Prescribed 10mg Propranolol.

First day I took it, the calmness I felt was truly beautiful.

I know it's a beta blockers and has no input on mood, but I truly felt tranquility to the point where my brain was quiet.
No outside noise, no overthinking.

Thought it was a placebo effect, but after taking for three days the feeling remained.

It feels so good I can't wait to take again.

I've been on antideoressants, stimulants for ADHD and nothing has made me as calm as this.

I excelled the first day I took it at work, no nerves just stillness.

Truly done me wonders.

I’m jsut sitting here at 33 years old and realizing my whole life has been this. Me suffering on a constant basis, always operating off what ifs and never facts. And I’m genuinly at my end with it. My entire childhood stripped from me, watching the other kids go to the park while I sat inside, never being able to socialize and growing up in constant fear. And at this point I’ve realized my life is half gone and I’ve spent all my time preparing and fearing something that’s going to inevitably happen and instead of enjoying life I’ve spent it trying to make sure I don’t die. Have people actually found recovery? Has anyone’s brain actually been able to find peace? Or is this it? Stoicism doesn’t work, pretending it’s not happening doesn’t work, medication doesn’t work

I feel completely overwhelmed, like I hear too many things that are potentially scary on social media and when I look closer at what's going on in the world I realize how fragile the system we live in is and I cant help but think its all gonna come crashing down soon.

Its been a year since my mental health deteriorated I dont even know how I have got through the year.

My anxiety never shuts up its always firing even when sitting in chest, stomach, neck.. iv tried literally every single med going by May I was in severe depression and derealization too that I had to go inpatient

That also didn't help for the past few months iv been on fluoxetine and clonazepam daily even the clonazepam doesnt fully help.

My psych seems to think I have a dysfunction norephiphrine system that is just churning adrenaline all day. I stopped working months ago

This has eaten me alive, im only around as it would upset my family etc, but im in hell every day.

My psych has just added guanfacine to see if that can help. The only thing that switched my anxiety off was olanzapine but I had unlivable side effects of nearly passing out.

Its like my brain has totally damaged and it cant come back from this anxiety and depression

Yes I know about the benzo thing but its only thing that slightly takes edge off or I wouldnt be here

I recently come off trazodone which wasnt helping to start the guanfacine and anxiety and depression is gone up ten notches more, withdrawal or getting worse. This is all so sucky.

Anyone else had anxiety this severe that turned to depression, please no rubbish talk about accepting it.. its literally burning through my body and brain 247 which is draining every ounce of my energy

Like whenever I have to give a presentation and stuff I’m fine. I’m able to speak without any problems as long as I’m prepared. But when it comes to one on one conversation with someone new, it’s like my heart starts racing and all of a sudden I’m hyper aware and self conscious about what they think of me. Like, do they think I’m a try hard or boring and I hate it so much. Idk, any advice on how to overcome this?

My doctors continue to prescribe me HCl which I've never really had to reach for until recently so I've never really tried it with bad anxiety. I took 25mg HCl yesterday and felt no relief, it was weird. Eventually took a nap and calmed myself down.

My mother in law had extra Hydroxyzine pamoate that she won't need and gave to me months ago - I have taken that as needed and have just noticed a nice relief being provided within a short period of time after taking it. Anyone else experience this phenomenon or just me?
Various health sources have indicated that HCl is intended for allergy relief whereas pamoate is intended for anxiety relief so that's an interesting thing to consider as well..

I swear anytime I get oversomething and my fuckass brain catches me having fun or being at ease, it HAS to look for something or worry about something it used to. It's as if it's default state is not calm, but fucking scared or worried. I feel like I'm not in control of my mind or being, there's also my brain whose hellbent on being my worst fucking enemy and making my consience a hell put on repeat while also shitting itself. It makes me want to scream my lungs out.

im freshly 14,around 4 years ago i started doing this little head movements,some in my family said that I looked like a T Rex doing that head thingy,anyways,it started normal,just few sudden head movements and that was all,bur around 2 years ago it went crazy,it went from a little head movement to a full speed movement that made my neck crack,i did NOT give attention to it,went to the doctor one day,got diagnosed with anxiety tics,wasn’t given too much info about it,but know since like 3 months ago I have been doing this thing,it first started with my mouth opening and then closing abruptly,know it’s teeth grinding,and I can’t stop it nor control it,like I could be speaking with someone and suddenly I have a ”tic attack “(that’s what I call it) and my body just loses control,I need help,what should I do? my mom always says “it’s the damn phone get over it” but im positive it is not it.

thanks in advance.

