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Propranolol doesn’t kill public speaking dread — it just stops your body from becoming a shaky mess

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 29, 2026
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Zack Proser wrote up everything he knows about public speaking after years of giving tech talks. The most useful section is on propranolol, the beta blocker concert musicians have been using for decades. He notes there’s no high or euphoria on it, and you can still feel full mental dread beforehand — he regularly does. What it…

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