Is there some way to see this without the paywall?
I realize I’m just one data point, but as someone with anxiety, I studied up on the use of propranolol in fear extinction and was able to get my doctor to prescribe it around 5 years ago. It had absolutely no positive effect on me. I may as well have been taking aspirin. It did, however seem to have some negative effects on my memory. If I met someone while on it, I would often not recognize them if we met again. It’s like it prevented my brain from recording their face to my long term memory.
I was on nothing else but blood pressure medication, by the way.
I realize I’m just one data point, but as someone with anxiety, I studied up on the use of propranolol in fear extinction and was able to get my doctor to prescribe it around 5 years ago. It had absolutely no positive effect on me. I may as well have been taking aspirin. It did, however seem to have some negative effects on my memory. If I met someone while on it, I would often not recognize them if we met again. It’s like it prevented my brain from recording their face to my long term memory.
I was on nothing else but blood pressure medication, by the way.