Posted by desolationrower on September 22, 2009, at 15:45:52
In reply to Re: Clondine - Good for anxiety?, posted by SLS on September 17, 2009, at 14:51:56
> > I also would ask your doctor about Guanfacine. They're both a2-adrenoreceptor antagonists, but Guanfacine is more selective and causes less side effects such as sedation. They've been compared in studies for ADHD. I listed a link for one below. Guanfacine's usually more effective.
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> > http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v21/n4/abs/1395372a.html
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> Does guanfacine have the same liability to produce depression as does clonodine?
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> - Scottyeah, though i think the 'depression' is mostly the flip side to the antidepressant effect of a stimulant - low energy->low activity->low goal achievment, nonenriched environment, etc. probably less so, because it doesn't have the alpha1 antagonism, which causes most of the fatigue-inducing effect.
so i wouldn't like it personally, since i feel good taking yohimbe (5ht probably complicates that though). if you feel panicky on it, probably the alpha2 agonists would improve things.
-d/r
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