Posted by Molybdenum on May 23, 2008, at 6:10:24
Hi Campers,
I've been on 600mg venlafaxine + 225mg mirtazapine for depression for nearly 2 years now (one year on this dose). It seems to be working.
Plus 200-300mg modafinil to make me happy :)
However, my life's very stressful at the moment and I find I've been taking .5mg alprazolam (Xanax) 3 times a day for weeks now. I was taking .5mg only once every couple of days. Now I notice the minute it's worn off. So maybe some of my angst is rebound from this "mini" addiction.
I've learned years ago to be careful with benzo addiction. I recall clearly feeling horrible for weeks when I was a teenager having decided to go cold turkey. Oh to know what I know now.... Anyway, so I am now very wary of being dependant on benzos again, even though I know it's not a huge dose (1.5mg / day) "at the moment".
So I asked my doc for a non-benzo, non-sedating, non-addictive, non-badthings anxiolytic and he prescribed me 150mg Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix).
I know I have to watch out for serotonin syndrome but has anyone here had any success with this drug for purely anxiety?
The web seems full of anecdotal reports of it being a mediocre antidepressant. Other reports say it drastically improves memory (in rats anyway ;)).
I can't find much in the way of recent Babble posts on it either.
So has anyone had it work for them for anxiety?
Thanks
Molybdenum.
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