However, sometimes higher doses can be overstimulating and contribute to anxiety. I know it sounds paradoxical that the medicine being used to help anxiety can trigger it instead. This at least partially reflects many issues including the fact that while we have come a long way in psychiatry with psychotropic medicines, we still have a long way to go. In this class, the risk of discontinuation syndrome (aka SSRI withdrawal) will be greatest with paroxetine. For example, some people ...
In such cases, sometimes T3 can be added as an augmenting strategy and potentially more helpful. Some patients may also struggle with metabolizing folate into the biologically active form to cross the blood-brain barrier and in these cases, supplementing with l-methyl folate can be of help. Discuss any medication problems you are having with your doctor. Dr. Semenovskaya specializes in emergency medicine, and received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. She is currently the medical ...
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