It's a function is to calm down the sympathetic system that regulates various autonomic functions in our body as HR,RR,etc.So to reduce the anxiety and associated autonomic symptoms, it has been added to your prescription.Trust your doctor
Propranolol as mentioned is used for wide variety of conditions involving hearth rhythm, heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, migraine, restless leg syndrome, anxiety, phobias, essential tremors, infantile hemangioma and is used extensively in medicine. Better you find out from your treating doctor for what it is.
It's a Beta blocker, given for anxiety related illnesses, panic disorder, migrane and certain kinds of headache and sometimes for other purposes off label at the discretion of the psychiatrist ( some specific bodily complaints) . It can also lower ones blood pressure, but isn't typically given as an antidepressant.
Specific indication is on a case to case basis and needs detailed evaluation of history.
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consult treating psychiatrist regarding purpose of prescription or get second opinion.
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