Stage Anxiety
Any tips on overcoming stage anxiety?
Should I try some medication?
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Yeah benzos would help. Are you performing at the theater?
Thoughts on propranolol? Just trying to control my anxiety level when I present during management meetings or when I lead client calls
I’ve never heard of it. I’d probably stick with Xanax, Ativan, Valium, or Klonopin. Also, practice your speech before you present and it should make it easier.
I think you just gotta practice man.
If you practice enough and well prepared, you will feel a lot more confident about yourself. And the more you do, the better you become.
If you build a early foundation on medication, you will be dependent on it every time you need to go on stage.
I think the issue right now is that these meetings now trigger anxiety (increased heart rate, sweaty hands, and etc.)
I always like to have a good hard workout in the morning before a big meeting or interview. It sets the mind right with positive chemicals.
In that case, I think you gotta go through some shit man.
The chillest and calmest person I know is my dad. He served for 7 years in Afghanistan and similar in special forces back in my country during rampant domestic terrorism.
I have seen that the more fucked up shit you go through, the more confident and unfazed you become of life troubles. Don't have to serve in war zones, but help humanitarian aid in an eearthquake ridden country. Helping pull bodies out of rubble gives you immense perspective on life, know first hand.
I am trying to improve myself, not mess my brain up
That's normal though at first. I wouldn't try new medication before a presentation. You never know how it's going to affect you.
I agree with Carl that the real solution is to practice, be confident in what you have to say, and know that it's natural to have some adrenaline going but if you're good, that'll shine through. Over time, it'll become more and more normal and less and less anxiety inducing.
Remove caffeine
I actually don’t drink caffeine so that’s not the issue here.
Without more information, I would just say: Go out, take fresh air, work out (jog, gym, whatever..).
Propranalol is actually used specifically for situational anxiety like public speaking / performing theater
Would you recommend it for someone like myself who gets anxious before/during meetings?
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