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Posted by jms600 on May 3, 2004, at 16:02:24
Is Strattera useful in helping anxiety (GAD and social phobia) or can it have the opposite effect and make it worse?
Also is it licensed in Britain?
Thanks!
Posted by zeugma on May 3, 2004, at 16:54:05
In reply to Strattera and anxiety, posted by jms600 on May 3, 2004, at 16:02:24
I do not find Strattera anxiogenic, it is quite neutral in this regard. I think you will find fewer reports of Strattera causing anxiety than Wellbutrin, as it is a purer norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and in fact probably most resembles desipramine, a tricyclic with antipanic, but no pronounced antianxiety, efficacy. Some people have had anxiolytic effects from Strattera, but all it's done for me is to clear my mind enough to realize what anxiety is doing to me, but not relieve it. I have been on strattera for nearly a year, and it has made a notable improvement in my ADD symptoms. It also has an antidepressant effect (again, similar to desipramine). It might work for GAD, which I consider a milder syndrome than social anxiety or panic disorder.
Posted by TheOutsider on May 3, 2004, at 17:14:44
In reply to Re: Strattera and anxiety, posted by zeugma on May 3, 2004, at 16:54:05
Unfortunatly Strattera is not available in the UK.
I remeber reading somewere that there are plans to licence it soon, but I could very well be wrong.
I haven't had personal experience of Lofepramine or Stratter, but I don't think lofepramines inferior to SSRIs, apparently its side effects are quite benine for a tricyclic!Apologies for spelling: am dyslexic
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