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#1 ·
These are all from wikipedia, so please help me correct/finish it.
Please post what you have tried, which are effective for you, and which are not. Also note that those on the list with underline have been prescribed for at least one person, and those in bold are proven to be effective at least by one person. Those in italic are not FDA approved.

*GABA receptor agonists
+Benzodiazepine
-brotizolam(Lendormin)
-estazolam(ProSom)
-flunitrazepam(Rohypnol; Hypnodorm)
-flurazepam(Dalmane)
-loprazolam(Dormonoct)
-lormetazepam(Loramet)
-midazolam(Dormicum; Versed)
-nimetazepam(Ermin)
-nitrazepam(Mogadon; Alodorm)
-temazepam(Restoril; Normison)
-triazolam(Halcion)
-alprazolam(Xanax, Xanax XR)
-bromazepam(Lexotan; Lexotanil)
-chlordiazepoxide(Librium)
-clonazepam(Rivotril;Klonopin)
-clorazepate(Tranxene)
-diazepam(Valium)
-lorazepam(Ativan; Temesta; Tavor)
-oxazepam(Serax; Serepax)
-prazepam(Centrax; Lysanxia)

+Nonbenzodiazepine
-zolpidem(Ambien)
-alpidem
-saripidem
-necopidem
-Pyrazolopyrimidines
-zaleplon(Sonata)
-indiplon
-ocinaplon
-Cyclopyrrolones
-eszopiclone(Lunesta)
-zopiclone(Imovane)
-pagoclone
-suriclone
-pazinaclone
-suproclone

+Others
-Alcohol
-Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid(GHB)
-Gamma-Butyrolactone(GBL)
-Kava(Kava Kava)
-Barbiturates

*Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor(SSRI)
-citalopram(Celexa, Cipramil, Emocal, Sepram, Seropram)
-dapoxetine
-escitalopram(Lexapro, Cipralex, Esertia)
-fluoxetine(Prozac, Fontex, Seromex, Seronil, Sarafem, Fluctin (EUR), Fluox (NZ))
-fluvoxamine(Luvox, Faverin, Dumyrox)
-paroxetine(Paxil, Seroxat, Aropax, Deroxat, Rexetin, Xetanor, Paroxat)
-sertraline(Zoloft, Lustral, Serlain)
-zimelidine(Zelmid, Normud)

*Selective serotonin reuptake enhancer(SSRE)
-Tianeptine(INN)(Stablon, Coaxil, Tatinol)

*Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor(SNRI)
-venlafaxine(Effexor XR, Effexor)
-desvenlafaxine(Pristiq)
-sibutramine(Meridia, Reductil)
-nefazodone(Serzone)
-milnacipran(Dalcipran/ Portugal; Ixel/ France)
-desipramine(Norpramine, Pertofraneis)
-duloxetine(Cymbalta)
-bicifadine

*Monoamine oxidase inhibitor(MAOI)
-Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
-Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix, Moclodura)
-Phenelzine(Nardil)
-Tranylcypromine (Parnate contents 5 mg, Jatrosom contents 10 mg)
-Selegiline(Selegiline, Eldepryl, Emsam)
-Rasagiline(Azilect)
-Nialamide
-Iproniazid(Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida)
-Iproclozide
-Toloxatone
-Linezolid(Zyvox, Zyvoxid)
-Dienolide kavapyrone desmethoxyyangonin (MAOI-B)
-Dextroamphetamine

*Tricyclic Antidepressant(TCA)
-amitriptyline & butriptyline(Elavil, Endep, Tryptanol, Trepiline, Amyzol)
-amoxapine(Asendin, Asendis, Defanyl, Demolox, Moxadil)
-clomipramine(Anafranil)
-desipramine(Norpramin, Pertofrane)
-dosulepin hydrochloride(dothiepin hydrochloride)(Prothiaden, Thaden)
-doxepin(Adapin, Sinequan)
-imipramine & dibenzepin(Tofranil, Janimine)
-iprindole
-lofepramine(Gamanil)
-nortriptyline(Aventyl, Pamelor)
-opipramol(Opipramol-neuraxpharm, Insidon)
-protriptyline(Vivactil, Rhotrimine)
-trimipramine(Surmontil)

