Has anyone tried propanolol?

I know benzos can help with antipsychotic induced akathisia but I also heard that propanolol is a beta blocker with dual therapeutic affects for high blood pressure and akathisia.

May ask for this to try

Don’t know much else about it has anyone tried this?

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I take it. I haven’t noticed an improvement on sza symptoms, but I have high BP and tremors, and it can help both.

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It didn’t do anything for my anxiety.

I could only stay on it a couple weeks because it kept making my blood pressure drop too low.

I only mention that as a heads up to consider if you don’t have high blood pressure either.

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I refilled the propane tank for my grill last week.

@shutterbug that’s nice. What about charcoal though you ever tried that? Less chance of explosion and much better taste

Natural gas explosions don’t kill me. I’m part cockroach.

I also have a charcoal grill and I have a wood pellet smoker.

Cockroaches are fascinating lol

Nuclear bomb no
Cockroach spray yes

Sounds like a nice setup, I like charcoal grilling :slight_smile:

I noticed no effect from taking propranolol. I no longer take it.

I did, but the dose didn’t start or go up high enough to have an effect so I never really took it properly.

I tried it without successfull…

I was once put on teva propranolol (not sure if it’s the same thing) for anxiety. All it did for me is hide my symptoms to other people. I never got rid of the anxiety itself. I’m not currently on it, because I thought it was pointless.

I take it for anxiety and tachycardia
Works for tachycardia, but anxiety wise , a little effect

Clonazepam is what I take when getting anxiety or panic attack coming

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I Taken it two years ago but no effects on me. Buspirone and cymbalta was better on me.

This happened to me also, but I have POTS so I assumed that is why. Do you have that also?

No I don’t.

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I use it. Works to an extent yeah.

I’m taking it mostly for my clozapine induced tachycardia

I’m slowly getting off both of those though

Benztropine helped my akithisia. I was prescribed propranolol for anxiety but it didn’t help that.

It really only helped with my tremors. Made exercising suck though.

I use it, but it doesn’t improve my anxiety.