I kind of wanted to do this thread for a while, and its part of the reason I wanted a super secret forum ... but I went to the doctors today anyway so here is the thread.
As many of you will know, I'm not a big advocate of drugs. If I have a headache, so be it. Stomach ache, that's life. I never self medicate.
As you may or may not know, I have a pretty important interview coming up in the next couple of weeks. And I suspect because its important, I'm going to be nervous. Nervous to the point that it will damage my chances, being as the job is mostly public speaking - which actually bothers me a lot less.
Anyway knowing this, for the first time in my life, I decided to cheat by taking performance enhancing drugs. I can't keep letting good opportunities disappear down the toilet. Ultimately it is ruining my life. So I'm going to take
propranolol. As a one off, to try to get the job I want.
Now I didn't get them from some dodgy site on the internet. I just went to the doctor, told her why I wanted them and she prescribed them for me. It was kind of easy. She said lots of people use them, but was surprised that I would ask her and even know the name of the drug. I tried not to go into a rant about steroids. They aren't too dissimilar in structure from steroids. They bind with receptors like steroids do, but they block adrenaline and other chemicals associated with fight or flight. You can't elevate your heart rate through fear, no sweaty palms, shaking, forgetting stuff, wobbly voice or anything else. These things make you as cool as a cucumber.
They are used by musicians, surgeons (stops shaky hands), sports stars, and public speakers.
So I guess the thread could ask any of the following questions
1) Have you used beta-blockers to combat 'performance anxiety'?
2) Do you think this is unethical?
3) Are you surprised how easily I got these incredibly powerful drugs from a doctor?
4) Do you think this is just everyday crap and not even worth a thread about?
Additional: I need to test them. Because my resting heart rate is under 50 (I exercise a lot), the doctor is worried that my heart rate may be lowered further and be a bit dangerous. So I need to test it before the interview in a situation where I would be scared some time in the next couple of weeks.
5) How should I get scared? Bungy jump? Dive with sharks? My sister suggested cage fighting but she's a bitch.
I need to be frightened, not harmed or made sick.