*Tetracyclic antidepressant
-Trazodone

*Dopamine reuptake inhibitor
-Amineptine(Maneon, Survector)
-Bupropion(Wellbutrin SL, Wellbutrin XR, Zyban)
-Cocaine(an alkaloid)
-CFT(WIN-35428)
-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone(MDPV)
-Methamphetamine(Desoxyn)
-Methylphenidate(Ritalin SL, Rubifen, Concerta)
-Phenmetrazine(Preludin)
-Troparil(CPT)
-Vanoxerine(GBR-12909)

*Serotonin receptor agonist
+Empathogen-Entactogen
-Alpha-ethyltryptamine(AET)
-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine(MDMA/Ecstasy)
-3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine(MDA/Tenamfetamine)
-3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine(MDE/MDEA)
-3,4-methylenedioxy-alpha-ethyl-N-methylphenethylamine(MBDB)
-methylone(bk-MDMA, MDMCat)
-butylone(bk-MBDB)
-3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine(MMDA)
-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine(Mescaline)
-3-methoxy-4,5-methylendioxyphenethylamine(Lophophine, homomyristicylamine)
+Others
-Buspirone(Ansial, Ansiced, Anxiron, Axoren, Bespar, BuSpar, Buspimen, Buspinol, Buspisal, Narol, Spitomin, Sorbon)

*Antihistamine
-Hydroxyzine

*Herbal/supplement
-Valerian
-German Chamomile
-Blue lotus
-Sceletium tortuosum
-Bacopa monnieri
-L-Theanine
-St. John's Wort
-Fish oil
-Multivitamin
-Calcium/magnesium/zinc
-Sulfur
-5-HTP (5-hydroxytryptamine)
-tryptan (tryptophan)
-Tobacco

*Beta blockers
-Propranolol(Inderal, Inderal LA, Avlocardyl, Avlocardyl, Deralin, Dociton, Inderalici, InnoPran XL, Sumial)

*Anticonvulsant
-carbamazepine(Tegretol)
-clobazam(Frisium)
-clonazepam(Klonopin/Rivotril)
-diazepam(Valium)
-divalproex sodium(Depakote)
-ethosuximide(Zarontin)
-ethotoin(Peganone)
-felbamate(Felbatol)
-fosphenytoin(Cerebyx)
-gabapentin(Neurontin)
-lamotrigine(Lamictal)
-levetiracetam(Keppra)
-mephenytoin(Mesantoin)
-metharbital(Gemonil)
-methsuximide(Celontin)
-methazolamide(Neptazane)
-oxcarbazepine(Trileptal)
-phenobarbital
-phenytoin(Dilantin/Epanutin)
-phensuximide(Milontin)
-pregabalin(Lyrica)
-primidone(Mysoline)
-sodium valproate(Epilim)
-stiripentol(Diacomit)
-tiagabine(Gabitril)
-topiramate(Topamax)
-trimethadione(Tridione)
-valproic acid(Depakene/Convulex)
-vigabatrin(Sabril)
-zonisamide(Zonegran)

*Antipsychotic
+1st gen.
Butyrophenones
-Haloperidol(Haldol)

Phenothiazines
-Chlorpromazine(Thorazine)
-Fluphenazine (Prolixin)-Perphenazine(Trilafon)
-Prochlorperazine(Compazine)
-Thioridazine(Mellaril)
-Trifluoperazine(Stelazine)
-Mesoridazine
-Promazine
-Triflupromazine(Vesprin)
-Levomepromazine(Nozinan)
-Promethazine(Phenergan)

Thioxanthenes
-Chlorprothixene
-Flupenthixol(Depixol and Fluanxol)
-Thiothixene(Navane)
-Zuclopenthixol(Clopixol and Acuphase)

+2nd gen.
-Clozapine(Clozaril)
-Olanzapine(Zyprexa)
-Risperidone(Risperdal)
-Quetiapine (Seroquel)
-Ziprasidone(Geodon)
-Amisulpride(Solian)
-Dopamine partial agonists:
-Under clinical development - Bifeprunox; norclozapine (ACP-104).

