I'm 48, wm, very healthy> Thirty five days ago, I went to a doct...

I'm 48, wm, very healthy> Thirty five days ago, I went to a doctor for anxiety. I told him I felt as though I had an over-active adrenal gland, and too much adrenaline was surging through my body causing me to be really nervous, especially in public places. I said I took Inderal 20 years ago for two days, and it made me feel weird. He said the new generation Beta Blockers are far better, and that most golfers take them so they won't shake during an important putt. He said he'd put me on the lowest dosage (25mg/day) and said the side effects were minimal. (HA!) After one week, all went pretty well, except I noticed my previously strong sex drive had diminished. I used to masturbate 3 times per day, and then it was maybe once per week. I thought the trade off to be calm vs. constant erections due to the adrenaline levels would be fine. Then the nightmares... I was in Africa and being shot by Ninja warriors with their AK 47's and feeling the bullets tear into my liver, and abdomen- or falling off cliffs to my impending death, only to wake up at 1am and not being able to go back to sleep for hours. Then, at the two week mark, I noticed also I couldn't recall things as quickly as I used to. At the three week mark, it was becoming clear that the Toprol was making me slow, tired, flacid, fuzzy in my thinking, and giving me constant nightly dreams that were terrifying. Finally, I drove to LA from SF, and a song came on the radio. I knew who it was, but just couldn't grasp in my mind who it really was! (Stevie Wonder) I started to feel really bizarre, kinda like LSD, or mushrooms, and was worried I was going to go insane! I knew it was the Toprol, but didn't know if I stopped taking it if I would recover. I just wanted to be like I was before I started this taking this truly awful compound! Three days ago I stopped (cold turkey) and flushed my body out with water, and a lot of soup. Only this morning- after three days without taking those terrible pills do I feel normal again. I'm not 100% yet, but I know I will be soon. The lesson here, is I should have read more about this drug before taking it. I have never taken pharmaceutical drugs before- not even aspirin. This is one more reason to stay clear from quack doctors who think taking heart drugs/BP drugs are an easy cure for anxiety. I really feel sorry for all those people out there taking dangerous medications like Toprol. This drug should have never been approved by the FDA, and the only reason anyone should take this drug, is to understand how it feels to lose your mind, have your sex drive removed, and have dreams every night where all you do is end up dead! TOPROL should be schedule I, and be banned- or only used by our military on known terrorists...