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[ThaTruth28]

Just wanted to know if there were any supplements that help with this? I don't have any physically noticeable effects from the anxiety, whenever ever I give a presentation I feel like I did a good job and everyone else does as well. But the whole time I'm up there I have accelerated heart beat and if feels like its going to beat out of my chest. I would just want something that would have a calming effect without interfering in any with me mentally.

[ajnast4r]

thats pretty normal until you get used to it... i had that during every single speech i gave last semester.

meditate beforehand... thats the best thing i found

kava should help... although i would test it out and see how it effected your mental processes

[Declmem]

Musicians supposedly used Propranolol to help with performance anxiety.

I got some but haven't tested it yet.

[KimberCT]

Propranolol will definitely fix the racing heartbeat. Take 10-20mg the night before a speech and another 10-20mg a couple hours before.

Kava may help with the feelings of anxiety, but there's also the possibility it'll increase your heartbeat.

[JackChristopher]

I do speaking. One thing that works for me is imagining myself failing spectacularly bad. Like I'm speaking and I suddenly trip over the projector, which hits a man in the jewels, which makes him throw up on his mother, and then Billy Mays and Solomon Grundy burst in, flip me off and pie face me. And the whole thing is being broadcast to the world etc.

Point is to put yourself at ease. Joke with the audience as a first thing. They won't care about you if you don't connect with them first. Use observational humor.

Edited by JackChristopher, 21 October 2009 - 01:13 PM.

[OneScrewLoose]

I agree with meditation for this one. Supplements/drugs are for things outside of the normal range of responses. But this is well within to me. I have the same problem but use it to my benefit. The anxiety helps keep me on a roll, being that I have ADD. Did you ever think it might be worse if you didn't have the anxiety?

[3VeRL0ng]

I don't understand why Propranolol was suggested, since you were only asking about supplements.  

I don't have any physically noticeable effects from the anxiety...

This should be a strong indication that you wouldn't need something as potent as Propranolol, which should only be considered for hand shaking, trembling, sweating, etc. which is something you don't have.  As mentioned earlier (short-term use of) Kava could be quite effective.  If that works for you, you could consider using something else that works on GABA: Pure GABA (taken with juice to help it cross the bbb), L-Glutamine (perhaps taken alongside with Vit. B6), Taurine, or (if you're lucky) Valerian Root.  Perhaps even noots, such as Picamilon, or even Piracetam may be effective for you.  Also, I remember reading on here about how L-Theanine had worked for someone with a situation fairly close to yours, though you wouldn't know unless you had tried.

[Declmem]

I do speaking. One thing that works for me is imagining myself failing spectacularly bad. Like I'm speaking and I suddenly trip over the projector, which hits a man in the jewels, which makes him throw up on his mother, and then Billy Mays and Solomon Grundy burst in, flip me off and pie face me. And the whole thing is being broadcast to the world etc.

Point is to put yourself at ease. Joke with the audience as a first thing. They won't care about you if you don't connect with them first. Use observational humor.

Good advice.

Would that be zombie billy mays now?

[OneScrewLoose]

I don't understand why Propranolol was suggested, since you were only asking about supplements.

I don't have any physically noticeable effects from the anxiety...

This should be a strong indication that you wouldn't need something as potent as Propranolol, which should only be considered for hand shaking, trembling, sweating, etc. which is something you don't have. As mentioned earlier (short-term use of) Kava could be quite effective. If that works for you, you could consider using something else that works on GABA: Pure GABA (taken with juice to help it cross the bbb), L-Glutamine (perhaps taken alongside with Vit. B6), Taurine, or (if you're lucky) Valerian Root. Perhaps even noots, such as Picamilon, or even Piracetam may be effective for you. Also, I remember reading on here about how L-Theanine had worked for someone with a situation fairly close to yours, though you wouldn't know unless you had tried.

GABA ain´t gonna cross the BBB either way, unless you take Picamilon. I remember someone posting on here that GABA works by proxy on another chemical. Anyone got that study?

[Minhaj]

Just wanted to know if there were any supplements that help with this? I don't have any physically noticeable effects from the anxiety, whenever ever I give a presentation I feel like I did a good job and everyone else does as well. But the whole time I'm up there I have accelerated heart beat and if feels like its going to beat out of my chest. I would just want something that would have a calming effect without interfering in any with me mentally.

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[Pike]

I do speaking. One thing that works for me is imagining myself failing spectacularly bad. Like I'm speaking and I suddenly trip over the projector, which hits a man in the jewels, which makes him throw up on his mother, and then Billy Mays and Solomon Grundy burst in, flip me off and pie face me. And the whole thing is being broadcast to the world etc.

Point is to put yourself at ease. Joke with the audience as a first thing. They won't care about you if you don't connect with them first. Use observational humor.

okay, aside from the good advice, that was hilarious. i laughed surprisingly hard at that for some reason.

[ThaTruth28]

thanks for all the advice I think I'll pick up some kava and see how that effects me, I already have taken Piracatem and choline don't notice much of anything.

[veronica]

It is funny:) Sometimes I use kava too. I put it in my coffee and it makes me feel really good.

[Chaos Theory]

The only supplement I ever found effective was phenibut. That's not a good long term solution and I find that it does slow down my thought process.

It's going to sound paradoxical but selegiline at a low dose seems to improve my social anxiety dramatically. I believe my anxiety stems from racing thoughts / ADD so that could be why selegiline helps calm me. I only noticed this effect after using it for a few months. Initially the selegiline was so stimulating that it made my anxiety a bit worse.

[bio123]

Nobody's recommended that old favourite, Dutch Courage yet? (Better make it red wine,
for the resveratrol.)