Posted by Ritch on January 6, 2003, at 10:09:45
In reply to ADHD + Social Phobia?, posted by backofclass on January 5, 2003, at 19:00:56
>... I have shunned medication my whole life, thinking that they would do no good, but I have recently reached a breaking point. I had a psychiatrist who wanted to put me on Risparal, which I never took. Another put me on Paxil and Ritalin, which I tried but experience a huge panic attack and quite cold turkey. Recently I got a hold of 1mg of Ativan and that helped with my social anxiety a lot. I know that Klonopin is suppose to work better! By the way, I will again be seeing a psychologist about this hopefully next week, but my concern is that that the psychiatrist may not understand my problem and have a good solution. I hear that it is impossible to have social phobia and ADHD comorbid because they counteract each other. That may be true in that even though I have lived an "isolated" life for about 10 years I have still find pleasure in living. That may be why I have avoided help for so long. What I have learned is that ADHD responds to “uppers” like Dexadrine and Ritalin while anxiety responds to “downers” like Klonopin. Would this not cancel out each other out? It would be nice to know that I just need a stimulant and a Benzo to solve the problem, but I hate to push these medications without knowing if they are effective when combined. Does anyone have a better solution when treating social phobia and ADHD?Hi, you said you had a "huge" panic attack when you were given Ritalin+Paxil. Did you try either med separately to determine which one for sure caused the panic? What you might look into is the new med Straterra combined with some Ativan or Klonopin. Also, if you are sure it was the Ritalin that made you panic, was it spontaneous panic or was it situational? Some ADD'ers find a different stimulant to be calming. Have you tried dexedrine?
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