Posted by BradD on April 2, 2005, at 17:21:47
Ok so i've been fighting with social phobia for over 5 years with little luck. Here is my story:
1) Klonopin - worked at first at 2mg, but suddenly stopped working after around second week. Biggest dissapointment for me because it worked extremely well.
2) Tramadol - worked at 400mg, but also lost its effects after few days. However I found that 2-week break brings the effects back but only for few days. Another dissapointment :(
3) Xanax - effective but tolerance went WAY UP VERY FAST. I've used it for 2 months - at first 1mg was enough, at the end of the 2nd month I needed 3mg and it didn't even work as good as 1mg at the beginning!
4) other benzos - Valium, Ativan, Seroxat, Medazepam - practically no effect on social anxiety/phobia
5) Amisulpride (Solian) - 50mg/day . Worked great for 2 months, then pooped out. I've tried using it for another few months but it never worked again.
6) Pramipexole (Mirapex) - 1.5mg/day . Made me more confident, anti-depressed but didn't remove social phobia completely (maybe around 50%) plus it wasn't pro-social at all.
Ok here is the treatment which worked THE BEST for me (unfortunately I had to stop it because my GHB/Xyrem source has dried up :(
5) Adderall + GHB - this was not only the best treatment for social phobia but it also made me SO PRO-SOCIAL as I have never been before in my life (even MDMA or alcohol doesn't work as good as this combo). I literally could walk to every girl and make small-talks and inteliggent conversations, which normally is impossible for me because of the anxiety. I wish GHB was more available, as it is wonderful anti-anxiety treatment ; too bad it was labeled 'date-rape drug' and scheduled.
Since GHB has not been available, I've been looking for some other treatment.
Lyrica (pregabalin) is not yet available in my country (eastern europe), but I have little hopes for it because of the studies I've seen. And the price is pretty high for it.
Nardil,Parnate - both are not available in my country, because they are irreversible MAOis - but there is possibility of importing those drugs. So here is my question - how much Parnate does one need in order to achieve social anxiety relief ? Importing Nardil is way too expensive (at least at 75-90mg dose).
Moclobemide - what do you think of this MAOi ?
Concerta (Ritalin XR) - is it pro-social as Adderall ?
What else can I try?? Other dopamine agonists like Requip etc? Are dopamine agonists helpful in social phobia?
As a final note I need to mention that I've been drinking at least 3-4 beers/day for the last 2-3 months to control my social phobia, since no other available treatment comes close to relieving my symptoms unfortunately ;(( That's why Im looking for some medicine to help me out with my condition and so I could stop poisoning my body with alcohol.
Ok I'm done rambling ;) Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
Take care,
Brad
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