Klarinet Archive - Posting 000266.txt from 1999/12

From: chi chan <lokshing@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] stage fright
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:04:03 -0500

This is a mentally problem, I would say nothing can help except your own mind.
Considering yourself is the expert, what you are doing on stage is to show to the
audience how good you are. Practise Tai Chi Chuen (a kind of Chinese Cong Fu) may
help.

Wayne

Ken Wolman wrote:

> nyip@-----.edu wrote:
>
> > I don't know any breathing techniques to help me relax. Does anyone else
> > have any suggestions on how to overcome stage fright? I would really like
> > to get rid of stage fright, so I can play much better.
> >
> > 1) The use of herbal tea
> > 2) Alexander Technique
> > 3) inderol
>
> I don't know what the Alexander Technique is, but herbal tea is nice. I
> just websearched Inderol, and it APPEARS to be a beta blocker prescribed
> primarily for people with severe migraine headaches. It is problematic
> for people with potential heart or BP problems. It is also problematic
> for people being medicated for clinical depression.
>
> IF inderol is a beta blocker, don't start screwing with it unless (1)
> you see a doctor first and (2) see No. 1. I'm not kidding. Have
> yourself medically evaluated and psychologically screened. Why?
> Because if this stuff is or acts like a beta blocker, if you have ANY
> predisposition to clinical depression, the med in regular doses will
> produces the symptoms and behavior of Bipolar I depression. Again, I'm
> not kidding and I'm not exaggerating. This happened to me in 1995. I
> had in fact been bipolar for years and the only reason it ever got
> diagnosed was because of going on a beta blocker for high blood
> pressure: inside of six months I went nuts. The symptoms subsided over
> a period of about five months, but I "settled" into cyclothymia which
> has since metamorphosed into Bipolar II, a less severe but still
> unpleasant illness for which I'm taking regular medication.
>
> If inderol is a beta blocker...one mo' time...you'd be better off with
> the herbal tea. Come to think of it, you'd be better off drinking a
> pint of scotch before you perform:-).
>
> Ken
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