Anyone here tried MAOIs (Nardil, Parnate, Moclobemide etc.) for Social Anxiety?

[lilhorizontal32]

They're meant to nuke your social anxiety, even more than any SSRIs, SNRIs, Tricyclics etc.

They're quite difficult to get though which is the problem, and there's a fair few of them, including:

• Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
• Phenelzine (Nardil)
• Selegiline (Emsam)
• Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
• Moclobemide

There's even more here.

Any idea which one to start with?
Also what were your experiences on them?

 

[BrahminBoss]

MAO I s take a while to work and even then theyre better for weight loss and depression rather than anxiety although some have been used off label for anxiety. But some people have had success even with low doses of something like selegiline, trick is to not induce MAO B inhibition since that raises serotonin and norepinephrine too much. Also something like phenibut would probbaly be a better bet for anxiety during the short term, maybe even lyrica (although it lacks the euphoria of phenibut and can affect cognition). Even kratom may work in the short term and if youre in india you can get a good vendor if you search for it in india mart