Posted by ed_uk on October 24, 2006, at 16:27:53
In reply to Phenobarbital for Anxiety, posted by mikeyb on October 24, 2006, at 16:08:31
Hi M
Pheno was widely prescribed for anxiety before the benzos were introduced. It's not generally prescribed for anxiety anymore though, has your doctor said that you can try it?
Pheno is a long-acting drug which is associated with similar withdrawal symptoms to the long-acting benzos (such as diazepam). If you have previously had difficultly withdrawing from benzos pheno probably isn't the way to go.
I don't know what sort of anxiety you are suffering from so I can't really recommend anything but.......
Have you tried phenelzine (Nardil)?
Ed
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