Posted by pseudonym on August 30, 2003, at 3:09:39
I have recently decided to attack my social anxiety with klonopin, due in part to this board, and have noticed a general improvement in situational anxiety with the opposite sex. My social anxiety is the kind that equals no friends, not dates for 10+ years, no sex ever. Any social situation is painfully undergone but must often be deftly avoided. Oddly enough, I was the valedictorian of my high school, so scholatistic capability was never an issue.
However, despite the klonopin, there is something missing, "something" i would charactertize as negativity and anhedonia. My intention is to try amisulpride at 50mg per day along with Klonopin at 1.25 mg per day for 2 weeks. I'll post to this thread once I receive the amilsulpride and let you know how the trial goes.
The basis for this approach comes from prior posts to this board, most likely by people would have overcome their social anxiety and hence have little reason to visit Psycho-Babble. It would appear that a common component to successful attacking social anxiety is manipulating the dopamine receptor systems. For example, AndrewB is famous for the suggestion of low dose selegiline/amisulpride. Rick for Provigil+Klonopin, and Ame with Klonopin+Mirapex (pre sleep attack).
I understand exercise increases dopaminergic receptor density, while social defeat does the opposite. I need a social win and perhaps klonopin plus amisulpride will do it. If not, we'll work from there.
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