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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

im on 160mg in one dose in the morning. i think its 160mg anyways, i would check but the box is in my other house lol

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Just out of curiosity how many are you taking and how often.

Davit.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

thank you! you reply really helped=] propranolol is the beta-blockers i am on =] and you are right, iv been taking them for 5 days now and i haven't had an attack since =] i would really recomend these to any one who suffers from this problem.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

I have found that Propranolol is the best medication for panic disorder by far. Propranolol is nothing to be feared because all it does is literally block adrenaline from being released in bucket loads into your body. It is the high level of adrenaline being released into your body that causes a panic attack. I found a useful experiment to show this at -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1667698/

(if that doesnt work just search "propranolol drop adrenaline levels" or something in google)

Also, dont worry about overdosing, you would have to take 46 of the 10 mg tablets to cause heart failure. These pills cut right to the chase if you dont think you can handle the panic attacks symptoms at any particular moment. Without the awful side effects and withdrawal symptoms of SSRIs i wish i had just stuck with these little pills in the beginning! Being someone who has tried virtually every anti-anxiety/antidepressant going this is the safest and most efficient drug available from your GP.

Hope that helps someone out there.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 183

I dont like taking medications, but not nervous about them. If they help thats a good thing.

I too was on a beta blocker in the past, along with a SNRI and it helped. I am not now due to seeing a different Pdoc and his views are different.

My goal is to ultimately not rely on meds. I am trying to "do the work" to get through this. Meds I feel are great short term, to stabilize us, so we can get to a point where we are able to work a program and get through this.

Its not an easy road and takes time. I started having panic attacks 7 years ago and alway turned to and relied on meds to "fix" me. They dont, we have to do the work.

Had I realized this long ago and gave it an honest effort, maybe I wouldn't have suffered so long.

I purchased Lucinda Bassets program a few years ago and went through it, but wasnt thorough and was still relying on meds. When meds werent enough I turned to additional self medicating with alcohol. Thats works great until it ruins your life.

Now I am attempting to do things the right way. This site, another preogram I came across, excercise and just plain taking good care of my self and learning new things.

I beat myself up over this for a long time. Its hard because friends, family, whoever, if they havnt experienced what we go through, they have NO idea what its like. They are seldom sympathetic and think we should just "man up" or whatever and the simple fact is, at a point we cant.

My panic attacks helped ruin my life. Today Im at a point where I am fighting back to have a new life.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

i must say, since i took it this afternoon i have not felt very anxious at all, i would really recommend it!

i was feeling rather hot earlyer which i see as a sign of an attack, so usually i panic and prepare myself but for some reason it didnt really phase me =] and i had no attack! its amazing =]

Happy mood now =]

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11226

No it is not strange that you are nervous about taking them. Do you think doing research on the side effects of these pills may help?

Members, are you nervous about taking pills? How do you overcome this anxiety?

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Dan.

Didn't your doctor explain how the beta blocker works. It reduces your pulse and is especially helpful in a panic attack as long as you don't start worrying that it's too low now. The other thing it does is restrict your hearts abillity to speed up when it needs to so you may find yourself tired and having trouble working. If you don't have a monitor, I hope you know how to take your pulse. At your age and without a heart condition you could get your pulse to low. Is this drug safe? Yes. I use atenolol and it works in about 5 to 10 minutes. Try to focus on the possitive aspect and this can be a very helpfull drug. And remember when you are looking at the side effects of any drug that most are very rare.

Let us know how it works for you. Others may not know that this drug is used for panic and may want to try it.

Davit

P.S. Remember this is only information none of us that are not doctors can recomend you take any drug.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

Hey my name is Dan,

i have just come back from the doctors and she gave me beta-blockers to help with my panic attacks. is it strange that im panicking about taking them!?!?!

i had some bad experiences with some tablets a different doctor gave me. they were to do with my stomach and they made me ill =/

i have just taken the tablet now as im writing this and ill let you know how it goes.

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