Posted by jonh kimble on September 14, 2005, at 22:47:28
In reply to Re: abilify for social anxiety?, posted by Iansf on September 13, 2005, at 18:47:11
I for years (literally), had a very strong belief that dopamine enhancing drugs were, at least for me, the way to go for social anxiety/phobia/avoidance/low confidence/depression/etc... I still believe this slightly, as dexedrine in combo with something calming, does help. However, I think this connection does not have a very strong basis as I have experimented with most of the powerful dopaminergics over the years, from ritalin to mirapex to amisulpride to coffee and cocaine ect... The tendency that I notice is that dopaminergic drugs make social phobia WORSE much more often than make it better, and I think a few others here agree with me. It (dopamine) has a role in enhancing confidence, but I find it has a bigger role in makin you/one nervous as hell, hypervigilant, and if not flat out paranoid when with people. You could be different, but even the dysthymic depressive social phobics more often find this to be true. Go with klonopin, nardil, group cognitive behavioural therapy and last but not least, really look into assertiveness training. All of these (well I cant say nardil yet) give me the rush I was sure only a dopamine based drug could. Good luck
Tom
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