Posted by djmmm on December 16, 2006, at 10:30:24
In reply to MAOIs Reversable vs. Non, posted by becksA on December 15, 2006, at 17:52:29
> After reading Maxime's post, it got me to thinking...the one class of drug I've never tried to combat my hardcore social anxiety and moderate depression. I've always been leary of these drugs because of the diet regime and how careful you have to be.
> My question is why would one start out trying drugs like Parnate and Nardil with all the complex dietary restrictions when you can take something like Maxime mentioned (Manerix, or something of the like). My first guess is that they are not as effective? Sort of a second option if you can't take the big ones i.e. nardil, parnate.....?
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> I'm coming down off of 14mg klonopin daily and luckily i'm an extremely fast metabolizer and can do it quite quickly, and am down to 10 within a few weeks, but i'm feeling the anxiety start to kick back in. I'm leaning more and more to this MAOI class.
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> Please help differentiate?
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> ThanksFirst off, Im so sorry that you have to deal with coming off 14mg of Klonopin...that must be horrible :( (I had problems coming off 4mg)
As far as the MAOIs, they worked wonders for me-- I suppose Nardil was slighlty more effective. I found that the stimulating effects of Parnate actually helped with certain aspects of my social anxiety. I felt more confident, and motivated-- which translated into feeling more pro-social. I was, however also taking Klonopin. Have you considered a mild stimulant? As for Manerix, I dont believe it has proven to be as effective for social phobia..
I've come to realize that social anxiety is very different from "typical anxiety" in that mild stimulants seem to be effective... so perhaps parnate, combined with a much lower dose of klonopin may be helpful...good luck!
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