Propranolol for Performance Anxiety User Reviews (Page 4)

• Kkara...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 27, 2024

"I blanked out during a presentation at university and had a full-blown panic attack; extreme sweating, shaky hands, and wobbly legs. I was a quivering mess. I was barely able to get through that horrific ordeal. Fortunately, I came across this drug through research: 80 mg 1.5 hours before a presentation and I'm bulletproof, no more physical symptoms! Armed with this incredible tool, I can now focus on other aspects of being a good speaker without being weighed down by a panicky body. Absolute lifesaver!"

• Thought...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 14, 2015

"Something about being around other professionals and public speaking makesme self conscious and extremely nervous/anxious to the point that I have a full blown panic attack with uncontrollable shaking and the urge to cry and run out of the move. My hands shake so much that I can't even drink water. I'm 29 and a healthcare administrator in NYC with the responsibility of developing workflows and holding meetings regularly. In the last two years, with growing responsibilities it has gotten so bad that I thought it would cost me my career. Until I discovered propranolol. I only take it if I am going to a meet and greet or I'm expected to speak in public and it is AMAZING! I don't know what I would do without it (20 mg or 40 mg I need it)"

• Anonymous
• January 5, 2009

"I had severe anxiety and had difficulty, in training classes, at work until I started taking this medication. This medication has allowed me to stay calm through the most frustrating situations. It is an amazing treatment."

• John...
• March 10, 2015

"I had been having serious performance anxiety for about a year at work - voice shaking, rapid heartbeat, short of breath, light headed, couldn't collect my thoughts in front of my bosses or in meetings whice I often led. I was avoiding talking to my bosses and direct reports. After taking this medicine I notice a general calm when in these situations now and I'm so relieved. I led a meeting today and didn't get nervous at all. I was able to put my thoughts together no problem and had mimimal/ manageable physiological symptoms. On a 10MG dose."

• cnaddy
• May 1, 2013

"It was a miracle. I'm a sophomore in college and ever since I started college I have been nervous with public speaking. It was always a hot mess. My hands would shake, my voice would tremble, I would speed through everything often missing valuable information. I took one of these about an hour before my presentation and it worked so well! I was able to look up and look at people as I spoke and I was not uncomfortable at all. It really was amazing to stand up there without my usual anxiety. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!"

• Glad...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 9, 2014

"Like many here, I turned to Inderal for public speaking anxiety. I actually was even going to leave the job and used all kinds of excuses in my head (the job was bad, I hated my boss, etc, etc), none of which were true. Plain and simple, it was public speaking fear. The first one without Inderal had the familiar feelings having an out of body experience, the chest tightness, the nervousness. I got through it but immediately started searching the net when I got home and found the Inderal forums. Best medicine ever and so glad I found it. I've nailed every presentation since and speak calmly and confidently now. All the physical symptoms are gone when I have to speak. I usually take 30-40mg 1.5 to 1 hour before I am due to speak. Recommend!"

• Frodo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 23, 2019

"Short story: Developed panic attack every time I spoke in public. I was great at school and always well preprepared. I would get up there after practicing it 100 times and my flight or fight mechanism kicked in . My heart went a mile a minute, my body would tremble and I spoke like I was about to cry. I am 45 and it is the only area of my life where I lack confidence. My doctor gave me propranolol 10 mg to take 1 hour before and the half hour before and it worked. No fight or flight reaction. I could just deliver my presentation. What makes me mad is I went through college and grad school and no one clued me in."

• Anonymous
• November 2, 2014

"This is quiet literally a miracle medicine. I used to give presentations all of the time to big groups of people but over the years seem to develop a fear and would be anxious for days leading up to the presentation ... not anymore. I take 1 10mg red pill 1hr before the presentation and because the heart is not racing the rest of me is perfectly calm and relaxed. You still need to prepared and know your stuff or be well rehearsed for a speech but outside of that you now have nothing to worry about. This is truly a life and game changer for anyone who has to give public presentations."

• There...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 21, 2016

"Thanks to all the reviews on this site I went out and got a propranolol prescription. Have always had crushing anxiety any time I felt I was being evaluated. Shaky voice, unable to breathe or speak freely, the works. Had to present my work to 8 executives of a major potential client today, to do with a contract that could turn into millions of dollars for our little company. No pressure. Have been dreading it for weeks. Took 60mg an hour before. It's strange because the usual internal panic I've become so accustomed to just never came. I could have been chatting to my mum, I was that relaxed. It went so well that afterward, when on my own, I nearly cried out of sheer elation that I had found a solution. 31 yr old male"

• farha...
• March 26, 2014

"Although a very good medicine to overcome the performance anxiety, however one must take into account its two long term side effects: 1. Risk of diabetes due to this medicine 2. memory loss Please share your experience."

