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Originally Posted by taylorDude710
Beer or bourbon works wonders  |
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Originally Posted by ewalling
a surgeon friend of mine gave me some beta-blockers as an experiment. I took one and then he and all his friends came round to hear me play. It was perfect!
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I just heard Steve Earle interviewed on Fresh Air. He struggled with alcohol. He said empahtically that performing drunk hurts performance, not helps it.
However, many people use Inderal, a beta blocker, to deal with performance anxiety. I have lawyer friends that use it before big jury summations. If I am going to be doing a performance that is taking me way out of my comfort zone, I will take an Inderal an hour before. I feel no effects at all. I just simply realize that I am not nervouse at all and really can get into my performance. Here is a link to a discussion of Inderal and performance anxiety.
http://www.ethanwiner.com/BetaBlox.html
Works great for me.
LC