I’ve (20F) always known I’m an anxious person and a big overthinker, but recently it’s been affecting my life in ways I never could’ve imagined.

It’s ruined my relationship with my ex and affecting my performance in school. I’m currently getting seen to be medicated but honestly I feel like there’s no hope. It started getting really bad around June. It got better for a while and I was able to cope with my stressors but now I’m just tired and I feel like I can barely support myself.

Even after we initially broke up, my ex and I stayed friends. One day we were talking and I just had this outburst of anxiety. He told me the other day he didn’t enjoy talking with me anymore and said I needed help, that just when he thinks I’m getting better I get bad again. Honestly, that hurt a lot.

I feel like I’m trying my best but it’s just not enough right now. My professors and friends are all worried about me, and I feel like such a burden. It’s almost funny, I don’t even have to be worried about anything. I’ll be laying in bed and my heart feels like it’s going 1000 miles per hour and I can’t think. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night like that and all I can do is just cry and wait it out because nothing else helps.

I’ve lost a lot of weight since June as well, almost 15 lbs and I say a lot because it was not intentional. I’ve lost my appetite and nothing can be kept down.

I just want to know there’s hope. That one day I’ll feel like myself again, and all of this is just a distant feeling.

I have severe general anxiety, to the point where every time I leave the house I feel dread and anxious. I don't go out at all unless it's for a dr. appointment or something hospital related. I've been job searching for about a year and I finally got an offer as a Home Health Aid. It's the same job and company my mom works for. I start next week, but I'm starting to feel like I can't do this. I am going to try my hardest just to get exposure. The good thing is it's only 4 hours a WEEK. A WEEK! And I'm somehow still panicking. It's making me feel like a failure and I'll never be able to keep a job or live a normal life. Does anyone have any advice (besides "suck it up")? Thank you!

My brother just had a baby 3 months ago and today he got benched on his job because the client company didn't renew his contract.

A lot of hard things have happened in the last 3 years, in the beginning of this year I kinda gave up, too much anxiety, I am not even able to talk to anyone, just sit alone all day. The last bad thing that happened to me was losing my job. I could've gotten another job easily but I kinda gave into my anxiety, now I am stuck, it will be hard to find a new job now. Today's news brought back the same feeling.

Heart racing, heavy in the head and eyes but unable to talk to anyone. I tried talking, to the person who used to be my best friend but it didn't help and I kinda regret talking with her.

Whenever I try to talk to someone l, they try giving me advice and tell many people faces similar problems etc. I am aware of what I am doing wrong, what I should be doing but I don't have courage, I lost courage and stopped believing in myself when I gave up earlier this year. It feels impossible to start believing in myself to start doing something. I don't have motivation to do anything, doing things to survive isn't something I can do. It's stupid but I am like this, I hate it but at the same time I can't change myself.

I'm currently taking a speech class in college, and I have accommodations that allow me to record my speeches and send the videos directly to my instructor instead of presenting in front of the class.

However, for my last assignment, which is a persuasive speech, I genuinely want to present in person. I came up with a topic I'm really interested in, and just thinking about sharing it with the class made me excited.

I think I actually enjoy talking to people about things I find interesting and sharing what I know. But my fear of speaking and being perceived by others prevents me from doing that. I can really only open up around people I deeply trust, and even then, it's rare. They would also have to genuinely want to listen.

The problem is that whenever I imagine myself standing in front of a classroom, my body reacts as if I'm in danger. My heart starts pounding, my hands shake, and my face gets hot. I become so aware of everyone looking at me that I start forgetting what I want to say and messing up, which makes me even more afraid of being judged.

Even while I was lying in bed imagining how I would present my speech, I started experiencing these physical symptoms. I know logically that I'm not in danger, but my body doesn't seem to understand that. Being watched almost feels like an attack, like everyone is already judging me before I've even said anything.

