Check out this article: https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/a...se-propranolol-tied-selective-erasure-anxiety
It claims that a single dose of propranolol taken directly after exposure to spiders leads to permanent fear erasure of spiders in participants. It has been nicknamed the "anti-phobia" drug.
Considering that working up to the act of suicide is much like overcoming a phobia (fear of death, pain, survival instinct), my thought is that taking propranolol directly after exposure to suicide means or rehearsal to suicide should erase the fear memory involved in that method of suicide. For example, taking propranolol right after standing over a bridge imagining yourself jumping from it, or taking propranolol right after hanging yourself should decrease the fear involved in both of those things next time you do it.
I think this is significant and could benefit a lot of us who are struggling to get past SI. Propranolol is also an anxioloytic and reduces stress hormones immediately, so it might be a good thing to take right before your actual suicide attempt as well.
*Note: I'm not trying to get anyone to die, I'm only trying to help those who struggled with getting past SI, like myself.
It claims that a single dose of propranolol taken directly after exposure to spiders leads to permanent fear erasure of spiders in participants. It has been nicknamed the "anti-phobia" drug.
Considering that working up to the act of suicide is much like overcoming a phobia (fear of death, pain, survival instinct), my thought is that taking propranolol directly after exposure to suicide means or rehearsal to suicide should erase the fear memory involved in that method of suicide. For example, taking propranolol right after standing over a bridge imagining yourself jumping from it, or taking propranolol right after hanging yourself should decrease the fear involved in both of those things next time you do it.
I think this is significant and could benefit a lot of us who are struggling to get past SI. Propranolol is also an anxioloytic and reduces stress hormones immediately, so it might be a good thing to take right before your actual suicide attempt as well.
*Note: I'm not trying to get anyone to die, I'm only trying to help those who struggled with getting past SI, like myself.
