Posted by yxibow on May 9, 2005, at 23:13:35
In reply to Seroquel for anxiety?, posted by chess on May 9, 2005, at 20:49:01
> Has anyone had success with Seroquel for anxiety?
> Could you take it once a day?
> What dosage?
> How long did it take to work for the anxiety?
>I take Seroquel but its for a complex anxiety related disorder; for pure anxiety without psychotic, extremely irrational, or (fill in the blank) features I'm not sure why an antipsychotic is necessary although you're in fairly good hands with Seroquel in terms of "bad things" as I mentioned in a previous posting, its fairly low potency.
Dosage... well some say a "clinical" dose (and this is probably for schizophrenia, who knows) is not until 400mg. No, its not addictive; for a non-psychotic disorder, does it wear out over time... who is to say, I dont think so really, but anything is possible. It can and in fact is taken by many once a day even though it has a 6 hour half life, it reaches a steady-state. It probably takes less than a week to reach some modest "effectiveness" like most antipsychotics.
But I would be more inclined to suggest a modest dose of something like Paxil and/or a long acting benzodiazepine like Klonopin.
I think many doctors are reluctant to prescribe benzodiazepines when in fact they can be right on the mark and many people happily take a steady dose for years and not reach "addiction". I would classify benzos as habituating anyway and not addictive. But thats my 2c, I'm not a doctor, etc.
I hope you find some answers and feel better.
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