Posted by rainyday on March 19, 2004, at 9:46:22
In reply to Re: MY BLOODY HEART !!!, posted by crazychickuk on March 19, 2004, at 8:26:33
> Yes it is inderal bad typo.... I am just scared to death to take it... :(
OK, I found some more information on Psycho Babble about how this medication helps you. It's within a section about post-traumatic stress syndrome. Anxiety is anxiety no matter how it is categorised, so perhaps it will make sense :)
Beta-blockers: propranolol (Inderal), nadolol (Corgard), atenolol (Tenormin), etc.
This family of drugs breaks the mind-body-mind vicious cycle in rage reactions, by blocking the body effects of adrenalin. For example, if someone at work says something offensive about Vietnam vets, the words start the mind working into rage. The rage starts in the mind -- but within a second the body responds with adrenalin, which makes the gut burn, the heart pound, the muscles tense. These body changes send loud messages back up to the mind. For some veterans, the roar of the body drowns out all thought and shuts out everything else coming in. When adrenalin is roaring, it's impossible for most people to think clearly and to take in non-combat possibilities in the situation. This is the mind-body-mind vicious cycle that beta-blockers break up. By blocking the adrenalin effect on the body they prevent the roar of the body from drowning out all thought and choice about what you really want. "Is it really in my interests to rip this guy's lungs out? Is it really what I want to do?" When adrenalin is roaring these questions sometimes cannot be heard.(When your heart is racing, that's the effect of adrenalin. Inderal keeps the heart from being able to race - that's why it started life as a treatment for high blood pressure.)
I was on inderal for many years for that very purpose, and I now realise that it was probably keeping my anxiety symptoms at bay!
rainyday (though Stateside it is bright and sunny today.)
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