SNY MEDS THAT CAN BE ADDED TO ZOLOFT FOR PANIC ATTACKS?

[sara621]

I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY MEDS THAT CAN BE ADDED TO ZOLOFT TO HELP WITH PANIC ATTACKS? I HAVE BEEN ON ZOLOFT FOR A YEAR AND IT IS NOT HELPING WITH THE ATTACKS I HAVE THEM WHILE DRIVING AND BEING IN A CAR ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR NO MEDS HAVE HELPED IVE BEEN ON EFFEXOR,PROZAC,PAXIL. IWHEN I WAS ON PROZAC THAT IS WHEN IT HAPPENED NO CLUE WHY I WONDERED IF MAYBE I WAS ALLERGIC AND THATS WHAT CAUSED IT I DONT KNOW NO DOCS SEEM TO KNOW.

[sara621]

thanks,my doc just put me on Toprol XL today for my heartrate and dizziness so we will see how that gioes

[Suboxer]

Benzodiazepines.

SSRIs, in many patients, CAUSE and EXACERBATE anxiety - they DO NOT ALLEVIATE IT. Wellbutrin is very likely to cause this effect as well; it is an anxiogenic drug, being an amphetamine derivative. Tricyclics are less likely to cause this, as some, such as Elavil, are generally sedating.*

*In my own case, tricyclics increased anxiety nearly as much as SSRIS - SSRIs put me through the roof. The worst anxiety and days of my life were on those devil drugs.

[Paxiled]

If a med isn't working at all, you don't augment it, you discontinue it and try another.  Only if a med is working but just not working well enough do you augment it.  If you got anxiety problems on Prozac, that's common with all antidepressants -- it might have been the wrong drug for you, or sometimes an antidepressant can push a person into an anxious state if it stimulates the person.  You more often see this with pure antidepressants such as wellbutrin, but it can happen with ssris.

[silverberg]

yes , but you need to ask your Dr. about which med is for you  or maybe you need to have your zoloft increased ask your dr. also.