in october after bouts of insmonia caused by anxiety my doc prescribed me anxiety meds,mainly inderal 80mg a beta blocker to take daily, I have had anxiety since i was in my early teens,and had a social anxiety disorder and general self esteem problems to the point where i would avoid going large crouds of people etc, i have also had sometraumatic experience in the past where i was always anxious at least 6 or 7 times a day for months, but things passed and my SAD improved not altogether gone as iam self consious but not anxious in public places
anywy in october this was the first time i was prescribed any anxiety meds as i was feeling very anxious when trying to catch some sleep at night, anyway the first day i took the meds i felt very calm and situations where i would be anxious i was not for example i wasin a group situation and had to do a presanation usually in such a situation i get anxious and palpitations but that timenothing just calm which was good,
anyway second and third day i started to feel flat as if i was not able to feel anything, i could not feelemotions of love etc, i thought this was due to the meds so i stopped taking them reasoning that i had been through more stressfull and traumatic experiences and had survived them without anxiety meds,I also went away for a to my aunts for a holiday anyway and my sleep etc improved. anyway i am going back home next week and worried about rebound insomnia and get anxious at times thinking about it,
anyway my question is are anxiety meds such as propanolo worth it?i also get put off by the side effects, is it just me or do they make u feel flat, my doc said the flat feeling will pass after a few days is this true, do other peopleon anxiety meds feel other emotions such as love etc?