Posted by gheld on January 30, 2002, at 21:51:01
In reply to Best Benzo for Anxiety in Elderly?, posted by fachad on January 30, 2002, at 12:17:44
Good question. Certainly medication appropriate for younger people has to be reduced for the elderly because of the rate of metabolism.
You don't want to have her overmedicated and take a chance on falling, leaving the stove on, etc.
My 86 y/o mother has similar problems. Celexa, 20 mg/day, seemed to do the best. She didn't like it because she thought it was only for depressed people. ( I'd probably be depressed if I was 86 and had her problems, so I think she really is depressed.)
Anyway, her doc put her on 10 mg of Buspar per day and it has done no good that I can seee in the 2 months she's been on it.
I'm going to push for going back to the Celexa. At that age, who cares if one of the side effects is loss of sexual drive.
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