Posted by grapebubblegum on August 18, 2001, at 13:16:12
In reply to Re: Is this normal Paxil withdrawl??, posted by Janelle on August 17, 2001, at 23:34:05
AVR, all I know is that geodon (ziprasidone) is an atypical anti-psychotic that has been theorized to reduce anxiety and depression in people who are not psychotic (see my thread farther down called "can anyone analyze this?"; SalArmy4Me provided some information.)
It just sounds like your anxiety symptoms are similar to mine. I'm not a professional so I can't comment on whether an anti-psychotic is useful for people with panic attacks, but I will say that in my sample size of one (myself) panic attacks seem connected to too much thought, even if the thoughts are not outright delusional. i.e., I don't think that food I ate is poisoned but I will get the vague feeling that maybe a panic attack is being caused by something I ate; an idea that does not make a lot of sense and is more of an anxious thought than a psychotic one, but I am guessing that anti-psychotics might reduce excessive thought (maybe there's a word for it? Rumination or something? I don't know) so that anxiety is in turn reduced. Just my wild guess, though. I don't know if geodon is the magic bullet but it would certainly be worth looking into.
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