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Taking Beta Blockers, before a driving test and hypnotherapy
Has anyone taken Beta Blockers for driving test anxiety. ?
Adi has told me to, go to GP, and get some for next test. ?
Are they safe?. Has anyone had any side effects from them ?
She also suggessted hypnotherapy. Has anyone has this. What's it like?
really need advice please
PS. Failed test 5 times. ALL BECAUSE OF NERVES. !!
Adi has told me to, go to GP, and get some for next test. ?
Are they safe?. Has anyone had any side effects from them ?
She also suggessted hypnotherapy. Has anyone has this. What's it like?
really need advice please
PS. Failed test 5 times. ALL BECAUSE OF NERVES. !!
Reply 1
just do it naturally, it's not really a good idea to turn to drugs everytime you feel anxious, it's only natural to feel jitterry on driving test, everybody does. At the end of the day, it's pratically the same as a lesson, just costs alot more and your not being told what to do, just told where to go e.t.c. just concentrate on the driving and forget about the clipboard in his hands
Reply 2
The beta blockers are more effective than benzodiazepines if you have a nervous tremor - or where you turn bright red!! Beta blockers are safer than the benzodiazepines in the respect that they will not cloud your judgement or impede your driving skills.
You should be ok on beta blockers as long as your GP agrees with the use for this purpose.
With regard to hypnotherapy - I dont think that it would be cost effective in your situation. You may not see results.
However, you may not find that you need them - and the anxiety (which you will still have on beta blockers) often helps people in stressful situations.
You should be ok on beta blockers as long as your GP agrees with the use for this purpose.
With regard to hypnotherapy - I dont think that it would be cost effective in your situation. You may not see results.
However, you may not find that you need them - and the anxiety (which you will still have on beta blockers) often helps people in stressful situations.
Reply 3
I am on propanolol (a beta blocker) for anxiety and find as danesh said that they do not slow reactions or cloud judgement as benzodiazepines can. go to your doctor and they can advise you on the best treatment for your nerves. good luck.
Reply 4
I failed my first driving test because of nerves.. i was shaking so violently that i couldn't get the seatbelt clip in the holder! As you can imagine i didn't do so well - in fact i failed before we'd even left the car park *ooooops*
So i went to my GP who prescribed beta blockers, took some before my second driving test and passed next time - even though it was a Friday the 13th and in the middle of a massive thunder storm. So go for it!
I suffer very badly from nerves and i now take a couple before things which would be really ruined by nerves and matter - eg. assessed public speaking exercises and even my uni interview, i find they calm the physical symptoms of nerves i.e. the shaking and sweating and keep my heart rate normal (and not it's usual racing when i'm nervous). I've never noticed any side effects, apart from the fact that i get more confident which is the idea really i guess.
Obviously the amount you should take will depend on the strength of tablets the doc gives you...
Good luck.
So i went to my GP who prescribed beta blockers, took some before my second driving test and passed next time - even though it was a Friday the 13th and in the middle of a massive thunder storm. So go for it!
I suffer very badly from nerves and i now take a couple before things which would be really ruined by nerves and matter - eg. assessed public speaking exercises and even my uni interview, i find they calm the physical symptoms of nerves i.e. the shaking and sweating and keep my heart rate normal (and not it's usual racing when i'm nervous). I've never noticed any side effects, apart from the fact that i get more confident which is the idea really i guess.
Obviously the amount you should take will depend on the strength of tablets the doc gives you...
Good luck.
Reply 5
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isabella
Has anyone taken Beta Blockers for driving test anxiety. ?
Adi has told me to, go to GP, and get some for next test. ?
Are they safe?. Has anyone had any side effects from them ?
She also suggessted hypnotherapy. Has anyone has this. What's it like?
really need advice please
PS. Failed test 5 times. ALL BECAUSE OF NERVES. !!
Adi has told me to, go to GP, and get some for next test. ?
Are they safe?. Has anyone had any side effects from them ?
She also suggessted hypnotherapy. Has anyone has this. What's it like?
really need advice please
PS. Failed test 5 times. ALL BECAUSE OF NERVES. !!
My mum got them to take before her grade 8 piano and didn't have any side-effects. Though you should definitely try them a few days in advance to make sure that you don't get any side-effects on the day. They worked for her, even if it may just have been a placebo effect: "I have taken drugs to make me calmer therefore I am calmer."
Reply 6
Hypnosis would be good if you know the person doing it is very well qualified however this would cost quite alot, so its upto you to decide if the price is worth the gains you may get from it, as Hypnosis don't always work with some people.
May i suggest relaxation and visualization techniques??? won't cost you anything, may not work but atleast your not out of pocket if it fails.
May i suggest relaxation and visualization techniques??? won't cost you anything, may not work but atleast your not out of pocket if it fails.
Reply 7
isabella
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MNBStyle
Hypnosis would be good if you know the person doing it is very well qualified however this would cost quite alot, so its upto you to decide if the price is worth the gains you may get from it, as Hypnosis don't always work with some people.
May i suggest relaxation and visualization techniques??? won't cost you anything, may not work but atleast your not out of pocket if it fails.
May i suggest relaxation and visualization techniques??? won't cost you anything, may not work but atleast your not out of pocket if it fails.
very keen on the relaxation and visualization techniques.
What are they ?
Reply 8
My driving instructor also told me to go to the doctors for beta blockers, I did, and they said they wouldn't prescribe them to me because I was 'too young' and they didn't want me to get addicted to them!! In the end I had to use Kalms tablets and Rescue Remedy spray, although do not think they worked much (passed my 5th test!)
Reply 9
oh no!! Addicted to beta blockers (lol!), proposterous - seem you must have gone to a "GP" (haha, how funny!).
All the over the counter tonics and remedies are designed to be placebos.
Anyway, well done on passing your test (you got there in the end!)!
All the over the counter tonics and remedies are designed to be placebos.
Anyway, well done on passing your test (you got there in the end!)!
Reply 10
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I had no idea that doctors 'treat' anxiety by giving tranquillizers (benzodiazepines)... How ridiculous...
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