• Anonymous
• March 20, 2017

"Propranolol is so amazing. I used to have really bad panic attacks before presentations in college and now I take this medicine an hour before I present and turn into another person. I no longer tremble, my heart no longer pounds like crazy and I can talk normal and be completely comfortable in front of a big lecture hall. It honestly works so well."

• lmnop
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 25, 2014

"I am a professional in my late 20s who has had to do a lot of public speaking as of late for work. I have somehow coped with the symptoms of my performance anxiety (extreme heart beat, flushed face, shaking, frozen mind, inability to form complete thoughts, stuttering) until recently since my job depends upon my public speaking and the anxiety has become over burden some. No matter how hard I prepared for public speaking before, I would always experience these debilitating symptoms. Went to doctor who prescribed propranolol before performances. It is really like magic. It completely eliminates my awful physical symptoms. I feel totally relaxed and able to perform to my fullest. Has changed my life! Wish I knew about it years ago!"

• nags
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 17, 2024

"I had suffered from rapid heart rate, sudden onset of tremors, sudden onset of dizziness, sudden nervousness and this had put my life in ruins. I was initially on Metoprolol and symptoms got worse. The doctor put me on Ramipril and symptoms still worsened, and I felt I would die within a few months. I suffered in this manner for 7 years. I could not drive, could not travel alone, lost the feeling of being alive. I visited several cardiologists and all came up with the same answer - it's my mind which is triggering anxiety. In one of the gatherings, I almost felt that I am going to die since the side effects of metoprolol caused a lot of hypoglycemia-like feelings. Luckily, another cardiologist prescribed me PROPRANOLOL. After that, the symptoms started disappearing within a month's time. It's been almost 7 months on Propranolol - Inderol 20Mg and I got my actual life back. I am able to spend more time in the office and put in more effort into my work. I even visited other countries without any fe"

• progr...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 8, 2020

"This drug gives people HOPE! I've had a paralysing fear of public speaking ever since a panic attack when reading a passage in school as a 15 yr old. That was 15 years ago and in between my professional growth has been severely stunted due to this fear. I began drinking and over indulged due to my introvert nature, I avoided any modules which required an oral presentation or simply forewent the marks and didn't show up. I enrolled in a postgrad only to drop out within weeks when I realised the amount of presentations required. I recently got a promotion which requires quite a lot of public speaking and some training, I tried propranonol and although you still feel nervous, the heart palpitations are removed and you can get through it. To date, I've engaged in public speaking in work and at toastmasters using the drug. I still get worked up before hand tho - it just doesn't show!"

• Carls...
• December 11, 2015

"I thought I was going to have to drop out of college because I was completely unable to do any kind of presentation in front of the class. I actually am very social and have no other kind of anxiety, but when it came time for me to do a presentation, I couldn't talk, my hands were shaking, my heart was going to race out of my chest, and I was sweating heavily. I literally ran out of the classroom and stayed in the bathroom the whole time. I tried again and again and failed each time I tried to present. The anxiety was AWFUL. I went to my PCP and asked her about Propanolol (I'd been researching possible meds) and she had no problem prescribing it. I've had two presentations this week and I did them like a boss! This is a wonder drug!"

• Despe...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 15, 2015

"I can hardly believe what this drug did for me the very first time I used it. About one hour before doing a huge speech in public which would usually have had my heart racing and terribly embarrassing purple flushing on my neck and face I took 40mg. Then nothing happened. I mean NO symptoms AT ALL! No panic, no heart, and most important no flushing. At all. Miraculous."

• xkwyzjs
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 8, 2022

"It's wild how many people have the same brutal issues with public speaking--we assume we're the only ones who could possibly have it this bad, think about it for weeks in advance, the panic, the dread. But read these reviews and know that propranolol is the real deal. It puts the chemicals and hormones in your body that create panic into a box and let you just... give the presentation. It's a game-changer. I use between 20-40mg an hour or so before. Conference presentations, best man speeches, officiating a wedding. You name it, no problem. No side effects for me beyond slight tightness of chest at higher dosage. Non-issue. Cheap too."

