Posted by zeugma on April 24, 2005, at 17:43:59
In reply to Re: Social phobia » not_so_pro_social, posted by smith562 on April 24, 2005, at 16:47:14
> Hey Notsoprosocial,
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> Most individual with severe social phobia need a "coctail" of meds for moderate relief. For me (and many individuals and expert pdoc also state), the best combination is nardil 60 + klonopin .5 and intermitent coffee throughout the day. Your core should be an antidepressant ... the best being MAOI or less potent an SSRIs. Add on a benzo to the ad. You can augment that with Neurontin, stimulant, lamictal, caffeine, etc. (0ffically an MAOI and other meds may cause hypertensive crisis or serotonin syndrome ... but many experts will still use them).
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> Hope this helps
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> Smith
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> www.socialfear.com>>I get "moderate relief" from my social phobia from my meds: 1 mg clonazepam and 100 mg nortriptyline, and probably the 30 mg buspirone helps but without clonazepam the TCA and buspirone are useless, so probably it's the clonazepam that's doing the work. Provigil is not good for social phobia, neither was Ritalin. I have other diagnoses than SP, so most of the meds are oriented towards those. I wonder how many people with social phobia desire to be "pro-social" anyway. I find social interaction taxing, even if it doesn't trigger severe anxiety, and I seem to need a lot of time 'decompressing' from social interactions. I wonder if this is a manifestation of social phobia or is caused by something else.
-z
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