Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 2002/10

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] audition nerves
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:24:04 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anna Benassi" <acb@-----.is>

> Perhaps I'm opening a can of worms, but does anyone have experience -
> personal or hearsay - with propranolol (commonest trade name is
> Inderal) for performance anxiety? It was recommended to me before my
> music school auditions - recommended by my doctor, actually, as I was
> undergoing extensive thyroid hormone therapy at the time and subject
> to physical and emotional swings I couldn't control. It helped
> greatly, and I have used it on and off since under performance-type
> stress.

If you search the Klarinet archives
(http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/LogsIndex/) for Inderal or beta-blocker
you'll find a wealth of information.

An article on Valerian Root is at
http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Study/Valerian.html .

Mark C.

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