Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 7, 2005, at 12:11:17
In reply to Re: Nardil,Imipramine, posted by sukarno on May 6, 2005, at 12:16:21
Unfortunately, selegiline does not have the same magical effect (at least for me) on social anxiety that Nardil does. Perhaps somewhat motivating, but anxiety was increased. I took up to 15mg/day on top of Celexa and then Lexapro years ago. I wish I knew then what I know now, because I Would've asked my shrink then--who was extremely accomodating to my needs--to try an irreversible MAOI. I brought it up in passing, but he told me he'd rather not deal with it because of the diet unless we had to. In retrospect, if I pushed the issue, I'm sure he would've gone for it. Oh well,gotta look to the future now. :)
I have to say, now that the adjustment "brain shocks" have subsided (after only about 5 days), Nardil (75mg/day) is slightly superior to tranylcypromine (200mg/day) for social phobia. Parnate would be better for someone with absolutely no other anxiety complaints except social phobia, I think, because it has such a great dopaminergic "push" to it. At around 120mg/day and above, it is really like no other medication; I feel for anyone (like SLS) whose depression is so recalcitrant that it doesn't respond to that because it is so damn effective. However, phenelzine has somewhat of an effect like that for me, although it's more subtle. The main difference is that phenelzine is so effective for the physiological manifestations of anxiety, general anxiety, etc. that it's superior--again, for me--in social phobia. It is better than a benzo for me, because it gives me motivation instead of takes it away. I'm noticing that it makes me want to go up to people I don't know and just talk to them. I have never felt that before. Is that what it's like to be an "outgoing" person? Wow, there's a whole world out there ...
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