Psychology Issues and Debates

Anxiety Disorders List

Here you will first find a list of all the major medications and the problems they address. Then you will see each of the major problems (panic attacks, generalized anxiety, and so forth), with descriptions of the commonly recommended medications for that difficulty.

(I gratefully acknowledge James Ballenger, MD for his review of this section.)

BENZODIAZEPINES

• alprazolam (Xanax) panic, generalized anxiety, phobias, social anxiety, OCD
• clonazepam (Klonopin) panic, generalized anxiety, phobias, social anxiety
• diazepam (Valium) generalized anxiety, panic, phobias
• lorazepam (Ativan) generalized anxiety, panic, phobias
• oxazepam (Serax) generalized anxiety, phobias
• chlordiazepoxide (Librium) generalized anxiety, phobias

BETA BLOCKERS

• propranolol (Inderal) social anxiety
• atenolol (Tenormin) social anxiety

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS

• imipramine (Tofranil) panic, depression, generalized anxiety, PTSD
• desipramine (Norpramin, Pertofrane and others) panic, generalized anxiety, depression, PTSD
• nortriptyline (Aventyl or Pamelor) panic, generalized anxiety, depression, PTSD
• amitriptyline (Elavil) panic, generalized anxiety, depression, PTSD
• doxepin (Sinequan or Adapin) panic, depression
• clomipramine (Anafranil) panic, OCD, depression

OTHER ANTIDEPRESSANTS

• trazodone (Desyrel) depression, generalized anxiety

MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIs)

• phenelzine (Nardil) panic, OCD, social anxiety, depression, generalized anxiety, PTSD
• tranylcypromine (Parnate) panic, OCD, depression, generalized anxiety, PTSD

SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRIs)

• fluoxetine (Prozac) OCD, depression, panic, social anxiety, PTSD, generalized anxiety
• fluvoxamine (Luvox) OCD, depression, panic, social anxiety, PTSD, generalized anxiety
• sertraline (Zoloft) OCD, depression, panic, social anxiety, PTSD, generalized anxiety
• paroxetine (Paxil) OCD, depression, panic, social anxiety, PTSD, generalized anxiety
• escitalopram oxalate (Lexapro) OCD, panic, depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD, generalized anxiety
• citalopram (Celexa) depression, OCD, panic, PTSD, generalized anxiety

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