Quantity of propranol for SN

[someonewillhelpme]

I'm confused about the dosage of propranol to take with SN. I've seen 120mg all the way up to 800mg. Also should it be taken along with SN or 45mts prior to SN.

 

[Deleted member 14386]

well it's blood pressure medication and I believe it's just to stop your heart from beating very quickly due to the SN. It's not necessary but I can imagine it would help. I would say before SN, this should all be in stans guide though?

 

[mimo5555]

If you want to avoid a fast heart rate to be more comfortable you take a normal dosage of 40-80mg. You take it one hour before the SN. If you want to CTB faster and even more succesfully then you have to take a toxic overdose of 1g. You take this at the same time than the SN.

 

[Notabadguy]

PPH says 1gm mixed with 25mg of SN in 50 ml of water. It's not a luxury item, it pontentiates SN.

 

[Busdriver]

If you want to avoid a fast heart rate to be more comfortable you take a normal dosage of 40-80mg. You take it one hour before the SN. If you want to CTB faster and even more succesfully then you have to take a toxic overdose of 1g. You take this at the same time than the SN.

I figured out, by combining SS knowledge and PPH, if you really want your CTB fast with less discomfort, you should do 20-120mg 1h before SN intake and 1g together with SN?

I have a feeling this is the best advice available for propranolol, the luxuary potentiator, use in the SN regimen at the moment.

I think it is hard to confirm by other members though?

PPH says 1gm mixed with 25mg of SN in 50 ml of water. It's not a luxury item, it pontentiates SN.

Man, I am so confused. Propranolol is a lot more essential than I thought.

 

[ceelo]

lucky its easy to get, just tell your doc you half physical anxiety symptoms of heartt palpitations and adrenaline flushing.

 

[Winter_Flower]

Yep, I get 21 every week on a repeat prescription I have lots stacked up x

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

This is the conclusion I came to for myself and how I arrived at it:

Propranolol decreases tachycardia and improves symptoms in the Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Less is More

@GrizzlyGrapefruit gave me this resource. I wanted to take propanolol to reduce or prevent tachycardia as I really dislike it and it's one of the most common SN symptoms. But I haven't seen anywhere on SS when it's best to take propanolol in the method, only that it can be added. (This is not the same as taking a high dose of propanolol at the time of SN ingestion for potentiation as suggested by Nitschke.)

@GrizzlyGrapefruit commented it takes 1-4 hours for propanolol to reach its potential, and that a lower rather than higher dose is recommended, as per this study, for supine tachycardia. So I'm adding it to my method, 20 mg at the start of my 4-hour fast, 20 mg two hours in.

I will still be taking 1-2 g propanolol with the SN, but did not think it would have time to mitigate the tachycardia, and in fact propanolol OD can cause tachycardia, so it's my hope that the earlier low dose may help to mitigate this. I do not experience calming with a low dose of propanolol, so no bonus effect there.