Klonopin is the most effective anti anxiety med I've taken. Antidepressants never helped, they made it worse. Propranolol helps me a LOT with my anxiety about driving, before I started taking it I would have a lot of panic attacks while driving. Perphenazine is the other one I take, and it helps too. It's a typical antipsychotic but at low doses it helps anxiety, it's a pretty good medication but I don't think it's used very often anymore because psychiatrists are pressured into using new meds that cost more.
My cocktail of klonopin, perphenazine and propranolol works fairly well. I'm still anxious pretty much all of the time, but it's 90% better than it used to be, and I can function just fine even with a busy and socially taxing schedule (I prefer to be alone). On weekends I don't even need the klonopin, the propranolol and perphenazine is enough when I don't have to be social.
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Diagnoses: Bipolar I, GAD, binge eating disorder (or something), substance abuse, and ADHD.
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” ― Aristotle
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