Posted by Jedi on September 12, 2005, at 2:24:58
In reply to Nardil for avoidant personality?, posted by jonh kimble on September 7, 2005, at 19:17:04
> Hi all, its been a while. K, I have a docs appt. tomorow and I was just going to go in and discuss the clonazepam Im taking, and how we'll probably taper off since Im at 3mgs and dont want to go higher, etc..... BUT! I remember and am thinking about trying nardil again. Quickly, heres why.
Hi Tom,
Because so much research indicates that phenelzine is the most effective treatment for social anxiety, some scientists say that no patient should be considered treatment restistant without a trial of phenelzine. I use 75 to 90mg of phenelzine along with 1 mg of clonazepam and most all of my social anxiety symptoms are gone.
I am thinking of lowering my dosage of phenelzine to 60 mg and raising my clonazepam dosage to 3mg to try to minimize the weight gain and delayed ejaculation from phenelzine. If this does not work, I may try adding bupropion SR or a mild timed released stimulant.If you try phenelzine, I'd be very careful with the LSD, since both drugs stimulate serotonin. You don't want to mess with serotonin syndrome.
Be Well,
JediNord J Psychiatry. 2003;57(4):313-5.
Phenelzine efficacy in refractory social anxiety disorder: a case series.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12888407&query_hl=1
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