Posted by greenwillow on May 23, 2004, at 21:34:10
In reply to Betablocker and performance anxiety, posted by sdb on May 12, 2004, at 18:45:55
> I have taken Visken (pindolol) and Concor (bisoprolol) and Nebilet (nebivolol) for performance anxiety. Visken had a good effect and it blocked heart-racing and trembling. But Visken had to many sideeffects like ed and bad sleep.
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> Concor did not help for heart-racing (although it's a beta1-blocker!)and trembling, but no sideeffects.
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> Nebilet (beta1-blocker) also did not work.
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> I was estonished that beta1-blocker reduce heart-racing during performance. Perhaps they need a longer onset (I only have taken it 3 days before performance)
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> Anybody has experience with betablockers during performance? (efficacy, sideffects,...)
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> sdb
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I am a prof musician and use 10 mg. propanolol before performances. Take 1 hour before the performance. It will begin working at about an hour and peak in about 1½ hours. Leaves your system in something like 4 hours. It stops the shakes, but will leave you feeling slightly detached.
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