Mild Anxiety and Propranolol - help??

Thanks for your reply - so does it only slow down when the adrenalin starts? So it doesn't generally slow down an already regular heart beat, only when it's needed? Sorry for all the questions!

Hiya, I've been put on a month trial for them - would you say that even only a month will sort of dampen the effect of helping the symptoms after a  while?

Hiya, thanks for your reply. I'm currently looking at doing something with the Mind Charity near me and seeing if that will help get to the bottom of why it's happening before I go away!

At uni I think ultimately it was the lack of control and holding myself to such a high expectation finally took its toll. The uni were making changes late at night with plans for things to be done in the morning and just generally being unorganised; the stress of keeping up just overwhelmed me really  

The weird part is that a few years before uni I had a panic attack from simply looking at rock climbing, so I'm not sure that my anxiety all stems from uni?

What you describe is very normal. And no, it probably does not stem from uni. Typically anxiety is rooted in much earlier experience except in cases where the onset is post-trauma like a major incident such as accident, rape, natural disaster, violent episode, war, OR hormonal imbalance, perimenopause, but also post-partum disturbances in women or other physical causes that may produce anxiety without there necessarily being a prior history.

Some of the usual triggers for anxiety rooted in early experience are recreational drug use (even first-time experiment with weed for instance can tip people over), transitioniong to a new school, moving to a new country, death in the family including pet deaths, divorce or separation, starting uni, finishing uni and having to look for a job, losing a job,some medication and so on.

Root causes more often than not have to do with early experience and sometimes unconscious imprints that occured as far back as earliest infancy (though some claim that the original trauma has also been successfully tracked back to pre-birth...which is very unhelpful sometimes unless one is very imaginative LOL  . What can be done is taking any rising resistance your mind produces and analysing it piece by piece if needed . This can be done sometimes on your own but preferab ly by normal talk therapy with a psychologist, or you can delve deeper and further with a psychoanalyst as the case may be.

If you are open and positive about it it is a wonderful opportunity to emerge even lighter and stronger before your life becomes more demanding. Not addressing it sufficiently now makes it more likely for issues to get more complicated by normal life difficulties further down the line - which is what happened to most of us who are here

The fact that you got a panic attack just thinking about rock climbing is a great reaction for you to play with and think about. Annoying psychologists would say - why do you think that is? Some more modern therapists would say: close your eyes and force yourself to imagine yourself in front of that rock....now in great detail, feel the rock and start climbing. See yourself climb it. Feel the wind in your hair and sun on your face as you reach the top . Feel the relief. Celebrate... (this kind of therapy never worked with me Annoying psychoanalysts would say: and how about your mother...how do you feel about your mother? LOL wishing you to find a therapist who does not annoy you, to kick-start the process and a swift resolution to whatever it is that is weighing you down. Keep light. And trust that you will pull through and come out even better than before. Once anxiety starts escalating it is a sign we need some adjustment to our circumstances. Sometimes it is a very simple thing. All the best.