Posted by alesta on October 1, 2004, at 15:10:39
In reply to Re: Cymbalta honeymoon is over » steve12, posted by alesta on September 29, 2004, at 3:53:34
> yes, i absolutely agree, as i said in my last post, SSRIs can work well for anxiety. (although not effective enough for some.) i just
> wondered if it was due to the emotional numbness or to the serotonin.
concerning the quote of what i wrote above:
i just wanted to make it very clear to anyone who reads this thread that i am *not* a big fan of the SSRIs..just because they can somewhat help anxiety does not mean they're a great med..they raise serotonin at the expense of dopamine..not cool, in my opinion. to name one alternative, parnate is awesome for anxiety disorders (maybe not *quite* as good for social anxiety), as well as klonopin and other benzos. parnate is i think about 30% more effective than the SSRIs for most anxiety disorders.amy:)
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