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Re: Buspar or Celexa for extreme GAD

Posted by bleauberry on April 12, 2009, at 8:21:23

In reply to Buspar or Celexa for extreme GAD, posted by Cseagraves on April 11, 2009, at 20:50:51

On one hand it is a good thing that you have weeded out so many meds, because that narrows down the choices and makes the picture a little clearer. On the other hand it is saddening you have had to suffer through all this.

Four suggestions popped into mind. Two are easy, two not so easy.

The easy ones:
Spend about $50 at a health food store or online. What you want are: Tryptophan; A product made by NOW brand that has Gaba, Glycine, and Magnesium in it. If you aren't already taking magnesium, it is worth adding to your diet if you tolerate it. And take Niacinamide. All of these are calming supplements. Experiment with the Tryptophan and the other supplements. They stand a good shot of working.

Buspar is easy. Anyone should be able to prescribe this in a blink without hesitation. Whether it works, and whether you can tolerate it, is another story. There is only one way to find out.

The harder ones:

Nardil. This is the champion. Not many doctors prescribe it. That what makes it hard...finding someone to prescribe it.

Adrenal Cortex Extract; or Isocort; or Licorice Root; or Hydrocortisone 2.5mg-20mg). Huh? What's this stuff all about? Well, what you described...the anxiety, panic, med and supplement sensitivities, its onset, etc...is what adrenal fatigue looks like. How to find out if you have it? There is a test called Adrenal Stress Index. It is very common with Integrative MDs, Alernative MDs, and Naturopaths. That's the hard part...breaking out of your comfort zone to see one of them instead of your regular doctor, for a second opinion if nothing else. The easy part is, they do this test all the time. If you have low cortisol, your symptoms are fairly easily fixed with few or no medicines.

I would see Buspar, Nardil, and the supplements as things that hide the symptoms and/or partially fix the problem. I see treating adrenal fatigue as fixing the actual problem. I would not have mentioned it except for the excellent history you gave, and your description of symptoms, which are strongly suggestive this needs to be looked at. Your regular doctor won't know much about it, and an Endocronologist will give you a worthless test that only tells if your adrenal glands are dead or alive but not whether they are ill. The ASI test shows that status of your cortisol over an entire daily 24 hour curve so you can see exactly what is going on and how it fits the symptoms you feel throughout the day.


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