Interesting… I’ll do some research and look into this
Currently I take beta blockers to amoreliate the physiological manifestations stemming from anxiety, thus it cancels out the vicious loop of physiological → psychological → physiological effects etc
I’ve tried benzodiazepines a handful of times… without a prescription… to see if it helped social anxiety/generalised anxiety (so… abuse of prescription meds), not any time recently… they work, but they’re quite disinhibiting in nature, quite sedating… just all around not great… furthermore the established profile regarding tolerance/dependence potential makes them unworthy of more than the most acute usage… even then relying on something as powerful as a benzodiazepine as a crutch could stem dangerous
I prefer beta blockers…