Melatonin to play pool?

[Hail Mary Shot]

Medication aside, warming up or practicing before actually playing makes me a lot calmer.

 

[cookie man]

There was a pool player once who did speed and another who did it too!

Guessing it was a fast match

 

[R2PQZ]

The U.S. surgeon warns that improper drug use may cause drain bamage!

 

[straightline]

Kava seems to fit the bill. Still legal (mostly). Controversial gateway properties. Might even be served in a bar near you.

 

[muskyed]

You say you’re naturally high strung and that is a definitive problem if you play pool competitively, be it tournaments or gambling.

What most refer to as “pressure” situations, is really nothing more than a biological hijacking. The amygdala kicks in gear inducing fight or flight response. This triggers increased heart rate, adrenaline and cortisol levels. The sad accompaniment to those things is, that “learned motor skills”, such as your pool stroke, go offline and are unavailable, hence the classic choking follows.

I knew a guy years ago, liked to gamble and bet it up pretty high. His brother was a physician and used to prescribe him beta blockers, which have various medical uses, one of which is reducing physical symptoms of anxiety, basically the biological hijack I refer to above. He used to take them before big sessions, cool as a cucumber and never dogged it for the .

Perhaps you should look into that as it’s kind of its purpose and doesn’t place you in jeopardy with your employment’s drug screenings. Perhaps @Chopdoc could chime in on the particular type beta blocker that’s suited for that to help you out. I’ve always played on the natural personally.

Propranolol 10 mg

 

[Mensabum]

That's using it for sleep.

If anybody is interested in the specifics regarding the advised abuse (yes, it is drug abuse) I will be happy to address it.

AI will not answer you about this matter of abuse unless you ask it specifically. It will give you the data bout using it for sleep by default.

The NIH website is a good tool if you want to see the latest R&D or peer reviewed literature on just about anything.