Posted by Chairman_MAO on October 9, 2011, at 9:41:01
In reply to Re: Lyrica - social phobia » Chairman_MAO, posted by SLS on October 9, 2011, at 8:51:31
I have tried buspirone, with and without an SSRI, up to 90mg/day. It was an active placebo. The only thing I got out of it was "brain zaps" every now and then.
Thus, I was not enthusiastic about vilazodone, but I had to try it because he gave it to me and this guy is the best I'm going to get. It was only my trust in him that made me even bother with _yet another_ SSRI--it _could_ have been different.
If I take an MAOI, I have no need for buspirone. In fact, with Nardil, I'd have no need for clonazepam either. IMHO it actually works better long-term for social phobia. I gained 50% of my body weight on it. Were I to go on it again, I would have to adhere religiously to a low-carb diet.
Tranylcypromine is good, too, but I already have Dexedrine (and so I really just want an MAOI, I don't need the extra effects of tranylcypromine) and the insomnia was extreme. I also did not like the short half-life of the parent drug and how its amphetamine-like metabolites would peak later in the day--it felt like up-down-up-down-up-down every day.
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