Posted by Chairman_MAO on October 13, 2011, at 13:03:41
In reply to Re: nardil physical symptoms, posted by ger man on October 13, 2011, at 12:45:50
It was definitely effective for social phobia and anxiety in the long-term for me. The initial "magic" had worn off (as hypomania tends to do), but it was more effective for my anxiety/phobia issues than 4mg/day of clonazepam alone (which I am on now) is. To date, nothing has worked like the MAOIs do. I am hoping that Marplan will be similar enough minus the weight gain, but I suspect that I might have to get the dose a lot higher than 40mg/day to achieve that.
Keep in mind that I am dysthymic, have ADD/ADHD (diagnosed inattentive ADD in childhood but who really knows, and the labels don't really matter), and have social phobia/agoraphobia as well as generalized anxiety. One could also say that I've suffered episodes of atypical depression, but I have never been formally diagnosed as such.
This is why I use the MAOI + psychostimulant combination: literally nothing else gets me close to feeling well and functional.
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