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Nancy, I stopped taking the Inderal as my neurologist said it didn't affect PD. She recommended I go off it for a week to see what happened. I stopped using it and within one day I'd say the severity of the tremors doubled. I put up with it for five days and went back on. I am back to where I was - tremors, yes, but I don't feel like I am plugged into some electrical socket. I am also sleeping better. I plan to stay on it (60 mgs twice a day) until I am forced to take stronger medicine. There are no apparent side effects and I'm "saving" the other medications as I understand they run a course before becoming rather ineffective until the dosage is so high that the side effects outweigh the medicine. Thanks for responding. I've only been on this Network less than a week and have learned so much. The willingness of all of you to share has really helped. Especially knowing many of you have been diagnosed for years and are still functioning. I've yet to tell my family - that ought to be an experience. Margery [log in to unmask] nancy wrote: > > why did u stop taking inderal? I took inderal for years for postural, > overall tremors, intentional tremors. I could not even hold a cup with 2 > hands. I tried klonopin then mysoline. Mysoline screwed up my P.O.T.S. > Inderal is a beta blocker which affects BP ,so talk to ur physician. > > Margery Ranch wrote: > > > > Does anyone take Inderal/Propranolol for tremors? I have taken it for a year > > (misdiagnosis for Essential Tremors). I stopped taking it when I was > > diagnosed last week, and the tremors have substantially increased. Of course, > > I'm not stressed or anything like that. I noticed that the book "Parkinson's > > Disease - the complete guide for patients and caregivers" by Lieberman and > > Williams does list it in the drug table stating "may reduce tremors". > > > > Thanks, > > Margery Ranch > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn