Posted by cirrus6000 on November 24, 2001, at 18:02:40
In reply to Re: ive got social anxiety please help me pick a med, posted by 3 Beer Effect on November 22, 2001, at 16:19:15
> The best medication for social phobia is Klonopin (clonazepam) a total of 1 to 2 mg divided into two doses each day.
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> Celexa (citalopram) works well with Klonopin and causes the least amount of anxiety of all the ssri's- starting dose 20 mg, work up to 40 mg slowly.
> (I've tried Effexor XR, Zoloft, & Paxil & couldn't tolerate them b/c of the anxiety, but i've had NO anxiety with celexa).
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> Also, although I haven't tried it, Neurontin is supposed to be very effective for social phobia, I think the starting dose is a total of 900 mg per day split into 3 doses.
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> The hands down best medication for social phobia is Nardil (Phenelzine) an MAOI but this is an old heavy duty drug with some serious side effects. If you eat a piece of cheese or any other tyramine containing foods while taking this medicine it can kill you! This should be a very last resort if the combination of the above medications doesn't work.i appreciate your suggestions i have discussed them with my pdoc i have found your comments both insightful and wise and by the way you were dead on with your explaination of why klonopin and neurontin work thank you very much for your insights
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