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Stage Fright Pills

Posted on December 13, 2008
Filed Under EddieClay, VeryOpenMic

One of this suggestions I heard for people who suffer stage-fright is to take atenolol or some other beta blocker (normally used for high blood pressure).

So, a few years ago, when I had stage fright (actually I was more of afraid of havin stage fright), I borrowed some from someone with high blood pressure). I took it before an open mic, and yeah, it works. Ever since then I have wondered about its effect on brain and body. Besides dampening the “flight or fight” syndrome of keeping our adreneline in check I always suspected a negative side effects memory and cognitive abilities (like being able to focus). This from my own experiences and observance of others. Its very slight, not obvious, but has always been a suspicion. So today, (I finally remembered ;-) to google it out. More than I suspected there is a ton of studies that identify the symptoms and have initial results validating these suspicions.

Just google it:

http://www.google.com/search?q=+memory+loss+beta+blocker