AJ, about anti-anxiety

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Anti-anxiety drugs are not muscle-relaxers; they're a class of psychoactive

drugs whose primary effect is to chemically lessen anxiety. Some do have the

result of relaxing muscles -- but that's a side effect and not usual, and a

different drug should be tried under those circumstances. I've been aking

Buspar

for a couple of years now, and it's one of the best things to come out of my

EDS diagnosis. I had no idea my thought patterns and concerns weren't normal

until I discovered what it's like to NOT be anxious about every little thing --

and while Buspar is the single most expensive drug I take, it's the one I

wouldn't do without for the world. If I'm late with a dose, I can feel my

thoughts circling in smaller and smaller circles around worries and " what ifs " .

With

Buspar, I don't worry about being able to handle what happens to me.

Remember the study that showed a very large number of panic disorder patients

were also hypermobile? It's clear to me that not having my body behave is a

contributing factor -- but it's also clearly not the sole cause for me. It's

made living with EDS a LOT more manageable.

Mark