lexapro for social phobia

just want to know if anyone has any input on it, if used ofcourse...i suffer from uncontrolled blushing and sweating...my social phobia is horrible, please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

m currently taking Gabapentin, Xanax when needed, Busiprone, and Lexapro. Lexapro is an SSRI for depressant and is known for helping anxiety. Gabapentin is a tranquilizer/mood-stabalizer. Busiprone is an anti-anxiety drug as well but non-benzo. It works on Serotonin, and a little bit on Dopamine. Right now after taking the gabapentin and 2mg xanax im feeling a lil at ease. Plus what helps me a tad is to take a walk and observe nature in a sort of meditative way. Meditation is good too.

I went to see the doctor yesterday and said i have social phobia. i fear making eye contact, feel like im being watched or judged. He prescribed Paroxetine and lexan ( spelling might be wrong), which use inhibitors to block interceptors to make the brain think that serotonin has increased. The side effecs are bad-- headaches, asethia, sexual disorder, suicial behavior, etc. I really dont think my illness is that bad, depending on the day, i could be completely okay or walking thru hell.

I am 31 years old and I complain that I don't have many friends yet I avoid social situations almost always. It's a toss up for me to decide which is worse, having no one to hang out with or to put myself into a social situation where I may meet new people.I take Paxil to get me thru regular day to day activities. I was in prison for most of my 20"s and getting out made my social phobia worse because I only knew how to socialize with inmates and correctional staff.

I have suffered from what I seem to think is social anxiety/phobia. When I am in the public eye I feel like everyone is looking at me and talking about me. Sometimes I get so bad I have to leave the public situation immediately. Sometimes I won't leave my home for days and here lately weeks. (Recently lost my job) If I do need to go to the store I will take my brother with me so he can go in and get what I need.

I am suffering from social phobia, my symptoms are some times I hesitate to speak or joke with my friends, I get nervoused to meet with my friends or relatives, this is happening to me from the past 7 years Itry keep my confidence boost but no progress. should i take medicine or there is other way to cure????

I really need to start again a SSRI for my extreme panic disorder and I want to know if the Celexa will work to stop the panic disorder, since I took it for my social phobia at 60 mg/day back in 1999 for 6 months and it did nothing for the social anxiety and my anxiety level didn't improve on it? I ask that question cause last year I wanted to try again the Lexxapro, who is the improve Celexa and I had strong side-effects on it, wasn't able to tolerate a little dose of 2.

1. A person approaches me and starts talking 2. I think "Uh oh, I'm locked into a conversation. I hope I'm not sweating." 3. I start feeling a little flushed in the face. 4. I think "I'm sweating!" and of course I start sweating more. So, the more I worry about sweating in front of people, the more I sweat. It's kind of amazing how it works on cue. Normally, I'd have to play 30 minutes of basketball to break a sweat.

If its a fear of being outside or in enclosed places that would be a phobia. But only your psychiatrist would know for sure so it would be best to speak to them about it.

Also, is it possible that by just talking to a psychologist, that I could be cured of this thing which is basically destroying me life? I copied the above sentence from your posting. The answer is "yes" and the the talking part is called "cognitive behavioral therapy" or CBT. Social phobia and social anxiety are the same thing so you found the correct forum.

There are new medications for social anxiety disorders and depression. See a Doctor. They can help get you fixed up. (I've had similar issues, due to being raped when I was 15.

Realizing that we are all human and that many feel a touch of anxiety in new social situations (or old ones even that one is still getting comfortable with) helps. Trust me, you are not the only one feeling anxious at a social gathering. Look for others looking for people to talk to. They are always there. Some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRI's have indications for social anxiety and work very well. I tried Prozac with great success. Lots of luck to you.

ll ruin your life. Better to get on an antidepressant if you have social phobia, or take xanax a few times a week when your having severe anxiety.

Oh how I feel for you. I am a nutritionist. I'm in my 40's. But I had social phobia when I was your age too. I'm so very sorry that you were bullied. First, I want to say something about that that MIGHT help you. People who feel good about themselves want nothing more than to make other people feel good about themselves. And people who do not feel good about themselves do not want others to feel good about themselves.

so I just withdraw it slowly and stop it completly... I was mainly free of panic attack for almost 10 years, my social phobia was still there but I was ok with it... I had some panic attacks in that 10 years gaps...especially at the university when I had to do oral speech in front of the class OR sometimes I had panic attacks because of my social phobia in public transportation or when I had to walk alone in a street full of people OR whan I had to introduce myself to a new group at school...

Hi, I suffer from severe social anxiety and public speaking, my doctor in Manila prescribed me Abilify and Sertraline. Did anyone use these medicine for social/public anxiety and does it help?

Hi ! Hummmm... I don't think that a longterm treatment with a benzodiazepine is possible without built-up a tolerance and have addiction BUT I know some peoples who use them since more than 20 years and dont have tolerance and addiction to those meds and they take the same dose since all those years and it's working good for their anxiety! Everyone is different. For me, it's another story...

Im very worried i have avoided soaps and tried to use epison salt and that helps a little bit but then the pain comes back sometime less the others. Also have social phobia and high anxiety.

I have a question I have been on lexapro for 3 weeks now and the first week was all good no side effects, I believe i had a placebo effect becasue i seemed happier, but then after two weeks of taking it my anxiety came back worse then ever. I have GAD. I take the lexapro in the evening around 8. I wake up in the morning with severe anxiety that usually calms down around noon, then i have mild anxiety for the rest of the day. After the morning episodes I feel worn out, tired.

That would monitor the kind social situations you were in that day - telephone, in person, chat, etc; how much interaction was required, for example I could mark 1 social situation that required mininimal interaction or 2 social situations that required maximum interaction and how much anxiety was felt; mark medications taken, such as antidepressents or antianxiety meds, or things like relaxation exercises and maybe how much relief was gotten. Something along those lines. Would that be possible?

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_phobia I would suggest you to explore this option and let us know if you need more help.

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