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Can I Take An Extra Dose Of Adderall For Panic Attack?

I have suffered from severe agoraphobia since I was 17. I am adhd and take adderall. I have PTSD which caused the agoraphobia to go out of remission and return , now I take 8 mg klonopin, 60 mg adderall, 600 mg seroquel. I am physically extremely healthy, my blood pressure is low, it s now 100/80. I was having severe panic to the point of things looking unreal, I was terrified to get off my bed, my brain was going a mile a minute. Out of desperation I took an extra 20 mg adderall, it worked so well I forgot my 4 mg nightly klonopin, and only needed half my dose of seroquel, I tried it the next day with same results, I m afraid to tell my psychiastrists, what do you think I should do
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Hi, thanks for the query. Brief answer NO. Detailed answer, adderall (mixture of amphetamine & dextroamphetamine) is not going to help you for symptoms of panic & agoraphobia. Usually panic attacks by definition are episodes of severe anxiety which occur rapidly & decrease in intensity over few minutes. Hence there is a possibility that your panic episode most probably subsided by itself & not due to extra dose of adderall. You can consult your doctor for other effective anxiolytic drugs like etizolam (for sos use); buspirone, trazodone, opipramol etc. along with certain relaxation techniques viz autogenic relaxation teaching, behavior modification techniques like exposure & response prevention etc. Good Luck
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Can I Take An Extra Dose Of Adderall For Panic Attack?

Hi, thanks for the query. Brief answer NO. Detailed answer, adderall (mixture of amphetamine & dextroamphetamine) is not going to help you for symptoms of panic & agoraphobia. Usually panic attacks by definition are episodes of severe anxiety which occur rapidly & decrease in intensity over few minutes. Hence there is a possibility that your panic episode most probably subsided by itself & not due to extra dose of adderall. You can consult your doctor for other effective anxiolytic drugs like etizolam (for sos use); buspirone, trazodone, opipramol etc. along with certain relaxation techniques viz autogenic relaxation teaching, behavior modification techniques like exposure & response prevention etc. Good Luck