What Are Panic Attacks » drugs

Help me with my Social Phobia please?

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:55:02 +0000

Hi to all,im going to start a Social Phobia treatment with psychotherapy and drugs, (Anafranil 25mg and Geodon 60mg),as you know this mental disorder annuls you to interact with people. But i can’t just stay at home and watch the world behind the window. My idea is maybe kind of contradictory but i think it can help me to earn some money and self-help for my Social Phobia. My "brilliant idea" is to get a Sales job, yes a Sales job, i think it maybe can help me learn to interact with people and get some social skills. I have a job interview tomorrow for a sales employee (bank products sales) here in my country, i had experience as a telemarketer also a degree in industrial engineering and some other jobs within the industry (i don’t like it by the way so i don’t want to continue practicing it, don’t ask me why),for the near future i want to get a psychology degree, i want to help people with all kind of mental disorders (Mayor depression,OCD,Phobias etc),since my adolescence i’ve been suffering traumas,complexes,low self-steem,Mayor Depression, Anxiety and the Social Phobia, so i know how sad it can be..
How do you think is my idea? =D

Related Blogs

What are some treatment options for social anxiety disorder/social phobia?

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:33:11 +0000

I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder about 3 years ago. I’m 19 and only have several friends in high school. I get extremely nervous and uncomfortable in social situations with people I don’t know. I made no friends and talked to virtually no one in my first year of college. I was prescribed Zoloft and took it for 2 years and it had no effect. I don’t want to go back on drugs but I’m miserable and don’t know what else to do. Does any have experience with social anxiety disorder or no someone who has it? What worked for them? Should I try another type of SSRI such as Paxil CR or some other kind of drug?

Related Blogs

is there anyone out there who has recovered from panic disorder?

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:54:42 +0000

I suffer from panic disorder for a couple of years now. I have gone to psychiatrists, psychologists, read books & been on medication. Most of the time i feel horrible. I would just like to know if there is actually a person out there who has recovered from panic disorder without the drugs, which i absolutely cannot handle. And i’m not talking about those infomercial people, which you are not sure if they are being honest or not. Panic disorder is hell on earth & i would like to know if anybody has been able to escape it…

Related Blogs

How can I treat my social phobia ?

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:42:51 +0000

I have 20 years old and I have social phobia. I want a treatment but without drugs or with a psychologist. Do you know a site or can you give me an advice ?

Related Blogs

What medications help with social anxiety?

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:34:13 +0000

What medications help with social anxiety? I know that there are a lot of anti-anxiety drugs but I am looking for any that specifically help with social anxiety.
And I’m not interested in alternative methods other than medications. I already know of all of them.

Related Blogs

Medical Treatment For Social Phobia?

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:10:25 +0000

I was thinking about going to see my doctor about social phobia and i just wanted to find out if any of the drugs actually work?
Or if anyone has used these drugs for SP has it worked?

Related Blogs

What are the best ways of treating anxiety and panic attacks besides exercising or using any drugs?

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:07:13 +0000

I want to know if there are any other "cures" for anxiety attacks besides exercising, and using drugs. I know therapy is supposed to help too, but anything else besides those things?

Related Blogs

What causes migraines where a person suddenly collapses?

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:24:01 +0000

What causes migraines so bad that a person suddenly collapes with very little or no warning, often accompanied by profuse vomiting and aura? Mine are well controlled now, but no doctor has ever explained to me what all is behind this.
I have never gone unconscious with mine, but would just suddenly go down, fully aware of what was going on, but totally unable to get up during the worst of it. Yes, I had seen a headache specialist 75 miles away, but had to quit when my back pain (from the falls) prevented me from being physically able to go, and when I was even getting sick while on the drugs. My symptoms are well controlled now with a strictly organic diet, so that I very rarely get a migraine or vertigo. However, no one has ever explained the mechanism behind it. I was tested for oxygen level after an attack, and it showed normal. No one has ever tested me while an attack is actually going on, as the worst of it is so sudden, and the worst of it leaves just as suddenly, and then I am left with the residual effects.
If lack of oxygen is possibly behind this, like some answers suggest, then what causes the sudden lack of oxygen, and what causes the oxygen level to normalize when, after an attack, I am tested at the emergency room for oxygen levels and it is shown to be normal?

And, no neurologist ever explained any of this to me although I had seen several neurologists in several states.

Not even my headache specialist ever really answered this question although I saw her for more than a year.

Doctors just kept treating it like a "typical" migraine headache…you know, the kind with severe head pain, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound, etc.

I am having to ask here because of not having any luck getting my questions answered anywhere else.
I’m not looking for the usual, general information about migraine headaches, their triggers, their causes, etc.

What I am talking about is very different from that.

I am looking at what causes a usual migraine headache to become a violent, life-threatening ordeal.

Thus far, none of the answers has explained this.

I have every reason to believe, after having studied this, that MSG is the culprit behind my most violent and potentially life-threatening symptoms. I’m not the only person to have collapsed from MSG, and the excitotoxin has been linked to numerous health problems.

It makes sense, given that when I stray at all off my organic diet I get sick again, as organic food does not tend to have added MSG in it, and conventional food tends to have it in high doses.
I was actually tested for whether my blood pressure drops when I suddenly stand, suddenly switch to sitting, lying down, etc., and even that test for me showed normal.

And, like I said, it seems a bit more than ironic that I don’t get these symptoms when I completely avoid MSG and artificial sweeteners.
Also, I am not talking about fainting when getting up too quickly or otherwise changing positions too quickly. I am talking about walking down the street and doing other everyday tasks, and suddenly collapsing, getting very dizzy, and vomiting.