Posted by Kon on January 9, 2004, at 18:32:05
In reply to Re: Inderal(Propranolol) - Good for Anxiety???, posted by Carmen Jones on January 8, 2004, at 10:43:51
I have severe public speaking anxiety and mild social anxiety (with no depression). I've compared the following drugs during anxiety-provoking situations:
1. Beta-blocker (atenolol) plus clonazepam.
2. Clonazepam alone.
3. Beta-blocker alone.With the beta-blocker my heart rate drops significantly and yet I found no noticeable relief from anxiety. In fact, I didn't notice much of a difference wrt anxiety relief when comparing 1 and 2 so the beta-blocker didn't seem to add any anxiety relief to the clonazepam. If it did, it was pretty minor. With the clonazepam or other benzos my heart rate is not affected significantly and yet relief from anxiety is significant. For myself, benzos were much more effective than the beta-blocker.
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