Posted by JohnL on August 20, 2000, at 5:07:59
In reply to Celexa-for the treatment of social anxiety???, posted by Jermy on August 19, 2000, at 6:48:54
Jermy,
Any of the serotonin reuptake inhibitors can work on social anxiety. That includes Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Luvox, and Serzone. Some of the older tricyclic meds will work well too. As well as atypical ones like Remeron, or antipsychotics like Zyprexa, or exotic overseas med like Adrafinil or Amisulpride.Each of our chemistries, personalities, and circumstances are different though. What that means is that results with any one medication will vary considerably from another similar medication. What works for someone might not work for someone else. The symptoms are the same, but the causes vary dramatically, and the remedy will also vary dramatically. And while one medication might not work, an almost identical medication of a different name will work great. Those finite molecular differences cause profoundly different results.
So whether Celexa will work for you or not is anyone's guess. Only through personal trial and error can we find out. With any of the SSRIs, the odds are statistically in your favor however for a good response to one of them. Hopefully Celexa will be the one. The tricky part is having a med that works and simultaneously having side effects we can live with.
I don't like Buspar. Neither have any of my doctors. That's because 1)It is unpredictable and finnicky; 2)IF it works it has a tendency to poopout quickly, more so than other medications might; 3)IF it works, it usually takes longer to do so; 4)We hardly ever hear of anyone doing well with it long term; 5)It is very expensive, and the cost does not seem to me to justify it being as unreliable as it seems to be.
Hopefully Celexa will agree with you. If not, there are plenty of other choices. But among those choices, I personally would put Buspar at the bottom of the list.
John
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