Posted by SLS on October 11, 2010, at 7:16:54
In reply to This came out a while ago, somehow I missed it, posted by Michael Bell on October 9, 2010, at 18:45:35
> With respect to social anxiety:
> The question is, how to tailor medication to treat just the amygdala?
You might want to give gabapentin (Neurontin) a quick trial. Depending on how fast you titrate up in dosage, you should know within two weeks if it will be helpful. There is also tiagabine (Gabitril). Tiagabine is an unpredictable drug in that it can, in a minority of people, produce depression, anxiety, insomnia, and seizures. However, its property of GABA reuptake inhibition often yields a reduction in amygdala activity and an anxiolytic effect.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2708011/
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