# Propanolol (Inderal) for stress - your experience?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482 "2014-11-24T14:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482/21 "2014-12-04T04:50:32Z")

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It was a very bad drug for me when I was prescribed it as a student, the first pill I took lead to a suicide attempt an hour later, I had been stressed but not suicidal up to that point. The method my young self chose was laughable in retrospect but it was very determined and quite serious. Amazing how a little pill can alter everything so quickly, luckily this one seems to hit the positive column for most people.

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482/22 "2014-12-04T04:51:39Z")

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I tried it for migraines. It did not work, but they couldn’t play around much with dose.

I’m glad it’s working for you!

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**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482/23 "2014-12-04T15:09:50Z")

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> [@CairoCarol](#):
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> Thanks everyone - this is very interesting to read. Many of you are describing experiences similar to my own past daily use. I was really struck by the general, completely unexpected improvement I felt. In fact I’m sort of vexed that my doctor has just given me enough to take occasionally.
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> A couple of things, though - libido reduction? Eek. Is that common and is it sex-linked? (I’m female, as my username suggests.) I don’t recall that being a problem in the past but I had sex drive to spare when I was young. Also - insomnia? That’s not something I want to court either, since I tend to have a problem with it already.

I’m on a much higher dosage of the medication than anyone else responding here, and neither libido problems or insomnia have ever been a problem for me. If anything, I think I sleep better with the medication, and I do take one of my two daily capsules at bedtime. (I’m female, and I’ve been taking propranolol daily for over ten years). I do take the long-acting formulation - much easier when you’re at the dosage I am.

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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propanolol-inderal-for-stress-your-experience/705482/24 "2014-12-06T11:07:47Z")

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I was prescribed propranolol for stress-related headaches some years ago. They worked fine, I only took them as needed, and I occasionally will take one if I have an important presentation or a wicked hangover 😉

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