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Can Adderall Be Used To Treat Panic Attacks?
I have bipolar disorder, a few anxiety disorders, panic attacks and chronic fatigue syndrome. The panic attacks come between the mania and depressed cycles. They last 4 to 6 weeks. Each day I have one, they last from 3 to 4 hours or the whole day. Sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night and find myself attached to the ceiling because the attack was there immediatly when I wake up. These 4 to 6 weeks happen 4 times a year. Recently I have noticed that Adderall makes them go away. I've only tried it the last couple of days so the trial is not very well documented. I will expierment again today because although it is only 6:30 am I am getting a panic attack. In your work do you use Adderall for pnic attacks?
Fri, 7 Nov 2014
Hi
I had gone through your query.
Aderall has limited use in depression or bipolar disorder.
It wont reduce anxiety or panic attack.
If you have bipolar depression with panic attack then medicines like SSRI will Be choice.
In SSRI peroxetine/sertraline/escitalopram will be useful ion panic attack and depression.
Anxiolytic like etizolam and clonzepam will help to reduce acute attack and it will be taken as and when require.
Consult psychiatrist and discuss about all this options.
Take medicine after proper consultation with a doctor.
Get well soon.
Still if you have query then feel free to ask me directly on http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vishal-garala/68046
Thank you.
I had gone through your query.
Aderall has limited use in depression or bipolar disorder.
It wont reduce anxiety or panic attack.
If you have bipolar depression with panic attack then medicines like SSRI will Be choice.
In SSRI peroxetine/sertraline/escitalopram will be useful ion panic attack and depression.
Anxiolytic like etizolam and clonzepam will help to reduce acute attack and it will be taken as and when require.
Consult psychiatrist and discuss about all this options.
Take medicine after proper consultation with a doctor.
Get well soon.
Still if you have query then feel free to ask me directly on http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vishal-garala/68046
Thank you.
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