Posted by pseudonym on September 4, 2004, at 18:23:03
In reply to Social Anxiety help pleeeeaase!, posted by Jasmine on September 4, 2004, at 13:08:20
I too have suffered from social anxiety for as long as I can remember. For myself, Klonopin gets rid of a good deal of the anxiety (@ 1mg/day) but it certainly does not help what I would call the sociability aspect. I imagine for you, Xanax was also helpful in a similar fashion. Both things that worked in some way for you (Xanax and Nardil), enhance the effect of GABA, a neurotransmitter. I know that pregabalin (Lyrica) will be out soon, and although it was not indicated for Generalized Anxiety, physicians may indeed find it clincally useful for that purpose. It seems clear that SSRI's do not address the social anxiety, they don't for me either. Perhaps you could try Klonopin + Cymbalta. I believe Cymbalta is weight neutral as well.
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