Posted by sb2 on January 17, 2004, at 10:59:44
In reply to What's the best SSRI for SA/Performance Anxiety?, posted by Adam33 on January 17, 2004, at 3:18:24
> Hello,
> I suffer from performance anxiety/SA, and after getting some guidance in an earlier post, have gotten on Klonopin. I know this will probably work for me since Xanax was pretty effective in treating my performance anxiety (which I took as needed). I want to use Klonopin because it seems like it’s a better drug to take consistently than Xanax (taking the Xanax only as needed didn’t help with my “worrying” about my upcoming performances).
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> I predict that the Klonopin will help keep my SA down generally, but expect I will still need to “load up” prior to big performances (and hope I don’t get too dumbed down). So here’s my question: If I were to combine the Klonopin with a SSRI, do you think that it would keep me from getting that giant surge of anxiety before a performance better than just taking the Klonopin alone? If so, is there a recommended SSRI for SA (particularly performance anxiety)? I did try Paxil CR for a few weeks, but wasn’t on it long enough to feel the difference due to the anorgasmic effect it gave me. My doctor thought maybe Lexapro, and I’ve heard people from this forum praise Effexor’s anti-anxiety effects? Wellbutrin comes up a lot in the context of an SSRI with low risk of sexual side effects, I don’t hear it praised for its effect on SA.
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> Thanks in advance for any guidance!
>sure a ssri will work. just depends on how you react to them. welbutrin will probably make you a little to nervous. personaly i think something like celexa will work however sexual side effects come with the good benefits. personally i tried effexor and got off of it in 1 week. if you just need a little help st johns wort seems to work well with klonopin with no sexual side effects.
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