clinic Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) Since i cant be on antidepressants. I would like to know if any antipsychotic helps anxiety and panic disorder ? My current benzo helps anxiety but has worsen my memory. I would like to reduce my benzo dose and maybe add a antipsychotic for anxiety. Literature suggests seroquel(quetiapine) helps with anxiety. You know any studies of antipsychotics for anxiety. I’m 99% certain clozapine has worsened my anxiety. But i fear if i stop clozapine and go to another antipsychotic I might relapse. I was doing fine on 100mg but when I went to 200mg clozapine, it has made my anxiety worse. [1][2] I take clozapine, paroxetine(not helping for panic), clobazam(helps for panic but worsens memory) [1] https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2c84/f4256c6602634dbab1e23942307f0ac0883d.pdf [2[ http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/381.full.pdf Edited September 1, 2019 by clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeremonyNewOrder Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 From my personal experience, I actually find antipsychotics to be better for anxiety than antidepressants. Can you tolerate increasing your clozapine to 250-300? I would say try that before adding another antipsychotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinic Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, CeremonyNewOrder said: From my personal experience, I actually find antipsychotics to be better for anxiety than antidepressants. Can you tolerate increasing your clozapine to 250-300? I would say try that before adding another antipsychotic. No, clozapine is the cause of my anxiety. I was doing fine on 100mg but when i went to 200mg my anxiety became worse. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2c84/f4256c6602634dbab1e23942307f0ac0883d.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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