how to deal with adrenaline after performance

[Anonymous]

Looking for tips on how to deal with adrenaline after presentation. Recently I have had to give talks and sit on panels for in the course of managing my projects. The talks are for audiences of 50-200 in the room.

After the presentations I am totally buzzing on adrenaline But I am expected to talk with stakeholders and officials. I have a hard time getting my equilibrium back which effects the conversations. Any tips are appreciated.

[Anonymous]

*it AFFECTS the conversations.

That's a good one to learn for a leader such as yourself.

[Anonymous]

Basically just more practice, as you do more of these will become more natural and won’t be an issue.

[Anonymous]

Can you describe exactly how you feel after? Are you exhausted, amped, distracted, overly talkative, or something else? I’m asking because I’m a lawyer who tries a lot of cases, so I understand the idea of being “hungover” after a performance, but it’s hard to treat the problem without more specifics.

[Anonymous]

Do you have some kind of anxiety?

Maybe after your performance you can get a facilitator to recap the event and/or discuss future events while saying you will take a quick 10 minute break and be back to answer their questions.

[Anonymous]

Propranolol

[Anonymous]

You can get propranolol from your GP or a telehealth provider. You take a small dosage before you have to speak and it dials down the adrenaline from a 10 to a 5 or less. It has saved me over my career. I used to panic when I had to do public speaking and the adrenaline rush afterwards was exhausting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you describe exactly how you feel after? Are you exhausted, amped, distracted, overly talkative, or something else? I’m asking because I’m a lawyer who tries a lot of cases, so I understand the idea of being “hungover” after a performance, but it’s hard to treat the problem without more specifics.

Thank you for the response. I am super excited after a talk. So in conversations after a presentation I speak quickly, loudly, I often repeat myself and I find I have trouble understanding questions. So I feel that I’m rambling. If I can get up to my room and do some pushups I usually calm down after about 15 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Can you step out "to use the restroom" and duck into an office and do 20 pushups? You need to get physical to get the adrenaline out. Jumping jacks should work too, but you might need to do more of those than the pushups.

[Anonymous]

Box breathe while waiting for the panel to finish. Then I just lean in to it a bit so it is interpreted as friendliness and passion about the subject. Which it is for me. The Q&A and meeting people after is now my favorite part!

Also take cards and for complicated questions, tell them to go into it thoroughly they should email you. There isn’t time to do that immediately after because other people are waiting too, and you can respond when you have time to process and be thoughtful about it.

[Anonymous]

I keep a canteen full of vodka and a turkey baster, head immediately to the bathroom, and give myself an alcohol enema.