Posted by 3 Beer Effect on November 22, 2001, at 16:19:15
In reply to ive got social anxiety please help me pick a med, posted by cirrus6000 on November 22, 2001, at 14:10:27
The best medication for social phobia is Klonopin (clonazepam) a total of 1 to 2 mg divided into two doses each day.
Celexa (citalopram) works well with Klonopin and causes the least amount of anxiety of all the ssri's- starting dose 20 mg, work up to 40 mg slowly.
(I've tried Effexor XR, Zoloft, & Paxil & couldn't tolerate them b/c of the anxiety, but i've had NO anxiety with celexa).Also, although I haven't tried it, Neurontin is supposed to be very effective for social phobia, I think the starting dose is a total of 900 mg per day split into 3 doses.
The hands down best medication for social phobia is Nardil (Phenelzine) an MAOI but this is an old heavy duty drug with some serious side effects. If you eat a piece of cheese or any other tyramine containing foods while taking this medicine it can kill you! This should be a very last resort if the combination of the above medications doesn't work.
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