Posted by polarbear206 on April 18, 2007, at 14:24:11
In reply to Confused....Lihtium over Klon. for Social Anxiety?, posted by becksA on April 18, 2007, at 8:56:41
> I was on 14mg of Xanax XR, which didnt do a thing. I was so socially anxious I could not make friends at work, I'm sure I was perceived as quite the weirdo. I switched over to Klonopin, and finally 14mg of that daily seemed to do the trick, however I obviously had bad side effects. Horrible decision making, spending problems, etc. I have since gone on Lithium (1200mg) and am weaning off the Klonopin. I'm down to 3mg daily from 14mg only about 4-5 months ago! The best part is, my anxiety has remained the same as it was on Klonopin (almost nonexistent).
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> Has lithium ever been documented to help Social Anxiety or was I just going after the wrong problem? Confused....
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> ThanksSpending problems? HUM... Did your p-doc ever suspect and underlying bipolar disorder? You don't have to have full blown mania or hypomania to have a diagnosis of this. It can present as depression accompanied with anxiety, anger, psychomotor agitation, OCD, etc..
You did a good thing by getting off all of that Klonopin!! YIKES!!! Lithium is not only used for bipolar, it is prescribed for PMDD, unipolar depression, treatment resistant depression and son on.Polarbear
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