Posted by King Vultan on August 7, 2004, at 11:17:19
In reply to whats the best for social phobia???????, posted by woolav on August 7, 2004, at 9:56:07
Probably Nardil is the best one; I have social phobia, and it is the best out of the ten or so drugs I've tried. Nardil is very serotonergic like the SSRIs and also does something with GABA, providing an additional anxiolytic effect somewhat like the benzodiazepines do. Beyond that, Nardil also works on norepinephrine, which is also helpful for social phobia IMHO, this being based on my own experience with the three tricyclic antidepressants I tried, which were all selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.
I've read people say that Parnate is also good, and I suppose I will have the opportunity to see how true that is in a few weeks when I am on it. I am near the end of tapering off Nardil, as it did not do enough for my anhedonia problems. It did not completely eliminate my social phobia but probably reduced it 90%, and I also found myself being the most sociable around people that I can ever remember.
Todd
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