Posted by BigDave on November 6, 2003, at 19:58:39
In reply to Beta Blockers for anxiety?? anybody???, posted by becksA on November 6, 2003, at 17:56:24
> well today at my meeting with my pdoc we officially gave up on ssri's....he is trying a beta blocker for my anxiety...i forget the name exactly now, starts with a T...anyway has anybody tried this type of drug for anxiety? i'd like to hear about it...thanks
Hi Becks, I tried beta blockers a few years ago for social anxiety and they didnt help me much.
They're not a cure but rather a treatment for the symptoms of extreme anxiety/panic in situations you fear. If you have performance related anxiety or phobia, then beta blockers would help stop your heart racing etc in those situations, but they wont make the feelings of fear go away.
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