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Re: Klonopin efficacy in social phobia

Posted by tony_sa on November 19, 2003, at 21:01:19

In reply to Klonopin efficacy in social phobia » tony_sa, posted by zeugma on November 19, 2003, at 20:33:42


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> it's too soon to know about long-term side effects. Every med has side effects. I have gotten the impression that reduced motivation is as much a problem with long-term SSRI use as with the benzodiazepines. Depression seems to be a side effect peculiar to Klonopin, but I am on a highly effective antidepressant (nortriptyline), with depression mostly in remission.
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> All the studies I have seen suggest Klonopin is highly effective for social anxiety, and many here on this board have said the same.
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Thanks for your response!

Depression was something I never knew i had till a couple years into SA. Just a couple weeks ago the doctor announced to me, for the first time, i was clinically depressed. I believe that it is just a symptom of this debilitating SA but as he puts it, it becomes another disorder if depression sits in for too long.

So, obviously if i were going to pick or choose one disorder for another i would choose none. (As depression knocked me out of working for a while). But if there are anti-depressents that work alongside this SA pill, it might be the right companion. Thanks for the advice!


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