anxiety treatment beta blockers

Has anyone found beta blockers to be useful for anxiety and/or panic attacks? If so, could you tell me which one and what dosage?

Have any of you been on beta blockers for your hashi symptoms if so which ones, also, I have been having frequent attacks, but is it anxiety, or blood pressure actually raising from these attacks? Chest tightness and hearing loud racing pulse in ear. It feels like anxiety?????

Oh, sorry, more information - I'm hyper, doctor is 90% sure it's Graves, TSH level around 004, thyroid swollen, 40 yo male with history of heart disease on one side of the family.

Beta blockers are a class of drugs that block beta-adrenergic substances such as adrenaline (epinephrine), a key agent in the "sympathetic" portion of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system and activation of heart muscle. So that being said, we can see why it helps with anxiety - it blocks epinepherine. It is also perscribed for many other things as well, from hypertension to hyperthyroidism (as mentioned above).

d beta blockers, both for cardiac symptoms and for anxiety. While all beta blockers have a similar mechanism of action, some work better than others for some people depending on the reason it's needed in the first place. Start by having a discussion with your doctor...ask him why he chose the med he did for your condition, and if it would be the most optimal choice for treatment of concurrent anxiety in addition to the heart issues. Then you could ask about the Inderal.

I really enjoyed reading about your experiences, because I continue to debate the merits of SSRIs versus beta blockers in dealing with anxiety-induced arrhythmia. As I know you know, I suffer from anxiety that causes my heart to beat extremely rapidly, and occasionally to skip beats. For a long time, I was convinced that a beta blocker was the only thing that could help me. If my heart is going too fast, what better cure than a medication specifically designed to slow the heart?

You may want to discuss this with your doctor and look into beta blockers. Anxiety related specifically to performance issues can be overcome without the use of benzodiazepines. Lots of athletes, musicians, public speakers use beta blockers before an event. Check this out: http://www.ethanwiner.com/BetaBlox.

m only 22 and started taking beta blockers when I was 21. There are some people who have had to start beta blockers in their early teens. And I really agree with everything is_something_wrong said =] I think beta blockers are certainly a better way to go than benzo's and so on. Beta blockers are VERY safe. If your doctor wants you to start beta blockers, I would say go for it. They're very safe. How fast does your tachycardia get?

Anyone have any experience with beta blockers to curb anxiety? My cardiologist apparently recommended them to my family doctor in my case. I know I definitely don't want to try any more SSRIs and I feel like I'm making some good progress without any medication at all, just with counseling and reading. But, maybe if a beta blocker would help with the generalized day-in/day-out 24/7 anxiety I should try it. Just seeing if anyone has any experience with beta blockers.

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Its an old treatment for afib but I found beta-blockers worked well, its just that I like hill-walking and the two don't go together too well. I'm going to seek a consultation to change meds - perhaps even revert to Beta-blockers. I hope you get sorted too.

so is started taking 62 again and then have to lower it slowly. what else can I do for anxiety as beta blockers disagreed with me and I am already on diazepam?

There are non-cardioactive agents that may help for anxiety, and there are cardioactive agents such as beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and clonidine. .

He says I can take beta blockers to help with the anxiety. Can beta blockers help? He also suggested I could try a thyroid supressant for my currently "hyper" thyroid. SO CONFUSED. Please help.

We can't answer if YOU should take beta blockers, treatment is individual and must be done by your cardiologist. That said, beta blockers are often used to prevent arrhythmias in the setting of LQTS. There are a lot of drugs to avoid in this setting. You should trust your doctor, and ask your doctor before taking any non prescription drugs or other supplements (including herbs, etc).

My question is will they give me beta blockers? I have an appointment with a specialist on Monday, my primary doc offered me beta blockers and I told him I would wait to see what specialist told me. I also have PPD, now I am pretty sure the two are related. My most troubling symptoms are anxiety, panic attacks, sweating, and racing heart. I have read about thyroid storm, how common is this? Like I said I panic easily so now I'm freaking out about that.

Usually beta blockers are prescribed and also an anti-thyroid med when Hyper with Graves. The anti-thyroid med blocks the thyroid from overstimulating and the beta blocker slows down the heart rate and also beings the FT3 down which is giving you these hyper symptoms. I was diagnosed with Graves and Hyperthyroidism, had RAI 7 months ago and havent looked back. Was it easy? NO But it was the best thing I ever did.

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia doesn't have a "cure" per se, but that doesn't mean it's a lifelong disease. Usually it comes and goes over time. First time I had it was two years or so ago, and then I've have it a few times since then, including this morning when I woke up. There are drugs that can treat the symptoms, like beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers. I'm on beta-blockers for neurocardiogenic syncope and the meds help for the IST too.

My MD is a general practitioner MD who uses integrative medicine AND is a psychiatrist. He also up on the latest cutting edge medicine. He put me on beta blockers for my extreme PTSD and anxiety last year. He had me take one beta blocker at night only. I took them for 6 months in a first course, and will begin another soon. After the first 6 months I can report that my symptoms are markedly better. I've been off them for 8 months.

Today my doc started to wean me off the beta blockers and said he is happy with my thyroid numbers. He is hoping once the beta blockers are gone my energy will come back. My question is when will my personality return to normal? Right now, I have waves of anxiety, depression and just dread. I worry about everything incessantly. When I watch TV, everything either makes me laugh hysterically or cry, there is no in between.

Unfortunatly its done nothing for my nsvt or pvcs but Ive been told on here that beta blockers dont normally have an effect for them anyway....Does anyone else feel breathless for no reason?I will hopefully have insurance soon so I will be able to get my echo...I am worried somethings changed structurally in my heart...I know I sound like im overreacting but I know my body and somethings deff different.I had a structurally normal heart and have been diagnosed with idiopathic VT.

my daughter has been dx with cardiomyopathy the cardiologist has tried her on 2 different beta blockers she had severe allergic reactions to both requiring steroids even though it was 1/4 of the recommended dose because of her low bp the ace inhibitor she is on is not as effective the cardiologist is trying to find an allergist to do med testing is there a way to test the individual componets of the medication to determine the specific allergen This discussion is related to <a href=&qu

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