![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 5 of 5. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by mickapoo on February 22, 2009, at 21:42:10
I'm on Naril 75mg and have been on it for about 7 months for social phobia. My pdoc said if it's not working even slightly now, it's not going to work.
I asked him about Parnate, and he didn't really think it would work but prescribed it based on my request.
Has anyone here actually had some real success with social phobia on Parnate?
Posted by SLS on February 23, 2009, at 7:07:31
In reply to Anyone had success with Parnate for SP?, posted by mickapoo on February 22, 2009, at 21:42:10
> I'm on Naril 75mg and have been on it for about 7 months for social phobia. My pdoc said if it's not working even slightly now, it's not going to work.
>
> I asked him about Parnate, and he didn't really think it would work but prescribed it based on my request.
>
> Has anyone here actually had some real success with social phobia on Parnate?I have not in as much as I do not have social phobia. But I have read reviews of Parnate suggesting that it can work for the same disorders as Nardil, but simply has not built up the same reputation. My thinking is that this is probably because Nardil was so heavily studied by Michael Liebowitz and the investigators at Columbia for social anxiety and social phobia.
Social anxiety is a feature of my depression. When Parnate helps with the depression, it also helps with the social anxiety.
Good luck.
- Scott
Posted by HyperFocus on February 23, 2009, at 23:42:07
In reply to Anyone had success with Parnate for SP?, posted by mickapoo on February 22, 2009, at 21:42:10
Hey mickapoo how's it going? Are you on anything besides the Nardil? Clonazepam is often combined with Nardil for SP but for me benzos apparently blunt any AD effect of other drugs, even at low doses.
One question: do you find the anxiety of SP is significantly reduced when you have a good AD response or is the anxiety sort of a separate component? Whenever I have a positive AD response the anxiety almost disappears - this is why I'm not on a separate drug for anxiety specifically.
> I'm on Naril 75mg and have been on it for about 7 months for social phobia. My pdoc said if it's not working even slightly now, it's not going to work.
>
> I asked him about Parnate, and he didn't really think it would work but prescribed it based on my request.
>
> Has anyone here actually had some real success with social phobia on Parnate?
Posted by mickapoo on February 25, 2009, at 19:54:18
In reply to Re: Anyone had success with Parnate for SP? » mickapoo, posted by HyperFocus on February 23, 2009, at 23:42:07
Hi!
In addition to Nardil 75 mg I am also on Lamictal, 300 mg. I plan on reducing that to 200 mg. I do have Clonazepam, though I don't use it much. I don't have generalized anxiety, but if I'm feeling stressed about work or money, etc... it does help calm me down. But in terms of my social phobia, it does nothing.
> One question: do you find the anxiety of SP is significantly reduced when you have a good AD response or is the anxiety sort of a separate component?
>The fear I experience from social phobia is a completely separate component.
Posted by desolationrower on February 27, 2009, at 2:17:46
In reply to Re: Anyone had success with Parnate for SP? » HyperFocus, posted by mickapoo on February 25, 2009, at 19:54:18
> Hi!
>
> In addition to Nardil 75 mg I am also on Lamictal, 300 mg. I plan on reducing that to 200 mg. I do have Clonazepam, though I don't use it much. I don't have generalized anxiety, but if I'm feeling stressed about work or money, etc... it does help calm me down. But in terms of my social phobia, it does nothing.
>
> > One question: do you find the anxiety of SP is significantly reduced when you have a good AD response or is the anxiety sort of a separate component?
> >
>
> The fear I experience from social phobia is a completely separate component.HI mickapoo. parnate has not helped with my SA although its been pretty good for depression. depression followed SA for me. I have not tried nardil i was hoping parnate would help because i think an important issue is my untreated ADHDi. Im interested in how it compares for you.
as far as generally, I think it would share most of nardils benefits, though there is some difference in monoamine changes, and gaba, so if there isn't a ADHD related issue, i would not expect parnate to have additional benefit vs. nardil, at least generally. hope it works for you.
-d/r
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.