Posted by mav27 on November 29, 2007, at 8:35:43
In reply to TCA/SSRIs Vs MAOIs, posted by Amigan on November 29, 2007, at 7:31:09
MAOI's are still much more effective in treating social phobia than ssri's and tricyclics. And after being on all 2 for my social phobia i can see why it's true by a long way. Nothing has compared to Nardil in my case.
SSRi's are also said to be no more effective in treating depression than tricyclics, the ssri's just have more tolerable side effects, as well as being safer as tricylics can be toxic if you overdose.
Personally i prefer the trycyclics over ssri's, the constipation and dry mouth can be annoying, but the complete sexual dysfunction and blunting of all emotions the ssri's caused me were far harder to live with and the tricyclics actually did a better job at helping my depression.
Overall though nardil is miles ahead of anything else i have taken, it's treating both my depression and social phobia and the only side effect i notice is insomnia.
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