+3rd gen.
-Aripiprazole(Abilify)

*Opioid
-Oxymorphone(Opana, Numorphan, Numorphone)
-Hydrocodone(dihydrocodeinone)
-oxycodone
-morphine
-heroin(diacetylmorphine)

*Meprobamate(Miltown, Equanil, and Meprospan)

*Hormones
-Oxytocin

*Nootropic
-Phenibut
-Piracetam(Nootropil, Qropi, Myocalm, Dinagen, Synaptine)

*Alpha-2 adrenergic agonist
-Clonidine(Catapres)

*NMDA receptor antagonist
-Dextromethorphan (DXM)

*?
-modafinil(Provigil)
-adrafinil
-Adderall XR(levo/dextro-amphetamine mixture)
-Dexedrine(dextroamphetamine)
 
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#2 ·
So far I've tried:
Xanax, Xanax XR, Klonopin, Ativan, Valium, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Zyprexa(I have no idea why I was given this). Meds in bold were effective.
 
#3 ·
akstylish said:
*Monoamine oxidase inhibitor(MAOI)
-Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
-Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix, Moclodura)
-Phenelzine (Nardil)
-Tranylcypromine (Parnate contents 5 mg, Jatrosom contents 10 mg)
-Selegiline (Selegiline, Eldepryl), and Emsam
-Rasagiline (Azilect)
-Nialamide
-Iproniazid (Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida)
-Iproclozide
-Toloxatone
-Linezolid (Zyvox, Zyvoxid)
-Dienolide kavapyrone desmethoxyyangonin (MAOI-B)
-Dextroamphetamine
Dextroamphetamine isn't an MAOI. As the name suggests, it's an amphetamine and is one of the drugs you're not supposed to take with MAOIs.
 
#4 ·
theres only about a half dozen of those benzos Id consider useful in the treament of SA.
 
#5 ·
UltraShy said:
akstylish said:
*Monoamine oxidase inhibitor(MAOI)
-Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
-Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix, Moclodura)
-Phenelzine (Nardil)
-Tranylcypromine (Parnate contents 5 mg, Jatrosom contents 10 mg)
-Selegiline (Selegiline, Eldepryl), and Emsam
-Rasagiline (Azilect)
-Nialamide
-Iproniazid (Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida)
-Iproclozide
-Toloxatone
-Linezolid (Zyvox, Zyvoxid)
-Dienolide kavapyrone desmethoxyyangonin (MAOI-B)
-Dextroamphetamine
Dextroamphetamine isn't an MAOI. As the name suggests, it's an amphetamine and is one of the drugs you're not supposed to take with MAOIs.
This is splitting hairs, I know, but amphetamines have noted slight yet fairly certain MAO inhibitive properties during metabolism. My guess for the reasoning behind this is because amphetamines and actual MAOIs (Nardil and Parnate, at least) are a few atoms away from being exactly the same chemical compounds. Maybe just as MAOIs are known to have amphetamine metabolites, amphetamines could have MAOI metabolites (which sounds strange, I know, but it makes sense in a weird sort of way).
 
#6 ·
Added antipsychotic. When I was prescibed Zyprexa by one of my psychologists, I thought she was ignorant. But then another psychologist recommended Seroquel, so I guess antipsychotics are actually prescribed for social anxiety.
 
#7 ·
Korey what's the blood vessel in your avatar?

I have read of promising new anxiolytics currently in development. I will post them here when I get a chance. Hopefully, it should be useful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipiplon

Adipiplon (NG2-73) is an anxiolytic drug developed by Neurogen Corporation. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.

Adipiplon is a subtype selective GABAA partial agonist, which binds preferentially to the ?3 subtype. This is significant as while several previous nonbenzodiazepine drugs have been developed that are selective for ?2/3 over the other subtypes, adipiplon is one of the first drugs selected for clinical development which is able to discriminate between ?2 and ?3, as well as showing little affinity for the ?1 or ?5 subtypes - alpidem is selective for ?3 over ?2, but still has moderate affinity to ?1, whereas adipiplon is highly ?3-selective with little affinity for either ?1, ?2 or ?5.

