a.n.kirillov
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- Nov 17, 2019
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Decided to test the propranolol which I had bought for the SN method for anxiety. Works great for me! The anxiety provoking thoughts are still there but the physical dimension to it was gone; after about 30 minutes I felt really in control of myself. On the evening that I took it, me and some friends were stopped by the police on the way home and I was so calm that I even started poking a little fun at the cop who pulled us over.
Moral of the story: it's pretty safe and if you haven't tried it yet, give it a go! Way better than getting addicted to benzos and having to go through withdrawal / maybe fucking your neurotransmitters up long-term even. It's also promising in that, as far as I understood it, it could lessen your anxiety even after discontinuing the drug, because you start to form new memories of stressful situations that normally trigger it (but this is merely my own speculation; there are some studies which found it potentially useful in trauma therapy, where the hypothesis was that recalling traumatic memories under the influence of propanolol could then alter the emotional response associated with said memories).
Edit: I took 20mg. Since the version I have isn't slow release, the short half life of it means I have to take it every four hours approximately (so three times a day).
Moral of the story: it's pretty safe and if you haven't tried it yet, give it a go! Way better than getting addicted to benzos and having to go through withdrawal / maybe fucking your neurotransmitters up long-term even. It's also promising in that, as far as I understood it, it could lessen your anxiety even after discontinuing the drug, because you start to form new memories of stressful situations that normally trigger it (but this is merely my own speculation; there are some studies which found it potentially useful in trauma therapy, where the hypothesis was that recalling traumatic memories under the influence of propanolol could then alter the emotional response associated with said memories).
Edit: I took 20mg. Since the version I have isn't slow release, the short half life of it means I have to take it every four hours approximately (so three times a day).
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