So this is supposedly a good med for SA, but it is shown to INCREASE impulsiity, and also cause hypersensitive emotional responses. This kinda sucks, but for someone with SA, wouldnt they want less emotional responsiveness and less impulsivity?
Maybe I'm mistaking my ADHD with depression. Many doctors think I have ADHD. this new doctor that prescribed the Nardil said if I have ADHD then anti-depressants won't work. He wanted to rpescribe me a stimulant which I didn't like after it started causing anxiety. I asked for a MAOI and he said sure give it a shot. So if it doesnt work I'm going to try a stimulant forreal this time, not just here and there or abuse it here and there, I'm going to legit take the stim as prescribed every day maybe my life would actually change and my SA will disappear due to increased self-control and dopamine.
I think I already have low MAOA activity because I'm very impulsivve, and sometimes aggressive. But this impulsivity and **** causes me to shut down socially sometimes because I'm afraid i don't have the good social skills. Sometimes I do get manic and become really social and cant stop talking)im talking about before any antidepressant.
Just checking out this post....where is the info on increased impulsiveness with an MOAI? Also the increase of hypersensitive emotional responses? Sounds like a DSM textbook mouthful that one which any of us could invent. Anyway I'd say I felt more impulsive on SSRI's and venlafaxine (Effexor) than when I was on Nardil....
Any other comments on this?
Yeah, that was most likely what happened to me on Nardil. I was told by countless people that I was acting very strangely while on Nardil. The thing is that you feel normal and happy for once in your life, but exhibit some strange behavior. There was a pattern of people telling me about my bizarre behavior all the times I was on Nardil.
Personally I haven't noticed anything like this, but it has got my thinking. Such is the power of Nardil for me in bulletproofing me against any depressive thoughts, I do wonder sometimes how much I have absorbed or will absorb in the way of depression, anxiety, grief or whatever, that for me, will come to nothing because of Nardil. Does anyone thinks its a case of these events or thoughts dissipating with time or will they take there toll eventually when I or if I decide to quit.
Biggest mistake people make while on Nardil is to draw early conclusions while adjusting to the medicine. All these imbalances go away after awhile. Nardil is gonna have a "bizzare" effect considering it effects 5 major neurotransmitters at once verses 1 or 2. All the side effects are worth it to me because you're either gonna take the best medicine for SA or you're gonna struggle along in life. Nardil is the only one that can make a person feel the most normal. At least, if you have severe SA. Maybe the milder SA people benefit from klono or whatever. Also, you can augment with Nardil too. The impulsiveness/hypomania actually helped me anyways. I was setting goals, cleaning around the house, doing all kinds of new projects after I started Nardil. I'd say I'm more productive than ever because impulsively act on good things that I've needed to do instead of procrastinating. The hypomania has subsided for me and now the minds clear, less impulsive but still eager to take on new projects, goals etc. Last week my Nardil finally kicked in gear without hardly any sides, went out shopping and didn't have a care in the world about what anyone else thought.. If someone spoke, I wasn't scared to speak back.
That's a subjective matter. But I think the impulsivities may be linked to feeling more uninhibited for a few days and hypersensitive which are just side effects that should fade with time. MAOIs are unique in their own way.
yea it definitely does lower inhibition but for someone already with lack of self and emotional control, its a double edged sword. It definitely helps me in talking more, but it also exacerbates my lack of self-control/emotions. Some times I just keep laughing and laughing because of something funny or because Im nervous/anxious and I can't control myself.
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