Posted by BGB on September 3, 2008, at 0:05:12
I have been taking 60mg of propranolol for tremors and anxiety caused by my medications (1800mg Trileptal, 250mg Lamictal, 400mg Wellbutrin SR). Since I found out that it can cause depression a few months ago, and I am already in a horrible depressive episode (I'm BP I), I now take it only 2 or 3 times a week.
Do you think that my somewhat infrequent use of propranolol could have any effect on my depression? I feel like I hit rock bottom every day and invariably the next day is even worse. I don't want to take anything that could possibly be contributing to this hell. But, it does give me self-confidence when I am in social situations because it helps so much with the very embarrassing (and occasionally debilitating) tremors. I have Valium and Xanax that I can take, but the propranolol really does work better for the tremors. I take the Valium or Xanax for anxiety, about once or twice a month. A bottle of 30 lasts me a year or two.
Thanks, everyone, for your responses! =)
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