Posted by Alexander on November 30, 2003, at 19:01:54
In reply to Buspar, 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?
U know, my doctor, Dr. L In Ottawa, once told me, in relation to something totally different, that all SSRIs have something to do with something like a D2 (or D6) receptor on c450.
Luvox, on the other hand is the only SSRI that has nothing to do with this receptor on cytochrome 450.Luvox is the only non-benzo, that I have tried over the course of 11 years that
a)worked as an antdepressant and kept working (benzos, of course do not, Xanax I haven't tried)
b)worked as an anxiolytic comparable to Ativan or betterif anyone has problems with anxiety, especially phobia, has tried SSRIs and they don't work, or even worse, make the symptoms worse the day they "kick in":
Don't give up on SSRIs before having given LUVOX(fluvoxamine) a try.
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