Posted by madison88 on September 30, 2002, at 21:21:26
In reply to Re: take a deep breath..., posted by cybercafe on September 30, 2002, at 11:51:05
paxil is my main drug for anxiety, but alone it wasn't enough. gabitril stopped the panic attakcs and helped me breath much easier. i can't compare paxil to gabitril, i don't know. i know the gabitril works overnight, and the paxil takes a few weeks, so it seems gabitril is better b/c it is easier to compare before to after, unlike paxil.
risperdal is the only antipsychotic i have tried. it is a favorite of my dr. i take it for OCD related thought races and circles. it helps keep my thoughts from getting tangled up. it helps me think through things before i act impulsively. i suppose it helped stabilize my mood just a little, but i was pretty hypomanic on the paxil, and from the zoloft before that. so i was put on gabitril at first just for mood stability. then my anxiety got a little out of control due to circumstances and so i uped the gabitril so it would work for anxiety. it has.
i am pretty stable where i am now. i have the freedom to take a liitle more risperdal from time to time if i think i need it.
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