Posted by jclint on November 7, 2004, at 10:18:22
In reply to Re: Pregabalin (Lyrica) for Social Phobia, posted by ed_uk on November 7, 2004, at 9:43:09
Hmm I remember someone saying they were from Birmingham. I'm from Solihull, just outside brum, hence why I asked.
Yeah I have social phobia, with other symptoms, depression and slight ADD. Interested to try a dopamine drug like amisulphide.
I've only been on two drugs so far -
Efexor - helped depression somewhat but not anxiety. Took for 2 years but am kicking it as we speak, I'm tired of no improvements, living a compromised life, putting things 'on hold' until my problems fade away. My old pdoc prescribed Propanolol (beta-blocker) for a short time, but that was a sugar pill for me, really hopeless. I have done hypnotherapy and councelling, and am currently doing CBT. They help me understand myself more, but I can't say they have fixed my symptoms... increasingly I'm coming round to the chemical imbalance way of thinking - I'm pretty eager to see if a dopamogenic drug will help. I've got a feeling it will. The reason I haven't tried many drugs (despite being treated for 3 yrs) is my age - I turned 18 this month so hope to have a bit more autonomy in my decisions. Already I've spoken about my desire to try a MAOI, and my doc is treating me more like an adult. I think he might give me some valium next time which will be a help. But I want to try some alternatives before the MAOI route, amisulphide or pregabalin preferably, although I have no idea how realistic this is. Fingers crossed! lol.
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