Alternative Treatment!?

Hey all, I need a little help, actually I need BIG help...like NOW

I'm looking for a Beta Blocker alternative to control the physical symptoms of anxiety during public speaking or presentations. Yeah I know Beta Blockers work like a charm for many people but the only time I tried Inderal (Propanolol) I got a really weird chest pressure sensation and felt kinda dizzy and now I'm scared to try it again.

Anyways I found some information about PTSD that is obviously not directly related to social anxiety but sounds very promising. So apparently experiments with ACE inhibitors and ARB's have proven highly successful.

ACE inhibitors or ARBs appear to significantly lower levels of hyperarousal and intrusive thoughts.

Scientists say the results demonstrate the linkage between stress, response to PTSD, and blood pressure regulation. Both ACE inhibitors and ARBs interfere with angiotensin II, a hormone that regulates blood pressure.

Lab research supports the observation that use of blood pressure medication can reduce stress and fear. In fact, lab data suggests that this class of medication may both decrease the body’s physiological response to stress in the cardiovascular system as well as decrease the brain’s response to stress.

However, the finding that beta blockers were not effective was surprising, Ressler says. Some musicians and athletes take beta blockers to relieve performance anxiety symptoms, and some early clinical studies have examined whether they can be used to treat PTSD. Beta blockers diminish the body’s response to the stress hormones norepinephrine and epinephrine.

“Beta blockers did appear to have a trend toward an effect, but the effects of the angiotensin medications were stronger, and when people in our study took both, only the angiotensin medications survived statistical analysis,” Ressler said.

“Beta blockers may be useful in the moment for decreasing social or performance anxiety, but their efficacy in PTSD treatment is still an open question.”

I have taken an ARB before for other reasons and I remember feeling incredibly calm and relaxed. Can I infer from this study that while Beta Blockers work for performance anxiety but not for PTSD; ACE inhibitors and ARB's might work both for PTSD and performance anxiety? This would obviously be used permanently or ongoing, as opposed to 'as needed'.

Looking forward to your thoughts on this.