Posted by DoYouKnowHim? on October 9, 2003, at 11:17:07
In reply to Re: Adderall Anxiety, posted by Robert Fairburn on October 9, 2003, at 3:07:52
OK, here goes:
I have been dealing with anxiety since 1997. It started with some worries over some minor health problems, which then sort of pushed out other anxieties I had been dealing with throughout my life. I'm 33.
I have never had a panic attack, but I am in a constant rush of anxiety 24/7. The feeling I can equate it to is ... walking through a haunted house and knowing something is about to jump out and scare you but you don't know from where. My mind races 100 mph while my body goes 1 mph. It's an overdose of adrenaline rush. Heck, I don't even remember what I fear anymore. I fear fear. It's like an auto-body response.
I have tried about everything ... Prozac (made me climb walls), Paxil (made me hungry), Zoloft (nothing), something that starts with an S (made me sleepy) and Effexor (gave me a little too much energy). I have just about always been taking 1mg/Klonopin and 300mg/Nuerontin along with the above.
Nothing really ever put a dent into the anxiety. My friend, who is a Christian counselor and knows me very well, said he had been thinking about my personality traits for a while and told me to talk to my pdoc about Adderall. My pdoc was very hesitant, but I insisted on trying.
I started off on 10mg, along with the Klonopin and Nuerontin. I didn't feel an immediate effect but after a couple of days realized I hadn't been feeling as much anxiety around the clock. I have gone up to 30 over the last month. I don't feel as good as when I initially started taking the Adderall; it seems like it has lost a little bit of its edge. But I definitely still feel better than when I wasn't taking it. So I view it as part of the solution, but not the entire solution.
I am very interested in hearing any and all feedback on this. So please post back. Thanks, Michael
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