I'm not sure that one should discount a med purely because it is classed as an anti-psychotic. At lower doses they are known as mood stabilisers and can aid with unpleasant levels of anxiety. I'm on a low dose of risperidone and have found it great., with no flattening, just greater stability.
Obviously things still need to be worked on in therapy, but it allows me to be funtional enough to get to therapy and to engage with it.
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