Posted by megabored on January 8, 2006, at 0:56:28
In reply to Re: Stimulant /Benzo combo - experiences, feedback plz » megabored, posted by ed_uk on January 2, 2006, at 4:53:49
> What sort of anxiety do you suffer from? What do you worry about? What sort of symptoms does the anxiety cause? Have you been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder? Does the Adderall affect your anxiety *at all*? Have you ever tried any other meds for anxiety apart from Xanax and Klonopin?
My anxiety is pretty much in line with what I understand GAD to be. I worry about a lot of things, a lot of the time, but I guess the most extreme anxiety occurs when I have people scrutinizing and/or attacking me, but I'm sure thats true for almost everybody.The symptoms caused by the anxiety are bad - ranging from avoidance of any situation that I think may be uncomfortable to being "paralyzed" by it - unable to think straight or calm down enough to even have my wits about me. Its as if I'm so anxious I'm not even me.
As for the Adderall affecting my anxiety, it doesn't. The only instances it has have been the few times I have taken more than my correct dosage. I don't abuse either of these meds, but I have taken more than my normal dose of Adderall a few times though for various reasons such as having a terrible hangover and thinking it (the hangover) was preventing the Adderall from having its full effect. The higher dosage would cause some anxiety though, probably b/c its an amphetamine and it "sped" me up too much. This is one reason I stick to my normal dose!
I haven't tried any other Benzo's other than Xanax and Klonopin, although I did try Paxil for anxiety but I didn't have much success.
Thanks for replying!
Chris
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