Calmness & increased functionality from Propranolol
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- progressive worsening over years
- Published
- Jan 2017
Summary
Propranolol initially brought this poster substantial relief, calling it "life-changing to a certain extent" for cutting the fight-or-flight response, brain fog and sleep-onset problems. Several months in, though, he reports the effect fading, needing higher doses "to feel the same" as the positive cognitive effects dwindle - an explicit tolerance pattern rather than a stable improvement.
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