Hey everyone,

I know there are many posts about the drug on here already but Im feeling particularly nervous about taking it and I wanted to write my own post and ask people who have/do take it how they get on?

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I was getting frequent headaches and constant head tension so I went to see a doctor recently. They firstly gave me a decongestant nasal spray to see if it was caused by a sinus thing and they asked me to get my vision re-checked; Everything vision wise is fine and the decongestant didnt help.

My doctor asked if I am generally anxious which I am so she prescribed me 10mg Propranolol tabs to take one twice a day for a week, then increace to two twice a day; I belive this is a pretty standard dosage for anxiety?

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I went to see the pharmasist to talk about it today. The guy listened to me and straight up told me not to read the label and just take it as per my doctors instructions and then if i have any side effects that dont subside in two days, read the leaflet. I also asked if I needed to come off it how difficult that is to do and he basically shushed me and told me to just take it and read the leaflet if i have any issues. It was extremely unhelpful, so I wanted to talk to people who have used it.

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The two things that make me nervous mostly are:

1. The  side effects on sleep.
2. And the warning on my box that tells me not to stop taking it unless my doctor tells me too.

I can be quite prone to sleep paralysis and I worry that with that in mind, I may be more suseptable to sleep disterbances with Propranolol. If I have issues with it, Im worried that coming off is going to be hard.

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I have never taken betablockers before and I have heard good things about propranol but I just want a better insight from people with experiance on how it affects them too.

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Thank you all so much in advance :)