Adipiplon is being researched as a potential medication for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia, and is currently (as of 2008) in Phase IIb trials.[1][2][3]

CGS-9896 is an anxiolytic drug used in scientific research. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.[1]

CGS-9896 is a benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist, which produces long-lasting anxiolytic and anticonvulsant effects in animal studies, but does not produce sedative effects.[2][3] It also increases appetite,[4] and reduces the development of gastrointestinal ulcers following chronic stress.[5]

CGS-20625 is an anxiolytic drug used in scientific research. It has similar effects to, and binds to the same target as benzodiazepine drugs,[1] but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.[2][3]

CGS-20625 produces anxiolytic and anticonvulsant effects, but with no sedative effects even at high doses, and no significant muscle relaxant effects.[4] It is orally active in humans, but with relatively low bioavailability.[5]

Etifoxine (or etafenoxine) is an anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug.[1] It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.[2] It is more effective than lorazepam as an anxiolytic, but has less side effects.[3]

Unlike benzodiazepines, etifoxine appears to produce its anxiolytic effects by binding to ?2 and ?3 subunits of the GABAA receptor complex, and so is acting at a different target site to benzodiazepines, although the physiological effect that is produced is similar to that of benzodiazepines.[4] This difference in binding means that etifoxine can be used alongside benzodiazepines to potentiate their effects without competing for binding sites,[5] however it also means that the effects of etifoxine are not reversed by the benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil.[6]

Pagoclone is an anxiolytic drug from the cyclopyrrolone family, which is related to other more well known drugs such as the sleeping medication zopiclone. It is one of a relatively recently developed class of medicines known as the nonbenzodiazepines, which have similar effects to the older benzodiazepine group, but with quite different chemical structures.

Pagoclone was originally developed as an anti-anxiety drug, but never commercialised. It is a partial agonist acting at GABAA receptors in the brain. In contrast to zopiclone, pagoclone produces anxiolytic effects with little or no sedative or amnestic actions at low doses.[1] ..............

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#8 ·
Thanks for a helpful post -_-

I see you edited your post.
 
#11 ·
Noca said:
For a second there I thought you tried all those meds lol.
I wish I did.
Why not tell us which ones you have tried and which were effective?
 
#12 ·
so far ive tried... take a deep breath!

Ativan - great first time, after that I never got an adequate dose.
Klonopin - Best drug ive tried for SA
Xanax - Only had a small dose, didnt notice any changes
Valium - only had a small dose, didnt notice any changes
Prozac - worked okay for depression, sucked for SA
Lexapro - Worked okay for depression and okay for SA then it crapped out
Paxil - Worked great for SA and sucked for depression
Cymbalta - Works okay for depression, little for SA
Zyprexa - Works great for my appetite stimulant, does nothing else
Seroquel - worked great for a sleep aid for 2 months then pooped out
Wellbutrin SR - worked okay as an augment for depression, did nothing else
Wellbutrin XL - unknown effects
Ritalin SR - Works awesome for depression and SA
Adderall XR - Works great for depression and SA
Dexedrine - Did nothing, was a sugar pill
Concerta - Was great for my depression, nothing for SA
Gabapentin - Did nothing but make me drowsy
Lyrica - Did little for my pain and nothing else
Trazodone - worked for 2 weeks as a sleep aid, worked okay for depression as an augment
Metoclopramide - works uniquely to combat nausea
Prochloazine - works okay for nausea
Zofran - Works AMAZING for nausea
Hydromorphone - Works great for breakthru pain with minimal side effects
Hydromorph-contin - Works great for breakthru pain with minimal side effects
Morphine(Statex) - Sucked, too many side effects
MS-contin - same as above
Percocet - pills too big to swallow most of the time
Oxycontin - Worked AWESOME for depression, okay for pain and did nothing for anxiety
Codeine Contin - worked great for depression and anxiety, worked okay for pain
Fentanyl - Worked AMAZING for my pain, too many side effects
Celebrex - Works okay for inflammation
Depakene - cured my epilepsy
Nexium - conquers my heartburn
Pariet - unknown effects
Starnoc - sugar pill
Zopiclone - AMAZING sleep aid for 6 months then it pooped out
Naproxen - unknown effects on pain or headaches
Tramadol - good for headaches
Tylenol 1 - sucks for pain
Tylenol 2 - sucks for pain
Tylenol 3 - sucks for pain
Dicetel - gave me more stomach problems than i had to begin with
Atovent - stops nose from running
Symbicort - helps asthma but gave adverse drug reactions(hallucinations)
Pulmicort - worked good for asthma

the rest I cant remember or are OTC meds.
 
