I take a beta-blocker called Propranolol it’s a generic for Inderal. It was prescribed by my P-doc because a side effect of this medication is a calming effect. Many people swear this medication cured their anxiety or panic disorder. I can’t say that but for myself it helps at times. I take it as needed.

I‘m a bit nervous because I‘m changing from a benzo that I have been taking for over 7 years and changing to another not knowing the side effects of doing so. I could feel my heart beating and knew it was in tachycardia (over 100 beats a minute) I could have checked it but every time I do that and its high each time I check it after that it keeps going up as I go into a panic about it.

I took 20mg of Propranolol and within 20 minutes my heart rate slowed and I feel overall less anxious. I feel pretty good right now.

If you search a search engine for Propranolol, Inderal, Anxiety, and panic you will be surprised how popular this medication is for Anxiety/ Panic and the large amount of people who endorse it.

I truly hate to sound like a broken record.. (hears the squeaky noise lol) so it isn't bad if it takes 4-5 hours at a high rate like I said above to calm itself down?... And yes you were right my doctor looked at my BP results to 160/somethinkg and my EKG and said really point blank "we need to control your anxiety" .. But she did bump me up to 3 mg a day and if im worse i may take an extra .50 mg JIC .. but I went down to CVS to pick it up I even got all the way there (very rare for me) and the panic feelings started right up again.. a the door I wound up not making it and coming home.. and now I am low on gas so I need to go back out and do booth and as you said, I fear that episode happening while I am out.. (and when home for that matter.) But I really am obsessing.. I keep picturing my heart rate shooting all the way up again and im in the CVS or even more so at my drs next week etc etc.. sigh the cycle. On a side note can both xanax and - beta blocker - inderal be taken at once?