Posted by SLS on January 4, 2007, at 6:46:29
In reply to Re: SLS Q - reply, posted by UGottaHaveHope on January 3, 2007, at 21:28:24
> Scott: Your mind is so sharp it is hard to believe anything is wrong.
lol. Got you fooled too!
> Let me ask your opinion. Seroquel was the first out of 20+ meds to help with anxiety, sort of blunted things.
Anxiety is not anxiety is not anxiety. Have you been diagnosed with GAD?
> However, when I became worked up about a financial problem, the Seroquel no longer calms me down,
That's real life. Drugs will not provide immunity from a normal and healthy anxiety reaction to a real stressor. However, it is the goal to prevent the anxiety reaction from reaching an unhealthy level that is amplified beyond what might be commensurate with the event.
> even though I increased from 25mg to 400mg.
It is my impression that low dosages of Seroquel are just as effective as higher dosages to treat anxiety that is not a part of a schizoid disorder or OCD.
How did Klonopin and Ativan treat you?
> I go see my pdoc tomorrow: Would you keep taking the Seroquel, hoping it will finally work, or go ahead and try Emsam? Thanks man.
If it were me, I would continue with an optimized dose of seroquel - probably 100mg in divided doses throughout the day - while you continue to search for a treatment that perhaps targets more effectively the dynamics of the anxiety disorder itself.
Effexor?
Paxil?
Nardil?
- Scott
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