Emmarose47
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Hi has anyone got experience of taking Propranolol for headaches ? It's a beta blocker
Thanks for sharingDid nothing for me. They also tried candesartan which is more a hypertension medicine (the theory behind both is that high blood pressure is causing the headaches) and it sort of reduced the headaches a little but gave me worse POTS.
The premise of high blood pressure as the cause of headaches in ME/CFS is directly contrary to the findings via dopplar that showed a 30% reduction in blood flow in the brain. So they are pretty unlikely to actually work and I think most people find they do nothing useful for the headaches, probably because they are caused by the low blood flow or low cellular energy or some other effect in the disease.
What were your headaches like ?