Posted by spike4848 on February 20, 2002, at 19:09:04
In reply to What antidepressant best for GAD/PANIC/SOCIALPHOBI, posted by jay on February 20, 2002, at 16:26:56
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> Hey folks:
> I really need some big time help on this one. I have been on Effexor for years, and it just seems to lightly touch anxiety, but also makes it 100x worse. I also take a benzo, but find I have to gulp back a pound of benzos because of the anxiety effexor causes.> > Jay
Hey Jay,
I think serzone would be helpful .... an SSRI may decrease anxiety maybe by about 30% .... an MAOI will decrease anxiety by 80 to 90% .... TCA I personally do not feel are that helpful with anxiety/social phobia.
Other options are klonopin and neurontin. They are becoming gold standards for anxiety/social phobia.
Go to this web site by Ray www.socialfear.com
Hope this helped.
Spike
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