Posted by chad_3 on October 6, 2002, at 1:41:07
In reply to Serious Anxiety Disorder, Please Help, posted by Mr. Cushing on September 29, 2002, at 23:54:35
Hi Mr Cushing
You still out there. Asperger's is like autism dude. You sound great! Keep up the good work. How's the wife (I remember you from before)?
Are you still on the risperidone?
Chad
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> Hi, I've been suffering from an unrelenting anxiety disorder now for a number of years. The closest a Doctor has come to diagnosing my disorder is by labelling it as a mild case of Asperger Syndrome. Basically it's the same feeling as having GAD or Social Anxiety except for the fact that I have it all the time. I have panic attacks and also suffer from severe insomnia (like tonight).
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> I've been prescribed first Trazadone which helped me sleep during the night but didn't help me with anything else during the day. Then I was prescribed Paxil with the Trazadone which made me feel like a vegetable all day. Then I switched over to Effexor XR and Trazadone which works great for my anxiety during the daytime but has greatly increased my insomnia. To give you an example of this, I've taken 100mg of Trazadone tonight, 1/2 of a Clonazepam .5mg pill which I've been prescribed for when I get too wound up or am having a panic attack, and I'm still WIDE awake at 2am.
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> Has anybody else out there been through this? Have any medications helped you out? I'm getting desperate here. My disorder is more than likely permanent since many of my friends and family can trace the roots back to when I was just a toddler. In order to live a normal life I'm going to need to settle on one of these medications. Has anybody tried anything other than Paxil or Effexor which you believe could help me?
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> I greatly appreciate any time that any of you readers spend in trying to answer my question.
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> Thanks in advance
poster:chad_3
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