Posted by chad_3 on December 28, 2002, at 12:09:40
In reply to Avoidant personality disorder, anyone?, posted by Aadika on December 28, 2002, at 0:54:08
Hi Aadika -
I was diagnosed with Social Phobia (untreated is severe) - and it responds pretty well to several medications and combinations.
Your Dr. diagnosed an unusual one - Avoidant Peronality Disorder - because the new line of thinking is that Avoidant Personality Disorder is actually the same as severe Social Phobia - and has been shown to respond well to the MAOI "Nardil" in studies - very well in fact.
If you are willing to - I recommend checking out my website - it is very good. In particular for your case - I suggest Nardil. There are some drug interactions you will have to be aware of so you need to talk to your Dr. about Nardil but for your diagnosis Nardil is proven to be highly efficacious.
In fact, since APD responds to med treatment - often dramatically - the term "personality disorder" was kind of fading out - because by definition a "personality disorder" is not treatable - but APD clearly IS tretable with medication - often resulting is dramatic and outstanding improvements - the MAOI's in particular Nardil are the preferred first line choice in these cases.
Chad
http://www.socialfear.com/
> I haven't seen mention of this disorder on the forum, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has been DX'd with this disorder? Or any social phobics who believe that AvPD may be a more suitable diagnosis for them? Just wondering, thanks in advance for any replies. :-)
>
> ~ Aadika
poster:chad_3
thread:133455
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021223/msgs/133501.html