I really don't want this fear to keep controlling what I can and can't do. For once, I genuinely want to stand in front of people and share something I'm passionate about.

If I absolutely have to, I'll use my accommodations. But I want to at least try to overcome this enough to give my final speech in person.

Has anyone dealt with this kind of anxiety and managed to reduce it? What helped you get comfortable with being watched, speaking in front of strangers, and not shutting down from fear?

My husband has anxiety and does everything he’s supposed to do in order to manage it. However when we have a plan of any kind, a trip, helping friends move, an appointment. He wakes up incredibly angry/frustrated. He doesn’t want to go no matter how much time he’s had to anticipate it or cancel. I think if he doesn’t want to cancel he avoids saying it because of my feelings or the anxiety associated with not showing up.

Usually there is an outburst, venting/anger. We discuss that we can’t really cancel day of as we already spent the money and made promises. We talk about the fact he pretty much always ends up enjoying himself and glad he follows through.

It is usually me making these plans, if it was up to him he might not pull the trigger on anything ever but that’s not conducive to having friends or community or experiences.

Does anyone else experience these jitters to this extent? How can I better support him?

I can’t tell how much this book helped me with my social anxiety, back when I was a uni student with presentations every other week and debilitating anxiety I felt like death, couldn’t afford therapy and also the fact of talking to a therapist who is a person was not a choice, my anxiety was so bad, this book really helped me understand my anxiety better and how to handle it, I cried reading some chapters and felt understood. I would recommend it to anyone.

“Overcoming social anxiety step by step “
Thomas A Richard’s ph,D

Long time lurker, first time poster here 👋

Me and my partner (together 10 years) recently went on our first abroad holiday together as a couple (we’ve been abroad with our families before) It’s taken us a while as I feel a LOT of anxiety around travelling - Like a lot of people here, I feel building anxiety in the lead up for the trip, but once I’m there, the anxiety doesn’t go away completely but subsides enough for me to generally enjoy most of the holiday. I’ve had bad luck with holidays in the past (being very poorly abroad, breaking a bone etc…)

Our trip was mostly really nice, except for the last day when our 1 hour direct flight (we chose our holiday destination because of the short flight) was cancelled and we ended up having to get 4 planes and transfer 3 times just to get home. Turning our 1 hour flight into 17 hours to get home. It was awful and I spent the entire 17 hours feeling like I was on the verge of a heart attack.

We got back this morning, and today I just can’t stop crying. I’m worried that any semblance of wanting to go on holiday again has just been crushed and I don’t know how I’ll cope with anxiety flying going forward.

I don’t want to rule out going abroad ever again, but I’m seriously feeling like the universe is trying to tell me I’m just not meant to travel.

For those of who feel intense anxiety around travelling, my questions are:
1. How do you cope with it and go abroad?
2. OR how have you decided if for you, going abroad just isn’t worth it?

My partner can’t wait to go abroad again and I just feel so much fear and can’t imagine wanting to do it (I hope my mind will change on this in a few months)

All advice appreciated x

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post im not sure where to post it

as far as i know i dont have anxiety

I'm 17 and have mild autism. I'm in a program meant to help me build a routine so I can get back into school or work, but I haven't been going because I've been struggling too much.

Lately everything feels worse. I feel useless and I avoid mirrors because I hate how I look. My suicidal thoughts are getting stronger, and I often think about how and where I'd do it. Today I held a knife against my thigh and was too scared to cut.

I can laugh and switch moods in a second while feeling awful inside, so I feel like I'm faking it. I've tried therapy with different people and formats, and nothing has

helped.

I keep telling myself it doesn't count because other people have it worse, but that doesn't make the feeling go away.

I'm also scared of losing my only close friend. He's 18 and from the program. We haven't talked in a while because we've both been struggling. Texting is hard for me and I always feel like I'm bothering people.

I don't know exactly what I'm hoping for. Maybe just to not be alone with it for a minute.

If you felt like this at my age and it got better, what changed things for you?

