Social Anxiety Treatment, Thinking Outside the Box

Posted by Tom Twilight on June 27, 2005, at 16:09:24

Hey everyone
My Social Anxiety is really getting me down at the moment :(
SA doesn't seem to be much talked about on the board these days.
I’m wondering if the good people of Babbleland have any new ideas for treating SA?
I’m looking beyond the usual SSRI/Benzo ideas here
For simplicities sake I’m going to summarise all the treatments I’ve tried:
SSRIs/SNRIs: Venlafaxine, Fluoxetine, Citalopram none of these really helped, Citalopram helped a little but I didn’t like the side effects.
Clomipramine: Helped a bit, horrible side effects
Moclobemide: Didn’t help
Mirtazapine: Somewhat helpful, caused weight gain
Dexedrine: Didn’t help much
Tramadol: Didn’t help
Pregabalin/Lyrica: Worked great for a couple of days, then pooped out
Diazepam: Didn’t really help, made me feel lazy
Clonazepam: Wiped out SA, but left me feeling very sleepy and depressed
Amisulpride: Didn’t help
GHB: Works great, my treatment of choice for a while, risk of addiction, rebound anxiety and the fact that its illegal work against it.
Phenibut: Worked great, then pooped out
I guess the next step would be Phenelzine, I’m just a bit hesitant about trying such a powerful med, for one thing the weight gain worries me!
I’m a bit reluctant to try another Benzo because of the risk of tolerance, also there almost impossible to get prescribed long term in the UK.

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Social Anxiety Treatment, Thinking Outside the Box Tom Twilight 6/27/05
Re: Social Anxiety Treatment, Thinking Outside the Box Declan 6/28/05
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