Posted by Civ on November 30, 2003, at 12:55:35
I have anxiety and depression, along with obsessive worrying and difficulty concentrating. I'm on 25 mg Paxil CR, but I hate it. It helps my depression slightly and doesn't touch my anxiety AT ALL. I'm working with my psychiatrist to taper off my dosage. He wants me to try Lexapro; I would like to avoid SSRIs entirely because I'm not convinced they're right for me. So I guess my question is if Buspar would be useful for me to reduce my anxiety. However, I'm sort of unclear on how it acts on the brain (never really understood chemistry and that kind of stuff, though I'm busy educating myself). Buspar reduces serotonin, right?. Does that mean it is a depressant and, while controlling anxiety, dampens mood?
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