Propranolol for anxiety

missmontana

I have just been prescribed this to take along side Venlafaxine, does anybody have any experiences of how this helps with the anxiety?

I take 75mg of Venlafaxine at night and have been advised to take 2 lots of 40mg of Propranolol 12 hrs apart, morning and night.

Many Thanks!

littlestar1981

I take it for anxiety (at a different dosage but we can't discuss that)

For me, I felt very very tense, rigid almost, felt like I couldn't breathe or that I was about to explode into fits of tears, I was constantly shaky, sweaty, not able to construct common sense sentences, eyes staring like you do when you're nervous about something... it's a beta blocker, so it slows your heart, for me it relaxes me so that I don't feel like I'm about to break into a huge emotional mess in public.

You have to be careful that you take it properly, because of what it is you can't just stop taking it... I can really tell when I've missed a dose.

Hope that helps a little.