#14 ·
I meant just the SA meds so I can update the list.
 
#16 ·
akstylish said:
Added antipsychotic. When I was prescibed Zyprexa by one of my psychologists, I thought she was ignorant. But then another psychologist recommended Seroquel, so I guess antipsychotics are actually prescribed for social anxiety.
Using antipsychotics for SA is f***ing stupid. They are only justified for patients who are psychotic or to treat bipolar mania. They're used in SA by doctors who are sissy little p***ies too afraid to prescribe a controlled substance (benzos). They're part of the "anything but a benzo program" in which a doc throws every drug in the whole damn pharmacy at an anxiety patient before daring to try the most likely to work choice: a benzo!
 
#54 ·
What he said
Its like taking Gabitril for psychosis. Gabitril is a strong anti epileptic drug so by using it for psychosis it would not make anything better, in fact the side effects may be pretty bad, like antipsychotics are for SA. there is no way that seroquel and all the other antipsychotic drugs work for social anxiety, anxiety or even depression, they make you feel groggy, dazed and hungry ALL THE TIME and you are unable to get out of bed because they knock you out.

It pisses me off when doctors prescribe these lethal drugs to people with any type of anxiety or even depression because they are not a stimulant, if anything they make you more depressed due to the increased lethargy and sleeping, oh and the weight gain which comes from lying around eating, that is basically all you can do, you cannot seriously work or function on a moderate dose of haldol or Seroquel, i have tried and i almost fainted.
 
#17 ·
AdrianG said:
Korey what's the blood vessel in your avatar?
I'm not sure. I found that picture on Google and I thought it looked neat. It's not an image of my brain. I think I was searching for information about aneurysms ( :eek ) when I came across it.
 
#18 ·
UltraShy said:
akstylish said:
Added antipsychotic. When I was prescibed Zyprexa by one of my psychologists, I thought she was ignorant. But then another psychologist recommended Seroquel, so I guess antipsychotics are actually prescribed for social anxiety.
Using antipsychotics for SA is f***ing stupid. They are only justified for patients who are psychotic or to treat bipolar mania. They're used in SA by doctors who are sissy little p***ies too afraid to prescribe a controlled substance (benzos). They're part of the "anything but a benzo program" in which a doc throws every drug in the whole damn pharmacy at an anxiety patient before daring to try the most likely to work choice: a benzo!
I thought antipsychotics were more dangerous though. I went to a neurologist for twtichy neck and she told me to stop taking Zyprexa immediately. And both psychologists prescribed me benzos before an antipsychotic.
 
#19 ·
akstylish said:
I thought antipsychotics were more dangerous though. I went to a neurologist for twtichy neck and she told me to stop taking Zyprexa immediately. And both psychologists prescribed me benzos before an antipsychotic.
Zyprexa is infamous for causing weight gain. In fact, it's so effective at this that Noca takes Zyprexa exclusively to help him gain weight. Other than Marinol (pot in a pill) I doubt there is any other drug that could come close to the weight gain caused by Zyprexa.

I gained 25# in 6 weeks on Zyprexa (about 10% from my already obese 246 start). I thought that was stunning till a female SAS member reported a 40# gain within months -- and her weight started not much over 100 pounds, so a truly stunning gain in percentage terms.

Zyprexa is also know to increase the risk of diabetes (more so than can be accounted for be the extra risk patients get from the weight gain so typical of this drug).

As for twitching, the old anti-psychotics can cause tardive diskenesia (sp?), which is uncontrolled twitching & movements that never go away even after the drug is stopped. This is why such drugs are only given to the truly psychotic where the risk of a twitch might be acceptable if the drug helps bring you back to reality and stop having delusions that your dog is talking to you and warning you to kill the neighbor who's really a CIA agent out to kill you.

