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I have General Anxiety Disorder with Panic Disorder and a family history of BPII.
Last before last doc wanted me on Tegretol for BPII.
New pdoc wants me on a very low dose of xanax (0.25mg 4x per day if needed similar to xanax xr) and I'm freaked out. He says that since I don't experience the major depressive episodes, it may actually not be BPII but just the GAD but acknowledges my family history of it (and thus won't prescribe ADs).
If someone had cyclothymia or BPII without depressions, do you think the xanax would solve the entire anxiety and mood problem? I'd rather not have something in my system continuously 24/7 as I take other meds (diuretics, anti-inflammatories).
Re: safety
There are risks to benzos I'm aware and I've never used drugs (or even drank alcohol). But the mood stabilizers are not innocent either. Are there any BPIIs with GAD that just take benzos and nothing else to function?
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Bipolar & Partial Complex Seizures - Psychotic Features - Olfactory, Visual, Tactile
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
PTSD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
ADHD
Neurontin 1200mg
Lamictal 300mg XR
Klonopin 1mg
Tenex 2mg
Folic Acid 2mg
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Last edited by HolisticGal; Nov 23, 2014 at 12:59 AM.
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