Do you find it helps you sleep too? The side effects in the information sheet say that insomnia might actually be brought on by taking it! For me though I already have suffered with insomnia for about 15 years, I get really anxious about going to sleep. Often my heart racing at night is what keeps me awake too. So propranolol slowing my heart down helps me sleep most of the time. I find it interesting though that it's meant to do the opposite!
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Yes I understand that. I was exactly the same. The physical symptoms made me panic and the panic then caused more physical symptoms and it became a vicious cycle, I feel like the propranolol broke the cycle. Fingers crossed you find it helps you too
xxYes I found the same as you, once the propranolol took away the racing heart etc I found I was able to sleep better
I was at the point where I was in permanent fight or flight and had exhausted my body with it, I wasn't eating or sleeping because of the constant adrenaline, my heart was racing constantly and because of the stress my body was under from the fight or flight I felt so seriously poorly and run down and ill on top of what I was coping with psychologically (the anxiety in my head)
When I took the propranolol and my body could finally be at rest without the stress hormones, I came out of flight or flight and I found I could eat and sleep again properly and within days built strength which help me better cope with the actual thoughts / anxiety in my head.
So although it isn't there to help with the psychological aspects of anxiety, I felt once the physical symptoms went it gave me better strength to deal with the anxiety in my head.... I could better rationalise it because my body wasn't telling there was a huge threat
I hope that makes sense!
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This really is how I feel at the moment - though I did sleep well last night (thank you propanolol!). I was so worried about my heart racing that it made it so much worse. I took 30mg of propanolol yesterday spaced out and it definitely helped
Thank you for sharing the above xx
I was on it for a while for anxiety and migraines. (I took it daily, can't remember the dosage). It didn't do anything for me for either issue. There was no difference in my symptoms before I started it vs when I was on it vs when I stopped taking it.
I hope it can give you some relief x
I hope it can give you some relief x
I’m on 40mg propranolol twice a day and setraline 50mg once a day. I was in a permanent fight or flight with the outdoor world. I had awful social anxiety and eventually become a recluse. Even walking to the shop would set off a battle within myself and trigger a panic attack. I’ve had two lots of a 12 week course of counselling. Now I feel I am finally started to live again and am happy within. It’s taken a long time. The only thing is nothing upsets me anymore - I feel nothing. Ive lost all fear. It’s like I can’t find a middle ground between total irrational anixety and being able to feel a normal sense of fear of the outside world. I now feel nothing - no emotion or fear. If someone came up to me with a gun and pointed it to my head I’d feel nothing. It’s something I will have to discuss with my doctor when I see her next as I dont think that’s a normal way to live either.
Intrigued by this thread! I take Propanolol for high blood pressure - didn't realise that it was also prescribed for anxiety but it makes sense!
Also intrigued I take this for migraines. I’m already on 2 other blood pressure tablets as well