Posted by bleauberry on January 26, 2008, at 18:29:15
In reply to HELP- antianxiety options with least cognitive imp, posted by hok on January 24, 2008, at 19:51:14
I am in the camp that tends to want to beef up as much natural stuff as possible before taking on the power of meds. For example, there is a lot of overlap between bipolar and anxiety. In either case, something is just going too fast. Things to beef up would be magnesium and taurine. Others would be glycine and gaba. These are all natural bodily chemicals that have many purposes, one of them being calming overexcitation. I have seen enough stories of people who have had decades of meds stumble on to cures with simple things like magnesium.
As for antipsychotics, I do not believe a low dose of 25mg to 50mg of seroquel or 2.5mg of zyprexa would hurt cognition much. Actually longterm zyprexa can help cognition. The problem is that during the first week or so the sedation and somnolence which you will adjust to can get in the way unless you are prepared for it and wait it out.
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