The TD warning is put on the newer antipsychotics as well, presumably to provide legal cover to the drug makers just in case they ever happened to cause the same problem, though I've never heard of the newer ones causing TD.
 
#20 ·
I've heard of people starting to get twitchy on the newer antipsychs.. me included.. but not full blown TD. Who knows whether they don't cause it or if drs are just more aware of it so get people off the meds quick enough. but yea.. antipsychs for sa = total madness.
 
#21 ·
The only medications that have helped me with SA are benzos (in particular Klonopin), Nardil, and Phenibut (in that order). I would even throw L-Theanine in there as a close fourth.

Unfortunately, I've become tolerant more or less to the first three, so I see no reason to keep increasing the dosage and/or taking many various meds at a time. I am languishing here because of this, but would I be better off if I was on 100 meds for a dollar a day? Without naming names, I know a few people here are on many meds, even as much as a dozen or more, with disability paying most of the costs, and believe me, it's going to come to bite those people in the future. There's a right way, and a wrong way of taking meds, but a dozen or more is the wrong way. The reason being is that the abudance of extra neurotransmitters being constantly attached to synaptic nerve receptors cause the brain to become accustomed to it over time, even if it isn't obvious to the person on the surface. When people get older, and they keep relying on those same meds, they're going to be in for one hell of a future if they ever have to come off them, particularly if they're unable to even become independent in life now being on all those meds.

You just have love doctors who hand out any and all medications like candy because such publicly-financed healthcare systems pay psychiatrists or GPs for doing that. Some people may see it as compassionate, but I see otherwise.

With that said, I do work when I'm able to, and I do pay for all my klonopin and supplements - I refuse to let anybody else pay for them out of self-respect, and the fact that it would be unfair to my relatives or the system. As disabled as I feel, I'll be ****ed if I ever have part of my income financing other people's meds if they're not even making any decent effort to improve, and just living life fat, dumb and happy; not to mention going across state lines to meet up with teenage girls.
 
#22 ·
Uhm, I was prescribed Seroquel years after I had been on a benzo. I still take Klonopin and before bed I take Seroquel. The Seroquel definitely helps me sleep with less anxiety (less bruxism). At "homeopathic" doses, some APs are quite effective in managing anxiety.
 
#23 ·
danielk said:
The Seroquel definitely helps me sleep with less anxiety (less bruxism). At "homeopathic" doses, some APs are quite effective in managing anxiety.
Does it work during the day though? I'm not sure if it should be listed as effective for SA.
 
#24 ·
Noca :nw

Thats one ****en kick *** meds post. It reminds me of my "therapy types Ive tried" post .. :D

I tried Effexor XR and it always worked for me. Tried it on and off for a few years and I think it started to poop though.

I was weird. Overall I always felt slightly 'jumpy', but I found no anxiety in social situs. It was cool.

Ross
 
#25 ·
akstylish said:
danielk said:
The Seroquel definitely helps me sleep with less anxiety (less bruxism). At "homeopathic" doses, some APs are quite effective in managing anxiety.
Does it work during the day though? I'm not sure if it should be listed as effective for SA.
I know that I wouldn't fare too well during the day having had a nasty night's sleep! ;) I had to use it during the day once during a hypomanic stretch; no psychosis or anything, just an unmanageable amount of anxiety.

As I said, though, it is becoming more common to use atypical APs for managing anxiety overall - any type of anxiety. It can be used PRN but, to that end, it'll knock you on your butt. I think it should be on the list as at least some appear to be being prescribed it for SAD.

Whether or not any particular med is "effective" is really quite subjective in psychiatry. I wish it weren't so, but it is. There are so many variables involved that I don't think any single list is going to contain the right list/possible combo of meds for consumers. What works for some won't work for all. As has been the acronym for this phenomenon as long as Usenet has been around - YMMV!
 
#26 ·
yeah_yeah_yeah said:
Noca :nw

Thats one ****en kick *** meds post. It reminds me of my "therapy types Ive tried" post .. :D

I tried Effexor XR and it always worked for me. Tried it on and off for a few years and I think it started to poop though.

I was weird. Overall I always felt slightly 'jumpy', but I found no anxiety in social situs. It was cool.

Ross
heh yeah 45 meds :)
 
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