Anon's friend turned into an NPC

Lmao a beta blocker is for fucking heart problems and similar things, it's not even a mental illness thing this dude is a dumbass

Edit: apparently beta blockers can be used for anxiety

Beta blockers are usually prescribed for heart problems, but what they actually do is block boosts of adrenaline. That can help people with anxiety, because anxiety manifests as an adrenaline boost when trying to do certain things, leaving them shaky and nervous. If someone is anxious about speaking in public, or talking to new people, etc, beta blockers help with that a lot. They're a game changer for people with social anxiety.
- Yeah, from someone having afib and social anxiety, only needing to take one pill (Inderal) really works wonders for me!
- Exactly. I have sweating issues that I take beta blockers for.
They basically suppress the flight or fight response in you. Not like a SSRI or a NDRI. Works on your body's lymphatic system. Also good for heart issues, as that's what it was originally used for AFAIK. Not a psychiatrist, just know a lot about psych meds, went to school for psych and soc.
- Beta blockers work on the adrenergic system, not the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is used to transport immune cells as well as fluid that has absorbed into the intercellular space from the circulatory system.
  But yeah, they essentially block the function of adrenaline/epinephrine on the heart primarily, slowing heart rate and potentially helping with anxiety through action in the central nervous system.
- Ah I see, interesting. I never put two and two together with the name. I know SNRIs/SSRIs are alpha antagonists, so I guess it's similar but they're like beta antagonists? Is that correct?
I have heard of them being used psychologically. From the wiki about beta blockers,
many controlled trials in the past 25 years indicate beta blockers are effective in anxiety disorders
Musicians, public speakers, actors, and professional dancers have been known to use beta blockers to avoid performance anxiety, stage fright, and tremor during both auditions and public performances.
- Hm interesting
beta blocker
I don’t know, I think this is a joke that didn’t land very well.
My ex used to use beta blockers before having to do public speeches
- They stop panic attacks, but they don't have anything to do with depression.
It’s prescribed for a variety of things
They essentially block your body from releasing adrenaline. It's commonly used for anxiety and it's rumored to be why mark Zuckerberg looked and sounded so robot-like during the debate hearings. Also used for migraines, high blood pressure, heart palpitations and a list of other things.
Beta blockers can also suppress some types of migraines!
Ive got genetic heart issues and migraines since I was a kid, so the 241 pill has been really nice

Lol beta blockers slow your heart rate and lower your pressure, they are not psychoactive.

Also psychologists can't prescribe medications.

Put some effort into this shit!

A lot of people don't realize the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists. It doesn't help that a lot of places offer "therapy with medication management" so it's all through the same place but with two different people.

A clarification, please?

Where can a psycologist prescribe medication?

I've been in a situation where my therapist was a social worker, but he made his recommendations to the psychiatrist. The psychiatrist barely talked to me directly, he just had me fill out some tests about how I was feeling, and compared those results to the recommendations by the social worker.
And then prescribed me whatever the hell concoction made sense to him at the time.
Also, this anon is probably not worried about getting the details right about his friend's treatments. He probably didn't use the right word here.
- That was good and bad to read at the same time.
  Good you got the help you required, bad because you were never properly met by the psychiatrist. That's dehumanizing.
A psychologist can a psychiatrist can't.
A psychologist is a proper medical degree. People confuse the two terms and use them interchangeably though.
- A psychiatrist is a medical professional in my country, while a psichologist is a therapist with no license to recommend or prescribe medication.
- In the US, those terms are reversed; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor and a psychologist is not.
- Wrong way round.

Guy went to therapist and got rid of his toxic frienemy.
- His beta blocker worked, now he just needs an alpha decayer and he's all ~~Set~~ Shiva.
Anon's friend got help for his problems and suddenly doesn't want to talk to a 4chan shit poster.
Hey, looks like you might need beta blockers too

Hours long concorsations? Damn that sounds painful

BEEYTAH!!