mance anxiety
"I have performance anxiety to an extreme. I couldn't even introduce myself at a meeting among people I mostly knew. My heart would begin pounding SOOOOOO hard, I couldn't even get words out.  My voice would shake and I couldn't think.   I'd just end up saying my name and ending it there before everyone knew I was so 'scared'.   Anyway, after one event where I turned bright red and couldn't speak (to everyone's confusion), I was so disgusted with myself, I made an appointment to a psychiatrist.  He prescribed inderol.  Result-  I was a TOTALLY different person!!  The only problem is knowing when I may be in a situation that calls for inderol.  Recently, the CEO called me up to his office.  I didn't have  time to take a bb.  I had problems :("