Posted by Elizabeth Becker on June 4, 2001, at 17:35:04
In reply to Re: Social Anxiety Disorder in Children????????, posted by Elizabeth Becker on June 4, 2001, at 17:29:01
A year ago I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. When I was little my parents just thought I was extremely shy and quiet, but I was more than that. I was constantly uptight and very paranoid. When I was in math class in sixth grade I peed in my pants because I was afraid to ask the teacher to let me go to the bathroom. I would fake sick a lot just so that I would not have to face people at school. In seventh grade, when I walked into a convenient store to get a drink, I saw a school mate and hid behind a shelf until he left. I started not going to parties and dances, and it kept getting worse. I started to eat a lot and I am fat because of it. My doctor told me to take a medicine called Paxil, made especial for SAD, and I did. It has changed my life and given me a new confidence I never had. WWW.Paxil.com
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