Etifoxine

[Jay1]

Has anyone heard of, or tried, Etifoxine? It sounds promising in hppd treatment. No mention of addiction/tolerance building.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etifoxine

http://www.brupharm....s/title/stresam

[ludwig80]

Has anyone heard of, or tried, Etifoxine? It sounds promising in hppd treatment. No mention of addiction/tolerance building.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etifoxine

http://www.brupharm....s/title/stresam

Never heard of it either, but agreed, definitely seems compelling based on what I read. Nice find.

[Jay1]

I'll be trialing it in 2 weeks.... i'll report back.. fingers crossed

[balance]

Looks interesting, definatly let us know how it goes. Also interested in the anxiolytic benefits.

[Jay1]

I start yesterday.. 3 x 50mg per day. No noticable signs of visual change but felt no anxiety and less dp/dr yesterday (although I don't suffer too badly from anxiety anymore).... I'll keep you posted.

[balance]

Thanks for the update, the no anxiety and less dp/dr sound very good to me. Are the side effects simalir to benzos, for example the sedation, making you loopy and wrecking your memory? If this drug seems good I would like to try it rather than keppra once I get off the clonzepam as the anxiolytic benefits are very appealing.

[Jay1]

It seems very weak to me.... a little less anxiety and dp/dr. I might try upping the dose this week.

From what I have read, there is no tolerance/addiction, which is good... and very little to no memory loss or sedation.

At this point, I don't hold out much hope on this as a treatment for hppd, but it may help with anxiety. As I said, anxiety is something I don't get in a huge way, so perhaps someone more anxious should try this out.... It is well perscribed in France and other euro countries... so must do something.

[balance]

Any updates?

[Jay1]

Nothing much to report, i'm afraid. No effect on visual (good or bad) and no effect on dp/dr.

It might be worth looking at if you suffer badly from anxiety though.... Luckily, I don't suffer much from that anymore, but have not had any anxiety while on this med. Maybe coincidental, but could be worth a try.