Posted by jono_in_adelaide on July 5, 2011, at 17:54:46
In reply to Which drug might work, posted by Lepus on July 4, 2011, at 23:41:54
My gut instinct would be to try an antidepressant such as Effexor, Zoloft or Cymbalta (Effexor dose 150mg/day, Cymbalta dose 60mg/day, Zoloft dose 100mg/day)taken every day, and also have a benzodiazepine such as Klonopin, Xanax, Valium or Ativan to take in the first couple of weeks, while waiting for the antidepressant to work.
Even once the antidepressant kicks in, it can be very helpful to have a few tablets of a benzo tranquilizer on hand incase you experience a particularlty bad day..... in the same way that someone with arthritis might take an antiinflamatory every day, and also might occasionaly take a couple of Tylenol for breakthrough pain
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