Beta Blockers and Heart Failure

[emma09]

I took Propanalol last year, 20mg a day for anxiety and panic. They only help stop the symptoms such as the fast heartbeat and breathing fast but they don't actually stop the anxiety or panic itself. I took them for less than 2 weeks then stopped taking them as they weren't helping the actual anxiety or panic and I felt really jittery.

I've never heard of the heart failure side effect but if you are worried have a talk to your Dr.

you have to give it a month or so for you body to properly adjust, but there not for everyone and yes they get rid of the symptoms but not the actual anxiety

[Ella_Jayne]

i think posting this post you may have increased some peoples anxiety ,,who take it ,,they wont say but inside you will have got them thinking

Maybe, but if thats the case then many of these threads are the same. We all have our concerns.

There is information connecting Beta Blockers and heart failure and also says it on the leaflet the doctor gave me. I just wanted to know how true it was and if it was only connected when used in it's extremity.

I'm sure it doesn't happen when taken correctly, but when anxiety enters the mind, there's not a lot of rational thinking!

[looking4answers]

I know if you take to much at one time maybe your heart will stop but I have been on the 15 or 20 years..It has helped me a lot..