Posted by Racer on May 12, 2004, at 8:52:33
In reply to best anxiety meds without weight gain?, posted by andie1970 on May 10, 2004, at 10:04:31
Take this with a grain of salt, because I suffer major depression with anxiety, not the stand alone anxiety you're looking for help with, but Effexor helped my anxiety. In my case, it took a combination of Effexor and Prozac to do anything about my depression, so I don't know which drug was involved in the other experiences I had -- long term weight gain and drug poop-out -- but I was at a relatively high dose of Effexor, and have had a fair amount of weight gain on SSRIs (like Prozac) The anxiolytic effects of the Effexor, though, kicked in from the start with the lower doses of Effexor, so it may be that a low to mid dose of Effexor would help you, and it may be that the long term weight gain I experienced was from the Prozac or the higher dosage of Effexor or even some combination of the two drugs.
If your new doctor -- is he a pdoc, by the way, or a GP dabbling in this? -- wants to go the anti-depressant route, it might be worth giving Effexor a try. (Might not, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the SSRIs have been for me. Just not effective enough on my depression.)
Good luck
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