Posted by TheOutsider on November 22, 2004, at 17:08:54
In reply to Best choice SP med in the UK? MAOIs?, posted by jclint on November 22, 2004, at 8:13:43
> Hi guys I feel the need to let off a bit of steam here. For the past 6/7 months I have been geared towards getting effective help for my SP. Its really getting me down about how slow progress is, to the point where I end up more depressed after a doc's appointment then before hand. Also I'm withdrawing from 2 years off efexor and I'm sure that's not exactly helping my situation.
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> I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment, I really don't know what to do - I want to do what my doctor thinks best, yet I really feel he is not knowledgable about progressive SP meds etc. He wants to try a tri-cyclic, but I have very little faith in this helping, as I have never seen any clinical or anecdotal reports of this working for SP. Of course, correct me if I'm wrong!
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I can completely sympathise with your predicament, I am also finding it very difficult to get decent social anxiety treatment in the UK.
At the moment I am really feeling down about it.You are quite right to be wary of trying tri-cylics, I was on Clomipramine for three months and it did very little for my Social Anxiety.
If your being offered the chance to try MAOIs I would take it.
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