Posted by Tony P on February 19, 2004, at 3:47:47
In reply to Re: Anyone = success with Risperdal for Anxiety ?, posted by Metalblade on February 18, 2004, at 7:05:49
I have GAD - generaliized anxiety - and tried Risperdal briefly. It's really an anti-psychotic, and my experience is that unless you have that diagnosis, with GAD it just makes you BEHAVE less anxious - I felt just as anxious inside on Risperdal as without it. YMMV.
You might also ask about Seroquel, which according to my pdoc is very similar to Risperdal but with much lower incidence of nasty side effects.
I am currently taking Lamictal (250mg/day), Seroquel 25-50 mg prn at night, and 4 mg/day clonazepam. The clonazepam helps the most with the anxiety, but my pdoc says Lamictal should also help, so I hope I can cut back on the clonazepam soon, as I develop tolerance very quickly. The Seroquel helps a bit with sleep and is supposed to keep me from going hyper and staying up all night - obviously I haven't taken my dose tonight as it's 1:45 AM and I'm still going strong! Hmm - maybe it's time for that dose.
Tony P
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