antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds ? Posted: 04-01-08 14:27pm
I have been on lots of antidepressants
(SSRI's)over the last 15 years for
anxiety. I don't have panic attacks--I
have been a SERIOUS nail-biter my whole
life. Most of them help some, not as much
as I'd hoped and I hate the side effects.
No doctor has never recommended an
anti-anxiety med like diazepam or
alprazolam --I'm assuming because of the
dependence/addiction issue?--but I'm
thinking of asking for one. What is more
commonly prescribed of these two classes
and have you found one to work much better
than the other?
I tried Buspar too and got up to 60 mg per
day, but it didn't help much--just made my
fingers start to tingle.
Thanks.
Susan
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 04-01-08 19:12pm
They are both for different symptoms and
disorders. Totally different componients
in either. One is for depression and the
other for anxiety. I am on both.
Alaprazolam is for anxiety and Buspar is
for depression.
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sjde
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Posted: 04-01-08 19:16pm
I thought buspar was for anxiety. And I
am on antidepressants for anxiety--not
depression.
Sue
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 04-01-08 19:46pm
sjde
wrote:
I thought buspar was for
anxiety. And I am on antidepressants for
anxiety--not depression.
Sue
You are right sue. Blame it on my Bipolar
and having to get off my Limectal and
going through a major crash right now! Not
flipping taking anything yet.
But they still manage two different
disorders. I also suffer from both for
years and years.
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homerx
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Posted: 04-02-08 13:18pm
My doc prescribed buspar for my anxiety
and I HATED it....now I take Xanax and it
works very well for me...buspar made me
feel weird and anxious...it had the
opposite affect that it should have...???
