Posted by Bill LL on September 20, 2005, at 11:01:36
In reply to My pdoc thinks prozac will help anxiety ????, posted by woolav on September 20, 2005, at 7:24:30
Prozac can certainly help to reduce anxiety in many people (not all). The decision to increase the Prozac or increase the Klonopin is a tough one to make because they both have greater side effects at higher doses.
Prozac's worst side effect is usually sexual problems. If you are not having that side effect with 40 mg, then I think that staying on the 40 mg of Prozac is the way to go. A lot of people take more than 40 mg.
But Klonopin can cause daytime tiredness. If the Prozac increase gives you sexual side effects, then maybe you can later discuss with your doctor going back to a lower dose of Prozac and increasing the Klonopin.
Wouldn't increasing the dose of Lamictal be another option? Lamictal has less side effects than both Prozac and Klonopin.
> I just saw my pdoc and told him i was extra stressed due to major changes in life, and he asked if i noticed that prozac was helping with anxiety.. He recently upped me to 40mg, and then he said he didnt want to up my klonopin bc he felt that 3 mg a day was enough.
> I have bp2 and anxiety disorder and social phobia.
> i take lamictal and trileptal as well as the meds listed above. has anyone taken a similar combo or have knowledge of prozac reducing anxiety?????
> thanks
> s
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