Posted by Donna Lynn on September 9, 2000, at 14:14:09
In reply to Re: Squirrely? Donna Lynn, posted by KarenB on September 9, 2000, at 11:33:53
> Donna Lynn,
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> Are these your only symptoms(social anxiety and feeling you are being watched) or do you experience fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness or general anxiety, irritability, insomnia or something else? Tell more and you'll likely get more help here.
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> KarenHello to you all, I've been lurking for awhile, finally left my message. Thanks for your interest in helping me. I'm a huge mess. Well, actually, the Trazodone helps my depression with little or no side effects, so I'm happy with it.I'm mellow yet anxious. Sleep good if I'm not awakened by my baby, which is most of the time. But I can wake up easily and get back to sleep easily. I need to know what someone takes for social phobia, meaning, suppose they have no depression? Serzone is touted as an anti-depressant, so that must mean it treats social phobia on a minimal scale, right? What I'm trying to ask, is, what med is well known for treating exclusively social phobia? Is there such a drug? I want to do what everyone probably wants to do: cut to the chase- find the best med right away to avoid wasting time. I want the major, not the minor. But that is unrealistic, isn't it? Yeah. I just don't have a year to try ten different meds, my kids need to get out. I need to get out. I want to be social but I have such bad anxiety around people. Back when I was much younger and went out alot, partying, doing the late-teens thing, I was never afraid of people. I was downright boisterous. I could talk to anyone and everyone. Anytime. But now, my kids need to get out to the park, and I want so much to take them but I'm just so afraid of people ovserving me, I don't want to look like a dork playing with my kids. Maybe I'm having a midlife crisis. No longer a young girl, I may feel more self conscious getting old. I'm afraid of secondary people- WHY? I mean, I'll probably never see them again, so why do I care what they think? I get so angry, like, how dare they judge me. I don't judge them. I'm a mess, aren't I? I can go on my errands with no problem, unless stress hits me then I become the picture of squirrely- I drop my purse, contents fall out, my hands shake, frustrated that I can't handle five different things at once. Panic sets in. Then I don't want to go to the grocery store anymore. It's like, I left my mark there- everyone will remember the clutz dropping her money, hands shaking, can't even sign a check. No wonder I like to sit at home. I feel safe here. But we're bored. I admit that. If there were no people out there, I'd be out ALL the time like there was no tomorrow. So I'm not agoraphobic. I'm people-phobic. Does anyone know of the #1 med for this problem? I'd like to start at the best and work my way down to the ones less likely to work.
poster:Donna Lynn
thread:44488
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