Posted by Mr Cushing on December 10, 2002, at 15:11:22
In reply to I'm looking for support with an anxiety problem, posted by Kath on December 10, 2002, at 14:30:13
This is just my opinion, but if you've dealing with a psychiatrist for 10 years or so now and you haven't had any severe periods of depression or anxiety which basically made you unstable, then you're most likely not bi-polar.With the meds that work best for anxiety, it depends on what your PDoc will prescribe for you. Out of the ADs that I've tried, Effexor and Paxil have seemed to work the best for getting rid of anxiety symptoms. You'll most likely respond best to one of these. However, they both have relatively rough start-up side effects which will disappear within 2-4 weeks. If you try one and it doesn't work, I think it's within 48 hours that you can switch to another one. One of those will most likely make you anxiety free.
There are also benzo's (like Valium) that work great for anxiety/panic symptoms. Personally I'm taking between 1-2mg of Clonazepam (Klonopin) a day now.
Whatever you try though, if you decide to go on medication, don't just give up because the first one didn't work right. That happens like, what? 99% of the time? You'll eventually find something that will really help you if you're patient enough. I guess it also depends on how severe the anxiety symptoms are and their result in your life.
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