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Not long started these but oh my gosh, i feel so tired and sluggish all day. I took a 2 hour nap and still feel really tired and struggling to find energy.

I get chest pains too, but I generally get those from my anxiety so I didnt know if they would go away over time or if the propranolol won’t help that?

Anyone else have/had this problem when taking these for the first time? Or if these issues will persist?

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Starrlight

So what I know about propranolol is it helps get rid of some physical symptoms of anxiety. I am not sure if it will help with the chest pains or not. It never made me tired that I can recall. I really hope it helps you, best to you!!!:)

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Aozora___3 in reply toStarrlight

Thanks for responding! I wish it helped my chest pains but ive only taken them for like 1 and a half days. They did say its makes you drowsy for the first time

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Starrlight in reply toAozora___3

I hope it helps with the chest pains and that the tiredness wears off soon as your body adjusts to the med.

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Starrlight in reply toStarrlight

What dosage are you taking? I was taking 40 mg a day then only 20 for what reason I can’t recall.

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Aozora___3 in reply toStarrlight

I take 10mg twice a day. But because i have health anxiety, ive been taking 10mg in the morning then 5mg at night

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Starrlight

My doc says it starts working after an hour of taking it and that the effects don’t last long. Hmmm I may need to research on that but I felt it doesn’t really do much for me personally. I really hope it helps you.

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Aozora___3 in reply toStarrlight

Yeah I’ve noticed that the effects dont last long. My palpitations come back after a few hours

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Starrlight in reply toAozora___3

Yeah I thought so too. The first time I heard of it someone was using it for when he was giving presentations.

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Aozora___3 in reply toStarrlight

Yeah a lot people use it for that kind of thing but take doses of 80mg. Im only on 10mg twice a day so maybe thats why my chest pains dont go away?

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Starrlight

Oh yeah probably so. I wonder if your doc would up the dose.

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Aozora___3 in reply toStarrlight

I only started 2 days ago, so i should probably wait for my body to get used to it and see what happens

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Starrlight

True that sounds like a good plan.

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Digydoda

I'm on 10mg propanol and I only take this when I feel anxious or I have chest pains and it takes them feelings away and calms me down, but it does only last for about 3 hours then I'll get the pains again. I always get too scared to take more than 1 tablet a day incase it lowers my heart beat too much

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Aozora___3 in reply toDigydoda

Yeah i get a bit scared that it will lower my heart rate too much. Trying not to panic now actually. But 10mg is a very small dose so we shouldn’t worry about it. Most people take 80mg and more everyday

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Digydoda in reply toAozora___3

It never ever does though it's just we think it will. I used to be on 40mg a day but got asked to lower to 10mg because it was making my anxiety worse being on a high dosage

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Aozora___3 in reply toDigydoda

I wouldn’t be able to cope with that amount. Im on 20mg a day and i think its enough. Feel more comfortable with halving my tablet at night though

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