Posted by Ritch on August 7, 2002, at 0:19:53
In reply to Re: How Parnate saved my butt, posted by cybercafe on August 6, 2002, at 13:57:01
> >Remeron would do well for that. MAOI's are good for phobias generally, but probably work best for "specific" phobias. Bottom line--like you say--if you are depressed you aren't going to be interested in socializing!
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> i think you and lisa both have some good ideas...
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> you see there is active social phobia like talking to people that antidepressants and hypomania and narcissism definately solve!
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> but then there is passive (agitated?) agoraphobia.. like having to sit still for 2 or 3 hours in a movie theatre, for a test, in a car... and hypomania and desire to socialize doesn't really motivate me to conquer these (it probably makes my agitation more energetic)
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> advice?
>Cyber,
That is when I tend to have *panic* attacks. Closed in rooms where I have to sit still and listen-be a captive audience in a group of strangers. UGH. College was hell, especially big lecture halls, yuck! I liked "hands-on" stuff like design classes where you have to physically move around some and work on projects. The worst possible thing was listening to a droning lecture class after class. I notice that if I dont' *feel* restless it isn't as bad. Advice-heck I don't know. I was on Prozac and Lithium and I still had panic atacks every semester-sometimes several in one class three times a week! My pdoc at that time was anti-benzo and wouldn't write for them. I actually made it through all that crap-jeez it is hard to believe.
Mitch
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