Posted by KathrynLex on August 14, 2018, at 16:38:13
In reply to carbamazepine (tegretol) for social anxiety, posted by farshad on August 13, 2018, at 19:48:05
To me, one of the more amusing things about medications is that it's often developed for one thing, and then it turns out to work for other issues. I take Klonopin on a regular basis (right now I'm up to 1 mg 3x per day), and it started out as a medication to help with seizures. It does amazing things for anxiety, and I'm grateful for it.
Fun side note: Viagra was initially developed to lower blood pressure. Point being, there are lots of drugs out there that are created for one thing, but work for others too.
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