Posted by worrier on March 26, 2003, at 17:53:22
>Have a couple of questions that I'm hoping someone out there mightbe able to help me with. Brief summary to avoid taking up to much time...Major problem has been panic disorder. Horrible experiences with SSRIs, especially paxil (ER visit, serotonin reaction, really bad). Since that episode I've been on xanax for both the old panic thing and now generalized anxiety that I never had before the paxil ordeal. The xanax helps, but I still have lots of physical symptoms of anxiety daily...panic attacks have decreased. Anyway, yesterday my pdoc suggested that I might want to consider remeron or straterra. I'm really gun-shy about new meds given what some have done in the past. The other option is to wait for extended release xanax. We're not going to change anything until after a visit to an endocrinologist next month, as recent blood work and 24 hr urine tests showed my cortisol levels to be pretty elevated (over twice normal). Well, anyway, guess this wasn't too brief after all...sorry. My actual question is has anyone tried either of these drugs in relation to panic/anxiety and if so what happened? Don't want to make things worse again. Thanks, worrier.
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