Posted by jparsell82 on September 22, 2009, at 14:09:12
In reply to Re: Clondine - Good for anxiety?, posted by SLS on September 17, 2009, at 14:51:56
> > I also would ask your doctor about Guanfacine. They're both a2-adrenoreceptor antagonists, but Guanfacine is more selective and causes less side effects such as sedation. They've been compared in studies for ADHD. I listed a link for one below. Guanfacine's usually more effective.
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> > http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v21/n4/abs/1395372a.html
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> Does guanfacine have the same liability to produce depression as does clonodine?
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> - ScottI wonder that too Scott. I still haven't tried it yet. I just went to my GP and showed him that it's been approved for ADHD and he said he wouldn't prescribe it to me yet. He wrote it down and said he was going to ask his pharmacist about it. So, perhaps maybe next visit.
That is one thing I'm worried about though, I'd hate for it to be helpful for one thing yet cause depression for me... we'll see. There are some who get depressed on propranolol too.
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