Posted by Crazy Horse on April 24, 2006, at 8:40:53
In reply to Re: Failed Parnate, but found results Nardil. » jedi, posted by Caedmon on April 24, 2006, at 7:37:54
> >> IMHO a combination of Nardil with clonazepam is about as good as it gets for knocking out social anxiety. Nardil is also the Gold standard for atypical depression. As always "your mileage may vary". But, for treatment resistant atypical depression with social anxiety, you won't see much better results than Nardil with clonazepam.>>
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> If I have, or am prone to, depression I might want to use a different benzodiazepine. Clonazepam can be so depressogenic, it certainly is for me. (Not for everyone.)
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> Also I've never seen any studies that compared Nardil vs. other MAOIs for atypical depression although I can't say I've really looked either. So, one might work better than the other, Nardil isn't necessarily better in this regard.
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> That's my understanding anyway!
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> - CHave you ever tried Xanax (benzodiazapine) ? It's supposed to be excellent for social phobia and anxiety in general, and it supposedly has some antidepressant properties as well. It is short acting, similar to ativan.
CH
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