Posted by zeugma on October 26, 2003, at 19:47:17
In reply to How does Adderall help GAD?Adder/Klonop work??, posted by Jasmine Neroli on October 26, 2003, at 19:14:59
> Someone posted somewhere that they were on Adderall for GAD. I've not heard of this before, and would like to know if anyone(with GAD) has had success with this med, and how it works for it.I understand that a lot of GAD symptoms, like cognitive/memory problems, loss of focus/scatterbrained, always thinking /worrying are kinda ADD or OCD symptoms, so maybe there's a dopaminergic problem aspect to GAD. If it's a stimulant though, wouldn't it cause more anxiety?
> I'm so sick of BuSpar right now, and not getting enough relief.....would love to go back to my low dose of Klonopin, maybe Adderall would be a good augment for Klonopin?
> Appreciate any opinions/info. Thanks, I love you all!Stimulants did not make me more anxious, they just made me lose weight FAST (no good for me). Caffeine sometimes helps with my anxiety, as it gives me more energy to think clearly, and maybe stimulants can help with the 'cognitive interference' aspect of anxiety. I've heard that ADderall would be better for social anxiety than Ritalin, which can exacerbate it.
I can empathise with your frustration with BuSpar. I am not taking it for anxiety... I would have ditched it long ago if that was all it was good for. But my pdoc loves it, and yours probably does too. He knows I'm still anxious as hell, and he sits there and checks his notes and tells me to raise the BuSpar dose to 40mg. I remind him that I tried that six weeks ago and got questionable anxiety relief, but also debilitating muscle weakness that got worse the longer I took it at that dose, and that felt similar to what I felt on an old neuroleptic years ago... But pdocs love it because it's so 'benign.' He told me point blank that he's not going to prescribe me anything else for my anxiety. So now I'm sitting here feeling anxious and physically drained, and wondering when i can find the will to ditch him and find someone better.
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