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Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety?
      09/26/03 08:53 AM

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Are you treated by a psyciatrist or a general physician?




I'm treated by a psychiatrist and/or the clinician at the psychiatric place I go to. But if they continue giving me SSRI's then I'll take neonsign's advice and just go to another psychiatrist. Since they put me in a "med group" I've been growing more and more weary of that place. Considering that they know I have social anxiety I have no idea why the hell they put me there. Having me sit in a cramped room with 10-12 people and having my appointment in front of them all doesn't exactly do me any good.

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I know a few people who have had good luck with Remeron, but personally I think it is too insanely sedating.




They recently gave me remeron and you're definitely right about it being insanely sedating. Once I woke up from a 8+ hour sleep, took 15mg of remeron, and then within 15 minutes felt as though I hadn't slept for about a day. I had to keep walking in order not to fall asleep but eventually I gave in. When I woke up about 6 hours later, I wasn't tired initially. But then after about an hour I started getting tired again.

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Effexor XR in the AM and Rivotril/Clonazepam/Klonopin in the evening are a very effective combination for me. Don't think Effexor without the Klonopin would be effective, as Effexor can wind you up pretty tight.




I used to take Effexor. Out of all the SSRI's I ever took it was the best (even though technically Effexor is not a SSRI but a SNRI). It slightly-moderately chipped away at my anxiety every time I increased the dose (and then stop working). But eventually it stopped working completely for me. That's when I tried to go off of it and went through one of the worst withdrawals of my life (and I was tapering, mind you). I've had more pleasant opiate withdrawals...

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* Ativan - Lorazepam nihil 09/23/03 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? Reel_X_4U   09/25/03 08:10 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? Trampy   09/24/03 08:13 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? drewsmerdel   09/24/03 07:57 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? nihil   09/25/03 03:19 AM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? neonsign2003   09/25/03 07:53 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? stevesmith   11/01/04 01:21 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? voyager   11/01/04 02:14 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? svene83   03/06/05 07:17 AM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? kentuckyboi   03/10/05 10:14 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? pescado1   09/25/03 07:31 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? nihil   09/26/03 08:53 AM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? nihil   10/15/03 09:31 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? neonsign2003   10/15/03 09:47 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? nihil   10/15/03 11:07 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? Opie_Yates   10/16/03 10:37 AM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? Skylark   10/16/03 01:22 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? keystone   05/28/04 02:03 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? bill2002   10/16/03 08:07 AM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? plotinus   09/25/03 08:44 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? prettyday   10/15/03 10:19 PM
. * * Re: Lorazepam (Ativan) for Social Anxiety? pescado1   09/24/03 07:39 PM

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