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Re: Benzos not working for Anxiety...what else to try? » Jesus is Savior

Posted by Quintal on June 6, 2007, at 18:25:19

In reply to Re: Benzos not working for Anxiety...what else to try?, posted by Jesus is Savior on June 6, 2007, at 18:09:16

Lyrica also has antidepressant properties so if you haven't tried it already that would be the way to go. Since you've tried nearly every antidepressant in the book antipsychotics are a reasonable suggestion. Low dose Zyprexa is the one people seem to use most often for daytime anxiety and it combines particularly well with Prozac with each drug counteracting some of the side effects of the other (i.e. the brand new all-in-one pill Symbyax - but most pdocs like to alter the doses of each drug separately).

Seroquel feels like an elephant tranquillizer dart to most people, so of course that's very good for GAD though it can obviously cause a great deal of impairment for whatever relief it brings.

Some of the others like Risperdal and Abilify can aggravate anxiety and tend to cause restlessness, probably not so good for GAD, but there might be someone here using them for that purpose. I'm not sure about Geodon.

Solian (amisulpride) is another interesting antipsychotic but at low doses it increases dopaminergic transmission and can very good for dysthymia and some types of anxiety. If you've been around these parts for a while you'll probably have heard of it or even tried it?

Q


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