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Hi basically long story short I'm on propanolol 10mg twice a day for what my doctor says is anxiety although I don't believe him I still think it's my heart but after a long few months I'm slowly starting to believe it is anxiety anyway, iv been feeling a lot better than what I usually am still have bad days and still have chest pains constantly but iv decided I want to come of propanolol and deal with it on my own, now iv been taking propanolol since January twice a day and I went to see my gp a week ago and asked him how I can come off them he told me one day take one so 10mg once a day and next day 20mg so one in morning and one at night as I usually was and keep doing that alternativly everyday so one a day and then two a day then one a day and so on for 20 days and on the 20th day I can stop but for some reason when I left the surgery something in my mind is telling me something bad is gunna happen I don't get how my body can come of tablets by switching the dosage every day it's freaking me out because I also read the side effects of stopping them and it says heart attack or death!! I always think that anyway so surely it's gunna happen!! Please can someone reassure me that this is the correct way of coming of them I know I should be listening to my doctor I can't help but think this isn't the correct way of coming of them I'm so scared something bad is gunna happen to me (heart attack etc, iv already had 8 ecgs and 1 24 hour ecg, 2 x rays and my hearts apparently fine) I'm not convinced I suppose that's the anxiety part playing on my mind but I just want some advice on someone who has also come of them like this I'm female 22 and I just feel like my body or heart is gunna get used to one dose one day and another dose the next I just don't feel like it's right sorry for the long post but would really like some advice thanks in advance laura
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archemedes laura80515
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If it is in fact Propranolol, what has your doctor said is wrong with you?
I'm sorry to have to ask you these questions, but I'm just trying to get my head round what your condition actually is.
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archemedes laura80515
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Might I suggest that you return to your doctor and ask if you can perhaps try an alternative medication more suitable to relieving anxiety distorders such as Atenolol (Tenormin).
This only a suggestion that maybe you should talk-over with your doctor.
nick21824 laura80515
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Anxiety, is a side effect of some meds, when starting them, and also when reducing and wheaning off meds. Get into a routine of reading, going for walks, and also breathing technics are a brilliant distraction
But most important, I had so many ailment with anxiety at once, that one day it dawned on me that it simply wasn't possible for me to have all these things wrong with me, I started laughing, and within minutes they disappeared and within days had virtually disappeared, I still get the on anxious blip, but it dont consume me anymore. Even if you dont feel like it Laugh at it
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dom114 laura80515
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