Posted by Grace on October 18, 2002, at 16:33:01
In reply to Re: Benzodiazapines vs. AD's for anxiety disorder » cody, posted by Alan on October 18, 2002, at 16:10:07
I am diagnosed with panic/anxiety disorder and mild
depression (mostly because of the effect the panic/
anxiety has had on my life).I have tried MANY different meds and am currently taking:
30 mg celexa (at night)
.5 mg 2x day klonopin
10 mg claritin (for sexual side effects)my doctor recently added the claritin to my meds
because of the sexual side effect problem, which
nothing else fixed (buspar, ginko, wellbutrin, etc.).
She had a study that another doctor had done with his
own practice of 9 patients on SSRI's and sexual side
effects. Of those 9, 7 reported their sexual s/e went
away with the claritin and 2 had some improvement.
I figured it was worth a try and amazingly it has
had some effect.I now have some desire for sex (which was non-existent before)
and am able to orgasm without it taking 2 hours and more work
than it was worth. I figure I'm a tough case, so maybe you
can bring this up with your docs.Also, I've just been switched today to Lexapro because of
being very sleepy for the whole time I've been on Celexa.
I'm starting out with 10mg (anytime) and moving up to
15....we'll see.
poster:Grace
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