Physically, anxiety can feel like your insides are doing gymnastics, racing heart, sweaty palms, that OMG-my-mouth-is-dry thing. Propranolol blocks adrenaline\u2019s effects, so those physical symptoms chill out. It kicks in within ~30\u201360 minutes and lasts a few hours, or up to a week if you’re on it regularly. But here\u2019s the catch: it only tames the body\u2019s reaction. The mental jitters\u2014the thoughts like \u201cwhat if I mess up?\u201d\u2014are still alive and well.
Think high-pressure, short-term moments:
Speaking at weddings (yes, even the bride-in-waiting might ask her nurse about it)<\/p>\n
First dates<\/p>\n
Job interviews<\/p>\n
Big presentations<\/p>\n
Stage performances (musicians, actors\u2014you name it) <\/p>\n
“It’s usually prescribed for high blood pressure and other heart problems, but it can also help with the physical symptoms of anxiety, like sweating and shaking,” NHS UK says. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Physically, anxiety can feel like your insides are doing gymnastics, racing heart, sweaty palms, that OMG-my-mouth-is-dry thing. Propranolol…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[35565,64,63,83421,137,18478,83423,490,83422,83420],"class_list":{"0":"post-117823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-anxiety-relief","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-beta-blocker","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-heart-medication","14":"tag-how-propranolol-works","15":"tag-medication","16":"tag-prescriptions-for-propranolol","17":"tag-propranolol"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}