I hate myself

On Tuesday, I was was working at a coffee shop (two toddlers in school twice a week so this is my usual routine). I had a cup of coffee (normally I have more) then went into a meeting. I noticed I was shaky so I bought a muffin and water. The feeling didn’t subside so I went on a walk in the parking lot. 1.5 hrs of my HR between 120-160bpm, numbness, tingling, panic, etc. Eventually I called my husband to pick up the kids and the barista to call 911 bc I thought my thyroid was going wacko.

The EMTS wanted me to practice boxed breathing which made me mad and I kept asking them to help me. They agreed to take me to the hospital and gave me Versed which helped a lot. Many EKGS, X-rays, labs, and Ativan later I went home.

Anyway, now I’m so scared of it happening again that I can’t even go to a coffee shop. I’ve been on antidepressants for over a decade but never had anything like this. I’ve stopped coffee and switched to a cup of tea a day. I have a prescription for Ativan now. But I’m so scared of this happening again.

.  back in September 25 2025 I hurt my back at work.. i ended up withe herniations at L3 L4 L5 S1... after try PT for a while I decided to get a steroid shot in my back... on week after my shot my calves start twitching non stop bilaterally.. also at that time my father was diagnosed with Parkinson's.. i was going through panic attacks and couldn't sleep for weeks.. the twitching than went body wide every where ... but remained 24/7 in my calves.. there were pop ups everywhere else... I went to a neurologist who said it was anxiety and put me on meds.. that seemed to make the twitching worse.. I went to a 2nd neurologist who saw the muscle twitching and did a emg .. the emg picked up the muscle twitching but nothing else.. the ncs part picked up bilateral carpal tunnel in my hands.. I also had a MRI of my whole spine where I have bulging discs or herniated disc at every level but 4 of them but he didn't think that would cause my twitching..also had a clean brain mri..he said come back in 3 to 6 months and do another emg .. so that what I did .. the 2nd emg picked you the muscle twitching but nothing else he said if it was anything sinster it would have shown by now... I ended up on August 11th having laminectomies and discsectomies on my L3 L4 L5 S1 spine.. following that my twitching got even worse and I got left calf weakness and both feet are numb... the muscle twitching is just has bad if not worse than when it started this shit isn't normal.. I hate this wait and see approach.. I think they all say I have anxiety and they just mark it up as that.. I'm just at a loss I dont no what to do.. constantly testing my strength which seems to be fine except some weakness and tightness in my left calf... Im so sorry to bother you all with this im just at my wits end... so depressed

My whole life I’ve had people tell me I’m pretty. Sometimes even strangers stop me to tell me that. At the same time there are some people who talk about me and say I’m ugly. I’m confused. I’ve recently started a new chapter in my life and the same thing keeps happening to me. Some say I’m divine, and others say that I’m trash. I think I look good but I’m a very anxious person and these things still impact me a lot. When I think that tomorrow I will need to see those people again, even if they don’t know I know it makes me extremely afraid. I don’t even talk to some of them, like I say hi and bye but that’s all. I believe that this is the minimum of respect we should all have no matter who that person is. Why can’t some people understand that? And why do a lot of people gossip when we all know that gossip always spreads fast?

I quit vaping Geek bars after a year of on and off use. I am at two months nicotine free but brain fog, headaches, and derealization has been with me since about a week after I quit. I have done blood tests and stool tests and everything is normal. I haven’t tested for B vitamins tho, so going to do that next. I suspect anxiety is causing my symptoms. Curious what has helped others! Medication, supplements, therapy, time?

I'm 22F, 168cm, 49.5kg. My bmi is around 17.7 so it's too skinny for me, and I'm worried. I don't eat too much because anxiety makes me very cautious of food and also makes my stomach feel sick constantly. Three or four years ago when I was still a teen, I weight around 60 kg (I wasn't so anxious at that time). I feel like right now I'm too skinny and it would make me weak and easy to get sick. I'm very worried about this, but I tried to eat more, it hurts my stomach and makes me worry about my stomach or having to puke.

After a severe anxiety episode, even though I've gotten the physical symptoms under control, I feel like I'm far away from myself. It's like my thoughts, my sense of self, my past, all of it feels distant. I can't feel like myself anymore, and it's terrifying.

My thoughts, emotions, and experiences have all kind of dissolved into something I can't really explain.

Has anyone else been through this? Is there any experience you can share that might help? Does this ever go away?