Posted by dnuk on June 17, 2001, at 23:46:57
In reply to Any long term success for social anxiety?, posted by Joe Schmoe on June 13, 2001, at 18:39:55
I posted an almost identical question 2 weeks ago, and you're situation/history sounds very similar to my own.
I was told Nardil or Klonopin were great for it. I took Paxil at only 20mg for about 2 years, experiencing both of the famous side-effects. It helped some, but not a lot (maybe relief would have been better at a higher dosage, but I imagine the side effects would intensify).
I saw the doc last week, he isn't wild about Nardil b/c of the peculiar diet restrictions (perhaps if this current med doesn't work), and I think will prescribe the Klonopin or Xanax if the Nortriptyline (Pamelor), what he chose, doesn't work out too well. I go back in 3 weeks, we'll see what he says. If I were you, I'd try going with the Nardil (which I understand can give out on you after 2-10 years or so) or Klonopin (I've never heard of it quitting on you, but it makes some docs nervous b/c it's a bz and plenty of people lie, cheat, and steal to get their hands on bz's to get high.
Some buy into the CBT. And, I won't discount it for some (overall, I think it's a crock, and that people who achieve success with it really didn't have true SP to begin with). But, for those who need relief NOW or who have tried talk therapy in the past (like me) or who have jobs requiring frequent presentations & meetings (also like me)and do not just "get over it" the way people do over time with simple stagefright, I see it as a chemical/genetic problem that meds are fine to try.
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