# Does naltrexone help with anxiety?
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/does-naltrexone-help-with-anxiety/142776
**Category:** Advice & Questions
**Tags:** opiates, peace-and-serenity, medication
**Created:** [May 11, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/does-naltrexone-help-with-anxiety/142776 "2022-05-11T03:45:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@melinda907](https://talkingsober.com/u/melinda907)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/does-naltrexone-help-with-anxiety/142776/1 "2022-05-11T03:45:25Z")
I am on naltrexone now and have been for a few months. Does anybody here have experience with getting on and off naltrexone? When I started it, I felt like it reduced some anxiety… Either in a placebo type way, or in a chemical craving type way, I’m not sure. I’m 7 months clean now and trying to save money any way I can. It would be nice to stop having to buy this. I don’t need the opiate blocker part at all, either.
Thanks in advance for your feedback & suggestions
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### Author:  [@Eke](https://talkingsober.com/u/Eke)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/does-naltrexone-help-with-anxiety/142776/2 "2022-05-11T03:56:06Z")
I’d suggest searching the forum (magnifying glass, upper right), naltrexone comes up a lot. Don’t have experience with it myself.
Some swear it saved their lives. Others have horror stories of withdrawals, getting hooked, or abusing it.
So I guess it’s the usual wisdom. Talk to your doctor. Proceed carefully and stay honest with them. Maybe have a plan with the doctor for eventually getting off of it?
Congrats on your 7 months in any case! It did something for ya. Hopefully some others chime in…