Posted by Clayton on November 5, 2003, at 15:55:35
In reply to Re: Effects of Paxil on social phobe » solo_voyager, posted by Ame Sans Vie on November 5, 2003, at 11:21:35
I agree on the benzos for anxiety. For panic, Xanax is the best drug on earth and clears your system quickly thus restoring cognitive abilities. It saved my life for a long time.
Proviso: If you are prone to addiction, you must stay away from the benzos. Or at least go with Klonapin. It is the least seductive. I don't like the fact that it lasts for six hours, powerfully sedates me, removes my analytical capabilities and gives me total amnesia. But everyone reacts differently. Some people find it a salvation.
Many (most?) docs are paranoid about benzos. Thet've been educated that way and they think "first of all, do no harm" means "take no risk". It's a crime to deny these drugs to people in emotioal agony and torment.
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