"i have a very nerve racking job that involves public speaking to large groups of important people on very technical subjects. when i started, i was a nervous wreck. my legs would shake involuntarily, my voice would crackle and a couple times i walked on stage and blanked out, leaving a huge audience full of people just staring at me, waiting for me to speak. i have been diagnosed with general anxiety but i don&#039;t take anything for it. my doctor gave me propanolol for panic attacks and i swear it is a wonder pill. i take it an hour before speaking. it takes away all of the physical symptoms of anxiety without clouding your mind. it takes the edge off in a way that no other medicine can, but you don&#039;t feel intoxicated, or altered mentally at all."