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Re: anafranil
I was given this drug 19 years ago, and it left me so bad that i went through childbirth twice with absolutely no drugs at all, not because i was brave but because it left me with a terrible fear of ever taking tablets or drugs again. I personally would rather have the panic than the side effects.
di xx
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i have been doing some research on various social anxiety sites and generally this med doesnt get great reviews for the treatment of sa.
it even states in the leaflet that it is for anxiety and ocd.
where as meds like seroxat and nardil will actually mention social anxiety.
ive been on them a week and had dry mouth like im eating flour,cognitive movements are very rigid,shaky hands,headaches.
yup i know -all the side effects that all anti dep have but im asking myself if its worth the aggro if in the long term im still at square one.
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oh dear pete you are getting on the side effect band wagon as you say is it worth it!!!!
Joy
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joy,
i know no drug is s/e free but yet again im questioning what the shrink has given me-hes only trying these as nardil is bottom of his list -so basically im taking at drug from the 70s when no one had even heard of social anxiety,and
its supposed to help...me thinks different-nit even gonna bother carrying on with em-just wait 6 weeks till see shrink and tell him they did no good-was on em regular-honest doc!!
i think venlafaxine is next on his list before we get to nardil,i may give that a proper go as have heard good reports on it and our good friend yvonne is doing ok on it.
hope your well joy
pete:yesyes:
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well venlafaxine didnt do me any good and sent the anxiety sky high, as a matter of interest i've gone back on seroxat not the generic version but still waiting for the miracle that was seroxat the first time so in other words still struggling
Joy
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joy,
i have heard that seroxat 2nd time around is never the miracle it was first time,in most cases it just doesnt cut it.
i hope you find different.i think they call it poop out.
a good side for info is seroxatmad
how long was you on the effexor for? now youve made me think no a/d is gonna help-i will end up 75 and still a klon head!!
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on effexor for several months. I was a member of seroxatmad for ages. I know several people that seroxat hasnt worked for again but several it has. It was really last chance saloon for me as nothing else has worked anyway.
dont be put off by my experiences something has to work sometime
Joy
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100mg Anafranil completely cured me of social anxiety, so much so that I was able to go down to 25mg.
Worst side effect for me was big weight gain.
The only reason I now suffer with it again is that I dabbled in occult things. That was really a very bad idea.
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Antidepressants effect people in different ways. Some people swear by Citalopram while others find them unbearable. I guess you have to experiment to find out which antidepressant suites you the most.
Tom
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absolutely tom,its all trial and error,
franz,interested to hear the anafranil helped greatly with your sa.
i may give it another chance-i have nothing to lose,and everything to gain..weight, according to your post!!
are you on anything else for the sa or just the 25mg.