On 8 December 2006 Paul Okami wrote [snip]: >In the case of anxiety, my own impression (unlike the depression >stats, no back up data at my fingertips here) is that the best >that pharmacologists seem to have been able to offer is various >drugs that make you sleepy, something that many anxious people >look forward to.
Speaking anecdotally as someone who has experienced fairly severe episodes of anxiety (which is generally not clearly delineated from symptoms of depression), antidepressants I have been on in moderate doses have not made me noticeably sleepy. (Not enough, at any rate, to distinguish between any such effect and the tiredness associated with symptomatic disturbed sleep.) And assuming that they are to any degree efficacious (as I believe they have been in my case), the choice between sleepiness and moderate to acute anxiety is a no brainer. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org/ --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
