Posted by SLS on April 2, 2012, at 6:58:43
In reply to Re: Anxiety medication » MelanieG, posted by Emme_v2 on April 2, 2012, at 6:13:45
> Hi. I've found a very low dose of a beta blocker (atenolol) to cut out the physical "fight or flight" aspects of anxiety, ultimately leaving me with a bit more energy because I'm not worn out from the anxiety.
I am somewhat surprised by this, but happy that it works. Perhaps atenolol is a better choice than propranolol because it doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier (get into the brain). There are some people who feel that propranolol can be depressing. There has been quite a bit of debate about this over the years, though. So, I guess atenolol is sympatholytic (anti-fight or flight) without being depressogenic.
Here is some interesting reading regarding the depressogenic potential of various drugs:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181967/
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