Re: I'm done with benzos. What else can I use?

Posted by SLS on September 30, 2012, at 15:12:11

In reply to Re: I'm done with benzos. What else can I use? » SLS, posted by ChicagoKat on September 30, 2012, at 10:57:34

Hi Kat.
> 1. For the most part you are all avoiding my suggestion of gabapentin.
Actually, I think several posts (including one of mine) are in agreement with your suggestion.
> 2. As far as "atypicals" go, I don't believe they are really so atypical. I don't believe they really cause that much less EPS.
You might be right. However, what I have encountered in the medical literature suggests that the differences in the occurrence of EPS - especially TD - are rather large; with SGAs being far less liable to produce these effects than the FGAs.
> I know I had akathisia while on Zyprexa, and I've heard horror stories from many other people too.
It seems to me that EPS is an infrequent occurrence on Psycho-Babble; this, despite the observation that EPS is more common among people with bipolar disorder than those with schizophrenia. I don't think most unaffected people will go out of their way to spontaneously post on Internet forums that they are not experiencing EPS.
> I really believe, except for the people who really need them, that they are a dangerous class of drugs and not to be messed around with.
I used to think that any AP was devilishly dangerous.
When should an AP not be used, in your opinion?
> 3. Buspar does indeed take weeks, if not months to work. I tried it and it did squat for me. I believe it is simply a hyped-up SSRI.
Like most other psychotropics, individual reactions to Buspar can be highly variable. Some people have reported here that Buspar has been the best anxiolytic that they had ever taken. I never tried it. For quite some time, it was thought that prior exposure to a BZD rendered Buspar less effective. I don't think this notion has been substantiated scientifically. I'm not sure, though.

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