Posted by Crazy Horse on September 12, 2006, at 9:34:41
In reply to Please help me with medication ideas for ANXIETY!, posted by Shell on September 11, 2006, at 17:36:14
> I am currently taking the following:
> 37.5 mg Effexor (weaning off due to sexual side effects)
> 150 mg Wellbutrin
> .25 mg Klonopin, twice a day
>
> My pdoc is about out of options for me. I am discontinuing the Effexor due to sexual side effects. Buspar did not help at all. The pdoc would like to try another antidepressant in addition to the Klonopin (and has gone through a very long list with me), but he tells me all of them have the same risk of sexual side effects as the Effexor– and some cause weight gain as well. The Klonopin does help, but he doesn’t want to increase it because of the potential for addiction.
>
> He pretty much asked me for my ideas on what to try next. I have *no* idea at this point. The anxiety is quickly getting increasingly worse and I’m beginning to wonder if there are any alternatives that don’t have these side effects.
>
> My only idea is to add or go back to Concerta – interestingly enough it is very calming, but my doctor thinks the anxiety is the main problem, not the ADD, and again, is concerned about addiction (though I took it for five years with no problems). Could the untreated ADD be worsening the anxiety – could there be a relationship?
>
> Any ideas? The panic attacks are getting closer and closer together and I’m beginning to fall apart.
>That's a very low dose of Klonopin. Maybe .50 mgs. b.i.d. would suffice. I take 1 mg. of Klonopin b.i.d. and it works beautifully.
-Monte
poster:Crazy Horse
thread:685087
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060909/msgs/685247.html