Posted by Crazy Horse on April 19, 2006, at 9:50:20
In reply to Re: Parnate and Social Phobia, posted by willyee on April 19, 2006, at 6:28:14
> I find parnate to do the following,it is a benzo of depression.Meaning its extremly fast acting,can stop a horrid episode dead in its tracks.
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> But like a benzo it has a half life of 4 hours so its not very long lasted.
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> Second it doesent actualy stop anxiety,instead it seems to make u content with dealing with the anxiety,the fear of doing things with the anxiety is diminished.
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> I personaly dont see much social benifit,what i see it does is if you MUST attack a social situation the fear is dimnished and you can handle it,HOWEVER parnate seems to make me wanna isolate myself and take on projects,it doesent ease my mind to say hey i wanna drop everything and go relax like i should,in fact ill ask parnate users do u remeber ever taking it and sitting down to a movie,or instead begin to think of the bills u needed paying,groceris projects etc and instead take those.
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> I think that gaba effect needs to be there and its not with parnate,and nardil is just a different medication all around i wish it were just parnate with gaba qualites.For me it alleviates Anxiety. Before Parnate i needed 8-10 mgs. of Ativan just to make it through a day. After 2.5 mos. on Parnate my Ativan intake is down to 3 mgs a day and that is only because I have developed a dependency for it, what i mean is i only take because of the dependency factor, not because i need it for anxiety. I'm currently tapering it and plan to be off soon. Since parnate kicked in, i truthfully have not had any anxiety whatsoever. I am also very social, very relaxed around people. I love to talk with people every day. Before Parnate i avoided contact with people. It works different for everybody, for me it has lifted my depression and wiped out all anxiety and social fear.
Monte
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