I have had social anxiety my whole life, Often over the years I have self medicated with wine. Two glasses seem to do the trick. But I still tremble the whole time while trying to drink those 2 glassesI I was put on numerous anti anxiety/depressants my whole life, just made my shaking worse and made me depressed! I am not a depressed person, so I always came off them. Xanax and other medications make me fuzzy and forget things! Don t like them, but I have to rely on them when I am in intense social situations and meetings but I am still shaky and nervous, to the point that I can t even write my name on an attendance list or pass it to the next person. I was on on Propranolol for 8 years at best for my treating anxiety, tremors, and such. Oh my god, my life changed! I was confident, could give speeches with no issues, and earned 2 Master Degrees at that time. Then my body became allergic to it after menopause, took 18 months of severe body rashes and allergic reactions that landed me in the hospital and the cardiologist recognized it immediate;y and weaned me off. I had been to my primary, dermatologist, allergist, immunologist and no-one could pin point it. I was treated for Psoriasis and that didn t wok either, no wonder because that was not the cause. Many months of suffering and lots of $. But thank god, I day couldn t breath or swallow and it had gotten that far to determine I was suffering an allergic reaction. Which brings me to today. I am a researcher and the only drug that compares to Propranolol and the only other drug that I can tolerate is Primidome, we tried gabatenin, and another first. My Primary doc was afraid of the side affects. But my BP is through the roof as I suffer white coat syndrome, them she sent me to a psychiatrist that put me on Primiodme and a a Xanax release pill and they are both working wonder. My only concern now is that there is a drug iteraction between my blood pressure medicine and the primidome!