Posted by cb on September 6, 2001, at 16:32:19
In reply to HELP! I've developed social anxiety!, posted by Janelle on September 3, 2001, at 15:25:56
> My son developed social anxiety that sounds much like yours. His dr believes that it may be due to the meds (probably zyprexa) that he is on. (He is also on lithium and wellbutrin). We consulted with a psychopharmacologist who suggested tegretol and getting off the zyprexa. She explained that sometimes the zyprexa "flips a switch" that turns on the anxiety and just reducing the dose doesn't always end it. He has been on the tegretol for a couple of weeks now and it has really helped..at the same time, he has been reducing his zyprexa (now down to 5 mg/night) and will be off of it next week. If the anxiety still persists, the dr will reduce the wellbutrin.
Hope you are doing better - this has been a real drag for him - the anxiety on top of the depression has really been hard.
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