Posted by dbc on June 7, 2008, at 18:37:46
In reply to Re: Any doctors in UK prescribe dexedrine?? » dbc, posted by Horned One on June 7, 2008, at 15:43:36
> Sounds like an awful lot of posters in the US are taking medication (particularly benzos) for social anxiety. I thought the craze for CBT was pretty much a UK thing - CBT is the preferred treatment for social anxiety and depression here,
>Im an exception not the rule. I dont take benzos for social anxiety i take them because im a neurotic mess of a human being with a panic disorder most doctors have never even heard of an agoraphobia. Social anxiety is the least of my worries.
Usually whats considered minor anxiety disorders in the US are treated with SSRIs and therapy in combination. This is everything from social anxiety to even major cases of GAD.
Some of the older doctors dont fall for the benzo hysteria so much and are more relaxed about their use because they have practical real life experience with the drugs. Theres a big movement right now in psychiatry in the US to move from benzos to this 2nd (more like 3rd) generation anti-psychotics because of their supposed safety. Seroquel is the drug of choice in this crap and i almost suspected a lot of this is perpetuated by drug companies because this Atypical are expensive as hell compared to a $5 bottle of generic valium (were talking hundreds for seroquel and its the cheapest).
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