Re: feel finished » schleprock

Posted by SLS on December 27, 2012, at 20:50:54

In reply to Re: feel finished » SLS, posted by schleprock on December 27, 2012, at 18:54:42

> Thanks SLS. Found this article:
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> http://www.ehow.com/facts_5695241_alpha-blocker-vs_-beta-blocker.html
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> So basically one class lowers norepinephrine while one lowers epinephrine. The article manages to make the side-effects of Alphas sound much worse than Betas. Atenolol (not over 12.5 mg) I know I've been able to tolerate. Not sure what to do...
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> Do you also believe bet blockers to be an effective adjunct treatment for anxiety\depression, or only alpha blockers?

Beta blockers seem to help some people with anxiety, but it is not as effective for PTSD and depression as is prazosin.
As an analogy, think of beta blockers as working on norepinephrine and prazosin as working on serotonin and dopamine. They are totally different in the way they act in the brain.
Prazosin is generally benign. If beta blockers have not worked magic for you, I would consider trying prazosin. To minimize startup side effects, begin at 1 mg at night. You might feel somewhat dizzy and somnolent in the beginning, but these things usually disappear entirely. Studies using prazosin for PTSD with depression have used, on the average, 6 - 12 mg/day. You need to take prazosin 2 - 3 times a day. Right now, aside from the libido thing, I would never know that I was taking prazosin.

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