Posted by terra miller on July 22, 2001, at 18:30:20
In reply to Re: clonazepam+depression, posted by JohnL on July 22, 2001, at 17:34:28
John et. al.,
I am one of those that doesn't seem to respond to meds with antidepressant effects. They either dull my emotions or send me into suicidal thinking. When I stop the trial, everything returns to normal. I've found ativan and buspar to dull my emotions; and zoloft nearly did me in (thank goodness my pdoc took me seriously and got me off of it.) Only wellbutrin has not enduced depressed thinking. I just can't find anything (yet) to just take the edge off the anxiety.... and that's what I've been trying to find for the last year. < sigh > I don't want to be numbed out or I can't do therapy (and I certainly don't want to prolong therapy!); neither do I want to be jumping out of my seat and irritable and panicky, blablabla. SOOOOO, what's suggested? Klonopin? (or will that just numb me again) or something else (that won't send me into depression)?? Everything just seems to be overpowering and seems to treat anxiety, yes, but also a host of other symptoms that I don't have. Then I end up worse than where I was when I started. Thanks. -Terra
> I think they both have about the same potential to actually cause depression rather than fix it. For example, if someone is just got that blahs kind of depression where they are withdrawn, can't find fun in anything, blah, I think SSRIs just make that worse. SSRIs are much better I think for the crying despair type of depression. Dittos for the benzos. I think the chances are about the same.
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> According to most clinical studies, both strategies are effective in treating depression. But of course if you dig deep into the details of those studies, there is a certain percentage of patients that get worse instead of better.
> John
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