Posted by Viridis on May 28, 2003, at 3:22:49
In reply to Need med advice: Depression, OCD, GAD, ADD, posted by babs on May 27, 2003, at 18:06:17
I' m not in exactly your situation, but I do suffer from major anxiety, depression, and ADD, and although I haven't been diagnosed with OCD, I do tend to obsess about particular problems to an extreme degree at times (plus my sister has OCD). I find Klonopin (clonazepam) very helpful, and it seems to have a real 'synergy" with the Adderall I take. Others here have noted this too.
Again, I have no experience with full-blown OCD, but it's a thought. Klonopin certainly helps many people with anxiety, and appears to be relatively side effect-free for most after some initial drowsiness, clumsiness etc. (this took me about a week to get over, and now I have no side effects at all). It reduces my obsessive worry tremendously at a pretty low dose, which I haven't had to increase after two years of daily use.
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