Posted by Bigdave on March 17, 2004, at 7:46:21
In reply to favorite drug for social anxiety..., posted by sar on April 19, 2001, at 1:25:36
I have tried alot of meds for social phobia/anxiety, 5 different SSRI medications including Paxil and Prozac. I wasted 4 years of my life trying different meds, none of them worked and I ended up on Diazepam (Valium) which is the only thing which helped, although I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as a treatment for anxiety.My own personal opinion is that SSRI's don't work too well for social phobia/anxiety conditions where this is the main illness. I think if you take an SSRI for this condition and you feel ill right away from taking it it's probably a sign that SSRI medication is not going to be affective. This has been the case for me anyway, but then everyone is different and some people may be able to tolerate SSRI medication and respond well.
I think MAOI medications are the best and first choice for social anxiety. At the moment I'm taking Manerix which is a newer reversible-MAOI without the side effects of the older MAOI's.
It's too early to say yet if Manerix will help with my social anxiety, however I have experienced no early warning side effects and for the first time I feel good, which is very encouraging and I feel this medication may be the one I've been waiting for these past 4 years.
In summary: My advice, try an SSRI, Paxil or something similiar for 4 weeks and see how you get on. If it's not for you, don't waste time on other SSRI's, just wash out and go on a MAOI. If you can get on an MAOI right away, even better.
BigDave
> Have you got one?
>> If the drug also helped with depression & generalized anxiety, that would be even better.
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> (and do you happen to know of one that *really* doesn't cause weight gain?)
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> I'm doing my research but I want to hear it from the people. :)
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> thanks in advance,
> sar
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