Posted by yxibow on February 1, 2007, at 20:07:30
In reply to Re: Stimulants-Please be careful! » Tom Twilight, posted by Reggie BoStar on February 1, 2007, at 16:11:35
> Hi Tom,
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> Are you being treated by a pdoc or therapist? I may be wrong, but it sounds like you're either not in treatment or your current pdoc is not producing decent results. Which is it?
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> If you have GAD, you can be treated for it. There's no reason why you can't get some kind of help that would at least keep it under control.
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> I'm an alcoholic, so I can't do Benzos either (I'm in the states where Benzos fall like rain). Instead they gave me Buspar, which works GREAT for GAD. It's not like a Benzo or a Trank at all. It's not even in the same class with any of those.Actually Librium (a benzodiazepine) is used for alcoholism detox.
> But it does work for GAD. It's easily tolerated by a lot of people. Why not look into it?
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If you're 1/3 of the people who respond to BuSpar, you're in great company. BuSpar was an attempt to create another atypical antipsychotic. It did not have enough dopamine activity and was shelved to return as marketed as an anxiolytic for its 5HT activity. If BuSpar is taken at astronomical doses for experimental treatment of TD, it begins to have D2 activity.
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