Posted by Elizabeth on June 27, 2001, at 23:28:00
In reply to Re: Buspar - is it really helpful for anxiety? » Elizabeth, posted by Lorraine on June 27, 2001, at 19:12:02
> >Having ruled that stuff out, my first choice for a medication (well, second choice, assuming benzodiazepines hadn't worked) would be a beta blocker like Inderal (propranolol).
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> Do you mean pindolol?No, i mean propranolol. Pindolol is a rather quirky beta-blocker, and my experience attempting to use it for autonomic anxiety has been mediocre (although it can have some impressive antidepressant-augmenting effects for some people -- but only with serotonergic antidepressants, not with Wellbutrin, desipramine, etc.).
-elizabeth
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