate, as she gets really excited about food. I would call to her
and it was like she couldn't hear me.)

Anyone else have experience weaning their cats off of beta blockers? It
would be nice to give her one less pill per day, but on the other hand she
never has fits while on this medicine, so I am not sure I want to change
things.

Thanks for any input.