• fastmam
• September 22, 2014

"very good drug .. it helps me to beat my fearing to talk in front of people .. I took 40 mg an hour before my presentition and I feel comfertable without that annoying rapidly heart beating .. highly recommended"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 20, 2015

"I've suffered w. stage fright (panic attacks) while public speaking for 15 years. I finally got an rx for propranolol from my pcp and tried it before a recent presentation. What a GOD SEND. I took 20 mg 1.5 hours prior to my presentation and although I did have some angst and chest tightness prior, once I started speaking the normal heart pounding out of my chest sensation/shortness of breath occasionally spiralling into a full blown panic attack just did not happen. I felt normal and that I could speak for hours. I feel I have my life back now and am excited for what this new confidence will do to my career. I did not notice any side effects. I made sure to drink plenty of water and eat to avoid low blood pressure."

• Anonymous
• May 1, 2012

"I am 25 year old boy with long history of severe anxiety and panic attack during social activities specially presentation. I used to blush like tomato, speak with stressful voice and my heart pounding like it wants to explode and sometimes I could not finish my presentation because I wasn't able to talk anymore. A dreadful nightmare. Until I knew about this medicine and it changed my life. This lovely little red pill eliminates most of physical symptoms of anxiety like racing heart beat, shaky hands, sweating, stressful voice and I use 40 mg 2 hours before my presentation and it works great. About side effects, sometimes I have a little headache but its not a big deal."

• Anonymous
• April 20, 2012

"Everyday I felt as if an elephant was sitting on my chest and I was gasping for air. I treated this as asthma when I was actually hyperventilating- I felt like my body was out of my control. After a visit to the ER for hyperventilating, I was given this medicine. My life changed. Before, I had panic attacks just thinking about breakfast, but now it seams as though life is so much easier. I can breathe and I feel well, where as before I felt just a constant struggle. In my case, the physical symptoms of anxiety where ruining my life and I felt a constant hyperventilation. With the symptoms gone, I can now really experience things. "

• Patrick
• October 20, 2015

"Before propranolol I would have extreme anxiety before any public speaking event. My heart felt like it would pound out of my chest and every time I would try to speak my voice would shake uncontrollably. Believe it or not even introducing myself at a conference room table was difficult for me. As each person would say their name and introduce themselves and I could see it getting closer to my turn my heart would start to race uncontrollably. Then when I finally said my name my voice would shake! After I found propranolol everything changed! I was so relaxed in meetings and during any speaking event that I actually started volunteering to give presentations in front of people! 40mg one hour before I speak works wonders for me!"

• No...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 25, 2015

"OMG..... Thus drug works like a charm! I've feated and failed miserably over the years doing oral reports from pure anxiety- even my head would shake! I recently was " forced" to do a presentation for work and simply cannot believe what a difference inderal made taken 1 hr before speaking. I could actually make eye contact with the audience and my words came out as rehearsed, not jumbled!!! Wish I had this in college- would've saved me lots of Agony. I hope my testimonial can offer hope who harbor this same fear- it's miraculous!!!!!"

• Rock
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 12, 2015

"It's amazing reading this forum about people who go through exactly what you are going through. I'm a confident business professional, some call me almost arrogant, I'm late 40s fit and lead a very healthy lifestyle. I have a fear of being judged so that can affect me horribly socially, even introducing myself in a meeting never mind giving a big speech. I have done every kind of therapy imaginable and taken Xanax with zero success; would even say I got worse. Propranalol is a miracle. Takes away not only fear but fear of fear with no side effects. I need at least 40mg to derive benefit and I'm not a large guy although tall. 40-80mg situationally. Otherwise, I'm going to start at 40mg 2x a day to stay even and in control. Truly a life saver"

• Nuala...
• November 6, 2013

"This drug changed everything for me. I am a singer.. A bloody good one at that and the one thing that always stopped me was stage fright. I was terrified. Didn't seem to matter how often I made myself sing solo and how many times I felt so amazing after that solo, next time would be just as bad or worse. I would literally vibrate, even the muscles in my face would quiver and I had no control. For years I struggled with this until someone finally convinced me to go to the doctors.. I felt ridiculous even saying this to him thinking he was basically going to tell me to get over it. Instead he calmly said 'ok I'm going to prescribe you a small dosage of propranolol' .. And that was it. The crippling stage fright was just gone.. Like magic :)"