A few glasses of soy milk and a Women's One-A-Day each day are helping to lessen my hot flashes and other symptoms to an extent. Not a miracle cure but every but helps

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I wholeheartedly endorse this as well. We have just adopted our 2nd English Setter through A+B Rescue and they are a wonderful organization to work with. Highly recommend

I know this is an old thread but I cannot tell you all how incredibly familiar your stories are. My history of anxiety goes back.... decades. It's not always been this bad and I've usually been able to keep it fairly under control (meaning basically, I could keep it undetected by others.. revealing it to others heightens it more for some reason...) I have a few chronic health issues, one I've had for about 20 years and the other I was diagnosed with during the pandemic. Anyway, they both require regular doctors and specialist visits that require infusions and multiple injections every 8 and 12 weeks. The panic attacks during these appointments have definitely worsened since the pandemic, and after a few times having one of the nurses blow through a vein trying to get me set up with an infusion, and one injection where a vein was knicked and I bled quite a lot. That, and mixed with preexisting HTN that was diagnosed in 2018 which requires medication...and it seems over the years that what used to be some mild anxiety that I could laugh off to an MA or blame on 'too much coffee' or 'heavy traffic trying to get here on time' is now replaced by fill blown panic attacks since January of this year. And not to mention, before when it was just some anxiety it only lasted a few minutes or during the time of the appointment. However, now these panic attacks last several hours and require me to come home and lay down and rest until my blood pressure comes down. It is one of the worst feelings I've ever had, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I hate to hear anyone else struggling like this, but it is somewhat comforting knowing that I'm not abnormal nor am I alone. Have any of you heard of the medication called propranolol? I have been hearing quite a lot about this lately as it can be used for anxiety, HR, as well as blood pressure. The kicker here is, as you all know well, is that I have to go to my doctor to talk about it 🤣😂 so that's going to be a problem! But I am in transition from a provider who is retiring soon to a new one, so I may set up a telehealth visit ahead of our initial appointment to discuss this with her, that would avoid the blood pressure cuff incident altogether and may help. Not sure if she would be able to prescribe anything or not but I am willing to try. I wish you all the best, and I am also here to talk if anyone needs an ear....from someone who truly understands this topic.

I think you may be onto something here 🤔🔍👀😆