[Anonymous December 4, 1996 at 5:52 pm Post count: 93172]

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DEAR SHANNON,

MY HEART BEATS WITH YOU ITS BEEN 2 YEARS NOW, THIS
SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST TROUBLE WITH ME IM ON A BETA BLOCKERS
FOR THAT PROBLEM, NOW SOME PEOPLE CAN’T TAKE BETA BLOCKERS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ASMA AND THEY DONT GIVE IT TO PEOLE WITH
ASMA BUT IN MY CASE IM BORDERLINE ASMATIC SO IT DOESN’T BOTHER
ME. WHAT IT DOES DO IS SLOWS MY HEART RATE FROM 130 TO THE NORMAL 70,80
WHICH HELPS MOST OF THE TIME , I ALS0 TAKE LORAZEPAM NOW THIS
RELAX’S ME AND HELPS ME SLEEP AT NIGHT. THESE 2 DRUGS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ,OK YOU CAN’T BE DOING NOTHING YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING
SPEAK AGAIN WITH YOUR DOCTOR THEY SAY THE LORAZEPAM IS THE LEAST
ADDICTING ,WELL I HOPE SO. MY EMAIL IS STEVEJ@CYBERUS.CA
MY HOME # IS 613 724-5855 IM UP VERY LATE, IF YOU EVER START TO
FREAK OUT DONT HESITATE TO CALL ,WHERE ALL IN THI TOGETHER
I HOPE I’M BEING SOME HELP, THANKS STEVE- BE STRONG

[Anonymous December 4, 1996 at 8:30 pm Post count: 93172]

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Shannon: Beta Blockers work better than Xanax any day of the week, because
the anxiety is actually caused by the effect of the thyroid hormones on your
adrenal glands, etc. Inderal is the most common one used for this, I think.
Others are Metropolol and Atenol. It works somewhat right away, and then in a few
days really kicks in. My heart had been going bananas, particularly in the middle of
the night, waking me out of a deep sleep into a panic state.

I hope you can get your doctor to give it a whirl. Take care. Glynis

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