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Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hyperten...

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Atenolol lowers stress?
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I started Atenolol 25 mg/day last week in addition to Lisinopril that I have been taking for 2 years. The recent jump is due to the throws of divorce headaches.

The effect was pretty dramatic, my bp dropped to 110/70.
The doc said to cut the dose in half.

The odd thing is I noticed a drop in stress levels.
Driving in traffic is more comfortable,
I have to walk slower, and everything seems just
a bit lower key.

Has anyone else noticed this effect?

Thanks!
Posted on 03/02/09, 04:03 pm
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Reply #1 - 03/02/09  8:47pm
" Atenolol slows your heart rate down so thats probable why you feel less stress. They also give people with stage fright and high anxity atenolol. "
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Reply #2 - 03/02/09  11:09pm
" Thanks Bmason.

No problem with stage fright. But divorce lawyers make my blood boil. "
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Reply #3 - 05/16/09  4:52pm
" I noticed a drop in stress levels.i take 25 mg 2 times a day.the frist thing i noticed was it lowered my anxity level the frist time i took it and i also walk slower too..its helping a lot been under a lot of stress! "
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Reply #4 - 07/31/09  6:57pm
" Ditto on Atenolol helping with anxiety reduction/elimination. Kinda makes you "chill out". "
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Reply #5 - 08/04/09  10:10am
" i had panic attacks at the dr office and he put me on atentol and that helped me out still had high bp readings it calms you on the outside not hte inside "

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