Posted by SLS on February 8, 2014, at 9:17:44
In reply to atenolol for anxiety/panic?, posted by g_g_g_unit on February 8, 2014, at 8:44:21
> Hi,
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> I was wondering if anyone here has heard of Atenolol successfully being used for anxiety?
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> Propranolol works relatively well, but a) depresses me, and b) causes physical fatigue and really bad hypoglycemia. I also find it way harder to fall asleep.
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> I could handle the former for now, but not the latter .. I have to eat every 3 seconds to remain even-keeled. Oh, and I'm referring to the physical side of anxiety -- agitation, dyspnea, muscle tension etc.
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> Thanks!Someone here has used atenolol successfully to treat many of the same symptoms you describe. I hope they see your post.
Would you consider your childhood problematic with respect to developmental PTSD (physical abuse; emotional abuse; neglect)? I understand that this is very personal information. You really don't need to share it.
http://www.positivehumandevelopment.com/developmental-ptsd.html
My past would qualify as developmental PTSD. I respond well to prazosin 25 mg/day. It helps with depression and anxiety. Prazosin, in part, acts as a sympatholytic, albeit through a different set of NE receptors than NE beta blockers do. Atenolol acts peripherally only, whereas prazosin enters the brain readily and acts centrally as well as peripherally. Prazosin has been shown to benefit those with adult PTSD whose onset follows an acute traumatic event.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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