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Beta blockers brain fog

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Potatoghost
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I've been taking propranolol 10mg on and off for a few months now trying to get my anxiety under control alongside citalopram

I have health anxiety also and been experiencing brain fog and it makes my anxiety a million times worse as I've never had it before. I know it's not the citalopram as I've been on it a few times

could the beta blockers be causing my detatched foggy feelings?

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  • lois95799
    lois95799 Potatoghost

    Posted

    absolutely potato.any type of high blood pressure meds have the tendencie to bring on extreme depression especially when you are only taking it Periodically.it happen to me .with a different beta blocker.when the doctors where mis diagnosing me with high blood pressure.

    • lois95799
      lois95799

      Posted

      also when taking beta blockers you should avoid coffee alcohol and antihistamines.which makes no sense to why doctors prescribe the beta blocker with celexa when celexa does have anthistamines properties .

    • Potatoghost
      Potatoghost lois95799

      Posted

      wow really? that's crazy it can do that. it definitely makes me feel flat which is nice sometimes but definitely lowers my mood x

      wow x

  • tamsin07572
    tamsin07572 Potatoghost

    Posted

    hi P no i dont think its the propranalol. 10mg is a really low dose - do you find it does anything? my psych laughed when i said the GP had precribed 10 - he says they prescribe 40. the brain fog is the anxiety - i have it too. ive been taking the propranalol periodically too - either 15 or 20. cant decide if it does anything or not. it has a really short half life apparently -2-4 hours so completely out of your system in a day. are you feeling any better?

    • Potatoghost
      Potatoghost tamsin07572

      Posted

      thanks Tamsin

      how u feeling atm? I'm the same no change feel like someone is torching my brain! lol

      you have the brain fog too? it's not helping the anxiety at all lol x

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