Posted by theo on August 30, 2005, at 23:17:36
In reply to New Here...Severe OCD/Social Anxiety, posted by thebends on August 29, 2005, at 20:20:24
What do you guys think of the following:
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> Verapamil: Reputed to have an anti-anxiety effect and mood stabilizing effect, and there are actually theoretical reasons that it might help re-grow hair.
> Lamictal: Would probably work well for my recurrent depressions.
> Dexedrine: Might help with my anhedonia and increase my sociability.
> Morphine: Taken once-weekly for OCD? Did anyone actually try this?
> Buprenorphine: I haven’t heard anything about this drug for OCD in a while.
> Deprenyl: Again, might help with stimulation/sociability.
> Klonopin: Appears to work well for social anxiety, but I’m worried that it may cause depression.
> Xanax: I like that some people find it stimulating, but there's not as much support for its use in social anxiety.I know meds effect people differently, but you may want to be careful with Lamictal making OCD WORSE. I remember when I tried it, during a dose increase of just 25mg I would have episodes of intense OCD. I would hit a pothole in the road with my right tire and literally turn around and have to repeat the incident with my left tire to make them even! I thought I was going to loose my mind. It was HELL. Lamictal is known to cause anxiety/OCD in many people, yet some docs prescribe it for this. It also has a history of pooping out and some people say when you get to higher doses it sticks, but by the time I got to 150mg, I had increased side effects, mainly cognitive where I couldn't remember what I did 5 minutes ago.
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