Hello,

I have a customer facing job in sales and often perform presentations or cold calls. Usually before a high stakes event my throat will close up, heart pounds, hands shake, its difficult to express my thoughts. The high stress events are usually weekly, biweekly, or a few back to back days. (This is what I told my doctor, and mentioned I had zero anxiety talking to him or most people)

I haven't been to a doctor for &gt;5 years and had an appointment scheduled this morning to talk about this issue. My doctor spoke with me for 15 minutes and prescribed Lorazepam to take an hour before an anxiety inducing event. I suggested a betablocker such as Propranolol but he insisted on the Loraz. Now of course my doctor has had 10 years in specialized education for his profession but this seemed quick.

Does anyone have experience using this drug for the situations I am describing? I planned on taking one tomorrow during a normal work day to see how it effects me.