Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Beta Blockers & Fashion | My Health Struggles & Quick Fixes

14 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this video, Mona Sharma recounts her experience in her 20s when she faced severe fatigue and dizziness that prevented her from exercising. She describes how she prioritized a fast-paced fashion-focused lifestyle over investigating underlying health issues. After consulting cardiologists, she was diagnosed with atrial tachycardia—abnormal rapid electrical activity in the atria. The doctors prescribed a beta‑blocker to control her heart rate, which she accepted as a quick fix. However, the medication led to an unexpected side effect: a 45‑pound weight gain that conflicted with her fashion‑centric self‑image. The segment highlights the tension between immediate lifestyle desires and the longer‑term health consequences of medication.

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Atrial tachycardia.

A beta blocker prescription medication.

About 45 pounds.

In her 20s.

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It got to a point where if I tried to exercise or go for a run, I would almost hit the deck. But at that point in my life, this is in my 20s, I wasn't interested in getting to the root cause at all. I wanted quick fix. Just tell me how to take care of it. I'm too busy living this amazing, you know, fashion lifestyle, waking up in hotel rooms, not knowing what city I was in. And I went to see cardiologists, and they figured out that I had something called atrial tachycardia. Just like these extra electrical valves beating in my atrial center of my heart. And the quick fix was going on a beta blocker prescription medication. That beta blocker medication ended up causing me to gain about 45 pounds.