Posted by Cairo on September 24, 2005, at 20:28:05
In reply to Hypotension and propranalol » blueberry, posted by Racer on September 23, 2005, at 20:43:21
Would pindolol be any better, in your opinion? I've been toying with asking for a beta-blocker for a long while as I've that wound up anxiety such as you described, but I have postural dizziness all the time. A tilt table test was "normal", though my lower legs turned purple. I've taken my own blood pressure in bed, getting up, etc. and sometimes it goes down instead of up upon arising. Only Cymbalta at 5mg seemed to help with the postural dizziness.
I read somewhere that if your BARS receptors (beta adrenergic receptor) are hypersensitive, giving an SSRI along with other medications with SSRI effects (such as trazodone)adversely impacts the BARS receptors. The researcher (I think P. Wood MD at LSU) said that using Pindolol or Inderal would help "reset" the BARS. Can't find my link to that info, though and couldn't bring it up on PubMed.
My Pdoc won't prescribe Inderal for me as he's worried about the BP. I want to get off Klonopin that I needed to start for panic attacks induced by Topamax. Maybe I need to talk to my Internist. She's pretty sharp and maybe would look into it for me.
Have you heard anything about this BARS and SSRIs?
Thanks.
Cairo
> My usual blood pressure is about 90/60, with fluctuations to about 85/50. I took propranalol with no problems.
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> Hope that helps...
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