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Beta Blockers

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:34 pm
by Anonymous User
Thinking of seeing a doctor about getting them to combat shakyness/drymouth etc. during interviews. Anyone try them before?

Re: Beta Blockers

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:50 pm
by Renzo
It might help with those things that you're talking about, but it won't help you not look/sound/act nervous. Better to do practice interviews until you don't get nervous, and then you won't shake or get drymouth.

Re: Beta Blockers

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:53 pm
by Anonymous User
Try .5 or 1mg of Xanax. Works like a charm to help me with my anxiety

Re: Beta Blockers

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:57 pm
by Renzo
Anonymous User wrote:Try .5 or 1mg of Xanax. Works like a charm to help me with my anxiety
This is worse than beta blockers. Benzo's like Xanax will actually make you think/respond slower.

Re: Beta Blockers

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:49 am
by MrKappus
Anonymous User wrote:Try .5 or 1mg of Xanax. Works like a charm to help me with my anxiety
Unless you have a diagnosed anxiety disorder, you'd have to be daffy to take a psychoactive drug before an interview. Beta blockers, however, I'm told can be quite useful if your flight-or-flight reaction works a little overtime and you have racing pulse, drymouth, shakes, etc. in stressful situations.

Re: Beta Blockers

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:00 am
by hellome
I took these when I had auditions (classical violinist)
Never really helped...