why are serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors used for anxiety when norepinephrine causes anxiety?
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Yes you are correct! Patients will often feel an increase in anxiety when they first start taking these meds. Your brain responds to this increase in anxiety by then turning off the receptors that are responsible for causing the anxiety in the first place.
https://www.anxiety.org/serotonin-norepinephrine-reuptake-inhibitor-snri
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