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TCA's help with generalized anxiety- not with soc! » daizy

Posted by zeugma on September 5, 2003, at 17:15:14

In reply to Re: Social Anxiety: HELP PLEASE!! » jparsell82, posted by daizy on September 5, 2003, at 15:09:24

> Elavil, but now that you've asked Ive been thinking, and it hasnt worked that well for the 'social' part of my anxiety, but it did for the generalised anxiety that I had. once that got better it seemed easier to be social, but for the symptoms you described it wasnt a cure! It was less harsh than SSRI's seemed to be, for me. sorry if that didnt help!
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This has been my experience too. TCA's are great drugs for many of the problems I have had - appetite and weight loss, insomnia, generalized anxiety and IBS. They don't work on social anxiety though.
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> > Which TCA did you try?? Anafranil? Does it help you with physical symptoms such as blushing, sweating, etc. or shyness? Also does it effect your desire to talk to people? Thanks


I have taken nortriptyline for the past year. I have always had a desire to talk to people, unfortunately I have also been plagued for my whole life with fear of talking to others. For what it's worth, I vastly prefer the effects of the TCA to any SSRI's. But I am having to look elsewhere for a cure for social anxiety.
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