propranolol

[angrich]

has anyone took this for anxiety? if so what side effects did you have? im scared to take it.

[fisher]

Hiya,i am 38 yrs old and have a son of 16 and i am 7 months pregnant at the moment,i have always had some sort of anxiety since being young,i started properly with panic and anxiety when i was about 23 yrs old and my son was little but it would come and go,my doctor wanted me to go on citalopram i had 1 and it made me more anxious so i stopped,i am scared to take any medication but people are different you might be ok on yours,sorry i cant look back now what they prescribed you was it propanalol?i am sure they are a beta blocker,my aunty said she had a fast heart beat for yrs and she has just had a mini heart attack and put her on beta blocker she said she feels so relaxed and cant believe she has coped for yrs,i know its a different thing to ours but i know it has side effects like everything else,just light headed my aunty gets,but let me know how you get on,i am terrified of going in hospital with this baby because i am older,was you anxious when you had your last child?

[alankay]

I've taken it for a while for tremor/shakes/racing heart is it works wonders. I use 20-40mg with no if any side effects. My pharmacist said att hat dose there should be few. Most people who take this med for heart issues take hundreds of milligrams a day. Great med. If afraid take a 1/2 just to see how it goes at that low dose. I bet you'll be fine. Alankay.

[Buttercup]

Hi there, I have been taking propranolol for 2 or so months now and have had no side effects. I take 80 mg (slow release) tablet daily. It has worked wonders in relation to increased heart rate, shaking and sweating. It does not stop panic attacks though but makes them more manageable and gets rid of some of the horrible symptoms associated with them. My heart rate and blood pressure are now at a normal level which is great! Using this drug in conjunction with therapy to learn the cause of your anxiety and how to control it really helps people. I'll admit that I was terrified about taking it at first but have never looked back since xxx

[Buttercup]

P.s totally forgot to say that I did have really weird and vivid dreams for the first few weeks of taking it. Didn't find this distressing though, I quite enjoyed them! X