Okay, so I had a doctor's visit today to check my bp and bpm because my last visit had some pretty high results. In the past few months I was prescribed 25 mg of hydroxyzine to take as needed. I can take 50 mg at once if I feel like it's necessary - it just makes me drowsy. So I take 50 mg 30 minutes before I go to the doctors, but my bp = 150/97 and my bpm = 137 despite me feeling really calm. So the doctor highly recommended that I start taking a beta blocker and that I see a cardiologist and get blood work done to make sure that this is an anxiety thing and not a heart issue or hypercorticolism. 

Has anyone experienced an effect of beta blockers on their anxiety/rushing heartrate when anxious?