What is the best thing to take for Social Anxiety

Zoloft helped me with social anxiety, but that's about all it helped me with. I'd try it out, benzo's make you drowsy and you gain a tolerance to them, so you will be addicted and you will need to take alot. They won;t change your life at all, you won't be the life of the party, you prob still won't talk to anyone, but it might not bother you as much. I'd recommend Zoloft, there were hardly any side affects, i got a few stomach pains in the beginning, it took a few weeks to work, it's not addictive and you don't gain weight.

 

I have this too, ALOT. If the people im tlaking too have nothing in comomn with me than it gets really akward as fuck and yeah.

 

I find weed, alcohol, benzos have helped me.

 

I hate to say it, but weed is not a good solution, it actually increases depression and anxiety, and a number of other problems as well. But it's fine in moderation for the happy people, but like may things, excess can lead to serious problems... though, I'd still vote to legalize any day.

Anyhow, I find a good way to help anxiety is to join with IMVU.com the 3d chat.
You get to create an identity and go into chat rooms and in a sense, be in a room talking with other people.
This way, you can get comfortable around people and learn communication skills, and eventually, you can go in public and get used to talking with people for real.

Take it slow, and like all things, practice makes perfect, or better at least. When you get home, go over your actions and try to better any mistakes you think you made, or words you want to change to say next time.

Peace and luck to ya,
Spirit Wynd

 

Lol yeah walrus, for real, if you're trying to be the life of the party, just get pissy drunk and you wont care about nothing and have no problem talking to people, dancing, etc..

It works with me. When I go to the club, most of the time Im too shy to just walk up behind a girl I dont know and start dancing. After a few Patron shots, I could care less what anybody thinks, Im here 2 have fun!!

 

i agree with the above posters, i haven't done any drugs in about 2 months (besides some beer occasionally) and it helps greatly. weed makes it worse, its like i'll have nothing to say to anyone except the few people i smoke with.

 

my advice man i have the same thing with anxiety and i over analyze everything i repeat stuff like i need a job go get a job and i repeat it and it drives me crazy also when im high on pot i think or feel anxious about people being around me casue i feel ashamed about smoking or i feel uncomfortable cause they know im high and im trying to not let them know im too high so i dont seem too obvious even though my friends are high too but anyways look pot does help when ur alone and alcohol may or may not help it may help ur anxiety around people alittle but my best advice would be try to find why u have that anxiety and fix it like im trying to . talk to a doctor he may help u find ur answer or a psychiatrist .

 

The drug solutions in order of preference are: I bolded the traditional ones that have good success and are fairly easy to convince a Dr. to prescribe.

1. GHB
2. Paxil or Zoloft
3. Xanax
4. design your own OTC pills from bulk nootropics.
5. consider coadministration of kratom with the mj
6. kava kava (the paste)
7. vigorous exercise

2. and 3 are available as generics. 1. is not, but maybe you can get a script and make it yourself. it is very easy, but you must use a proper measuring device. 5. is possibly a bad idea, but it may work. i don't know how big the herb thing is for you...you could try a legal blend geared towards the relaxation side.

 

Maybe a doctor can help.

 

I pretty much think alcohol is the only thing that will make you more social. especially alcohol and coke together, I can talk and talk and talk for years on the combination of those two. I'm surprised so many people said weed on this thing.. I find myself alot less social when I smoke.

 

True. Adderall will turn you into a socializing mofo. I have social anxiety too, and Adderall is the only thing that has ever eliminated it without getting me completely shitfaced, like xanax and liquor.

 

xanax and alcohol, the best yet dumbest combination. Gotta love it though. i do it just about every weekend, but in the safety of mine or my cousins house. Do enough of that shit in the street and you could wake up in a hospital or in jail. not good..

 

Just have a few beers or a glass of wine before the social encounter.
Or if you are a non drinker 1mg xanax,20 mg valium will do nicely.
Pot makes me hyper so didn't work. Hydro's do the trick but are hard to find.

 

Words of wisdom. Public+xanax+alcohol=bad situation.

 

Thanks TNS, though its not much wisdom as it is a fact. Xanax is responsible for so much shit going wrong I could tell stories for days. and thank god it hasnt happened to me, cuz how I mentioned when I drink and eat bars I make sure im indoors. But thats not the case for so many of my friends. I know, like everyone knows, people who've done that and woke up in jail. A good friend of mine woke up in his car with the engine crushed by a tree. the stories would go on forever.... LOL

 

Oh I can definitely relate dude. One night, I ate a bunch of bars, not sure how many, and got fired from work, lost my wallet with a couple of hundred dollars and social security card in it, crashed the car, and got arrested for shoplifting. To make matters worse, when I got home, my mom had thrown away all of my bars, which was like 85-90 of them, unless I ate more of them than I had realized, that I had bought from this dude at work. She just tossed all of them in the trash. Bastard. haha That was years ago though, so it doesn't matter now. lol