Man getting horrible med withdrawals and scary dreams - propranolol

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I thought propranolol was my saviour. It totally treated my anxiety on both doses I had. But about 10 hours after each dose I get horrific rebound anxiety. More than I have ever had

I can’t continue with this med

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Ah geez. Well at least you found out sooner rather than later. :frowning:

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Wow that sucks man. I take propranalol for both akathisia and blood pressure issues, and it doesn’t do much to me that I can tell. Sorry it’s not working out for you.

I used to absolutely love Wellbutrin back when my diagnosis was Bipolar and I had no voices, but since developing sz symptoms, Wellbutrin has a negative impact on the voices and causes them to get threatening and mean. It’s a shame too cuz that medicine is great at cutting my nicotine cravings down to like half.

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Thanks for the heads up on Propanolol. I take it, but I don’t know what it does for me.

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Wow, that’s truly a bummer @Jimbob.

Hope you find something that’ll help with the anxiety soon :+1:.

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That’s too bad.

I use propranolol a few times a week. Usually 10 or 20mg.

I found slight rebound anxiety after about 3 hours for myself. But besides that it’s fine for me.

I mainly just get physical anxiety so it helps

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I can not ever understand why Doctors prescribe Propranolol for anxiety or panic disorders instead of Atenolol.
Atenolol 25mg in the morning lasts the whole day, it doesn’t upset a person’s breathing because it is a selective beta blocker, and it is water soluble so it doesn’t easily cross the blood brain barrier and make people feel different.

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I never noticed any breathing issue with it. It’s pretty mellow honestly

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In the past thirty years, I have never been as anxious as I have been the last year on Propanolol. I know my med provider is really happy with herself for prescribing me Propanolol, however.

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I’m sorry it is doing this to you. That sucks hard.

Y’all are admittedly making me nervous, though. I was recently prescribed it for a weird blood pressure increase (I was always low before). It’s helped my BP, but now I’m worried it’ll mess with my anxiety. I’m anxious about being anxious!

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I’m glad you’re going to get off it. Obviously it’s not helping you. Good luck finding the right med.

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It doesn’t make everyone anxious. It actually works for a lot of people. So :notes: don worry be happy now do do do do don’t worry be happy :notes:

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Hope you find something that works better for you @Jimbob.

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I E-mailed my med provider. She said to take my Propranolol as a PRN and not as a give.

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