Beta Blockers
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So /fit/,
Been prescribed beta blockers by my doctor due to chest pains and palpitations. EKG/ECG came back normal, blood work fine, healthy pulse, and "nice and low" blood pressure.
Find it a little odd he's prescribed beta blockers given my blood pressure isn't high and I've had light-headedness, but I'm not a doctor.
Just wondering what people's thoughts on them are? Do they affect lifting, negatively or positively?
I know they're banned in most sports due to the fact they basically stop performance anxiety, but I don't get anxious when I'm lifting on my own in a gym, so they're no help there.
I'm told they also slow metabolism. As a recovering skelly, this might help, but I don't imagine it's a wonder-drug.
Finally, and I know this will cause retarded levels of arguing, but I'm planning on taking gear at some point. Just a blast & cruise of test-e to start with. Are there any contraindications with beta blockers? One of the main reasons I'm thinking of taking gear aside from the muscle building aspect, is the fact a cruise dose of test is great for general mental health and confidence.
>>36837061
>taking test for mental health
You should figure that out before lad
As for your original question, I'd take the beta blockers far away from lifting, or not at all on lifting days if possible. A friend of mine whose an MD said his colleague took some for his wedding due to anxiety and passed out.
No contraindications with steroids to my knowledge, but I'd establish a cause for your cardiac problems before roiding.
>>36837105
Yeah, the low-blood pressure thing is worrying me. Certainly thinking of getting a second opinion before taking them.
As for cardiac problems - I'm told that 99% of heart problems are either genetic, or picked up by a heart trace (and most are in both camps) so unless I've got something extremely rare, my heart is perfectly healthy.
In terms of taking test for mental health, I realise that might come across wrong without me explaining what I mean. While mentally I feel fine, stuff like the classic mid-life crisis (or the less known but just as common late-20s crisis) is largely caused by low-test. A lot of research recently that says a simple dose of test could do more good than any anti-depressant.
>>36837222
Genetics and plaque build up
I'm so fucking bad ass I have to take alpha-blockers.
>>36837222
You can raise test naturally just lifting weights and eating healthy.
>>36838082
I do both of these. Made some considerable gains without using gear.
>>36838016
>be bad ass
>take medication to make you a beta
pick one
>>36838455
... are you seriously this retarded?
>>36837061
Depends on how much of what Beta-blocker.
I took a small dose of metoprolol because I was falsely diagnosed with a form of cardio myopathy, and it didn't effect asthma.
I was able to lift just fine on it, and my heart rate had no problems getting high enough.
>>36838455
>Beta blockers
The blockers don't need to do much blocking. They don't give him the Chad Thundercock blockers that would block a lot more. The blockers can basically go "p-please stop," and that's enough to block.
>Alpha blockers
The NFL lineman tier of blocker. Medication that they only give to people who are alpha enough to need an enhanced amount of blocking.
Please stop being fucking retarded before you get on /fit/.
>>36837061
medfag here, your doc prob thinks you got angina, hence the bb
they will likely negatively affect your exercise, they dont slow metabolism, they just reduce heart rate and will make it harder to max your intensity of your workouts
finally there are several CI for bbs, taking anabolic steroids is not one of them, and as long as your blood pressure is not super low youre fine, chances are if you doc prescribed them, youre good to go
>>36838633
metropolol wont affect your asthma, only noncardioselective bbs significantly affect asthma/copd
