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Originally Posted by newtus
the only thing that halts my panic/anxiety right now is xanax. but i feel the dosing hasnt been right to begin with. 1 pill which is .5 barely takes away my anxiety. so i need two pills. im supposed to take 4 pills a day. i guess im just scared ill run out.
im even more scared to ask for a change in dosage for fear they will take it away from me like they lowered my ambien and took away my trazodone for no absolutely no reason. i told them the ambien was working with no side effects.
yet im still on haldol and ive told them about all the side effects im having and they havent taken it away nor changed it to something else or the dosage. actually raising it.
anyway my anxiety is really severe. prob just as severe as my psychosis. prob.
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Newtus-
I think Lexapro is an AP. Buspar is supposed to be primarily for anxiety. Trazadone is technically an antidepressant but also seems to help with sleep.
My daughter has bipolar and she can't take most antidepressants. For some reason they cause people with bipolar to go manic. There are anti-epileptic medications that also work as mood stabilizers. Since my daughter can't take antidepressants, she takes Lamictal. I also take Lamictal - it was the best med I ever tried for my own depression. But there are other anti-epileptics that are also used off-label for mood stabilizing. Maybe ask them about that?