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Re: Benzo's best drug for anxiety?

Posted by djmmm on May 14, 2003, at 18:38:18

In reply to Benzo's best drug for anxiety?, posted by daizy on May 14, 2003, at 9:24:20

> opinions please? Im starting to think so.......

I think it depends on the type of anxiety you have. When I was 15, I had Panic attacks, and Paxil worked well for that (at the time)

Most of my life I have had social phobia, and I have found only MAOIs work...well, Klonopin works, too.

In general, SSRIs work for panic, and OCD and general anxiety, and social phobia to an extent

Benzos, work wor a variety of anxiety symptoms (from panic to insomnia) If you are going to try a Benzo, ask you doc about a longer acting one like Klonopin or even Valium, try and stay away from xanax or ativan if you can, leave those as a last resort...they tend to bind more readily to benzo receptors thus causing more rebound effect--not too good for the ole brain, but very effective drugs non-the-less.

There is always Buspar... a lot of people love it

and atypical anti-anxiety meds like the various anti-epileptics that are used (Neurontin, etc.)



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