Posted by tensor on December 13, 2009, at 8:55:23
In reply to Are there good meds for severe social anxiety?, posted by Lisa2712 on December 12, 2009, at 18:19:39
> I've been on Lexapro 15 mg and Clonazepam 0.5 mg 2 times/day for a while but I still had a lot of social anxiety and trouble leaving my house, and I saw my ARNP (Psychiatric nurse practitioner who prescribes my meds) a few days ago and he put me on generic Depakote, since I told him my mind races and I go very fast. He told me it could help my anxiety but so far it seems to be making me feel a little more anxious and feel floaty and not grounded, they way I do when I'm anxious.
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> Are there other good meds for severe social anxiety (other than SSRI's or SNRI's or benzodiazepines)? Like I read that Neurontin, Seroquel , and Zyprexa are good for social anxiety and generalized anxiety, and the AP's are grounding.
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> Thanks,
> LisaHi Lisa,
I think your doses of your current medications should be optimized before even thinking of switching or adding new ones. For instance, clonazepam could alone give you relief at a higher dosage.
I would ditch Depakote and raise clonazepam to 2mg/day to start with and perhaps raise Lexapro to 20mg. If not sufficient response at 4mg/day of clonazepam, try and add Lyrica or Gabitril to your combo. Switch from Lexapro to Paxil, Effexor or Zoloft.Good luck.
/tensor
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