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Gerald Klickstein at The Musician’s Way gives a fair assessment on beta blockers in “Musicians and beta blockers.”While I do agree that we all have the potential to be great performers, can a person with severe anxiety issues achieve a consistent, soulful performance level without a medical and/or psychological solution?Conditions such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, tachycardia, insomnia, depression and panic attacks — all which may lead to performance problems — may not respond to mental gymnastics, regular exercise and a good diet, no matter how sound or logical these natural methods might be.
Performance anxiety is not life-threatening of course, but it can be career-threatening. That being said, if the problem goes beyond the capabilities of the human will and does not get better over time, it seems rather silly not to seek medical attention.
[This is a portion of a “Random Monday” post, updated 2021]
