social anxiety

what's some good medicine for it? i know it's too late for today, but maybe for next time. and if it's prescription, do i get it from a normal doctor?. eek...that'll be expensive.

but i still have to go to this party today, and i'm panicking.

I DON'T WANT TO GO! I DON'T WANT TO GO!I DON'T WANT TO GO!I DON'T WANT TO GO!

but i have to, because the girl is leaving for 3 months, it's the nice thing to do. but i'm so afraid. and they won't understand if i don't go. it's not like i'm just shy...i'm breaking down physically/mentally. how can anyone who's never felt this understand? they'll just think i'm being difficult.

I DON'T WANT TO GO!I DON'T WANT TO GO!I DON'T WANT TO GO!



i seriously don't want to go, but i don't want her to be sad if i don't go. i'm falling apart.

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Buddy, no medicine is going to help you the way Jesus can. I do know how it feels to be afraid in social situations, but you and I just need to trust in Jesus. The Bible says in Deuteronymy 20:1 that "When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." God brought you and I out of thr world, much like God brought Israel out of Egypt. I will be praying for you this evening and I encourage you to do the same and just to step out in faith. Talk to you later.

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Jesus Loves YOU!

i can't pray when i'm such a horrible person.
even if you say otherwise, my whole being won't let me do otherwise. i can't pray and...
i don't know. it's hard to explain.

i just need something. and...

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Well, it takes a few weeks for this kind of med to start working. I just started one three days ago... Celexa. You should see your doctor and ask about it... and research as much as you can, online. Find out about all the different types. If you have any other questions. ask me...

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blueiverson, this does not make you horrible or selfish. It makes you human. Everyone has thier own struggles and obstacles in life, and for more than you know that struggle is social anxiety. That includes me. It's probably a result of the public education system and a predisposition that God put there for a reason. You may not understand it now, but there is some reason for all of this.

Don't go get medicine if you don't have to, be a little precautious for several reasons: 1. Medicines can be risky and have side effects, so make sure you have a very good and wise doctor prescribing them if you do get some! 2. People want to go get a pill for everything these days. Test out behavioral therapy first, not to mention just putting yourself out there. I sometimes have to sit in Bible Study and prayer for hours before going somewhere like this party you're going to. It's terrifying, but sometimes it's the best remedy to just face the fear. You feel like you can't, but as the Bible says, "We can do anything through God who strengthens us." Nowadays I'm on the yearbook photography staff and in choir performing solos, and functioning despite my weaknesses. The fear is still there, but the idea is to learn to cope. I know you can, however weak you feel God is strong!

After that, if you still feel you need meds don't feel bad about it. It's not wrong to get help, sometimes we need it.

I will be praying for you. And pray a little yourself, even if you feel you can't face God or are too angry to face Him, try honesty. Even if it's anger, God's not insecure, He can handle it and you. I know He'd love to hear from you.

God Bless,
-Supermag

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Good advice.

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I knwo the feeling of feeling like you can't pray because you feel like you are a horrible person, I go through that quite often myself....it usually takes something to break me before I get down on my knees......As for medicine, stay away from it if you can....I almost died from taking Zoloft because of the withdrawl symptoms when I came off of it and from what I have read there are alot of people that have come close to death when coming off of it and also from what I have read Paxil is the same way for alot of people.....the drugs don't help very much, you just need to humble yourself and face god with the whole thing (maybe I should take some of my own advice....I have it in my head, but not in my heart....)

Wow, you almost died? You're not supposed to quit cold turkey... something's not right there. I took Zoloft and Paxil for years and I'll admit it made me sick when I got off them, but I didn't almost die...

Anyways, drugs don't always help. But they can work wonders for some people.

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I was on 150mg and I was dropped down to 125, then 100, then 50 over the course of a month and when I was dropped from 50 to 25 is when the problems started because 25 is as low as you can go and when I was on 25mg I was dizzy and disoriented and even to the point that I would be walking along and I felt like I was blacking out.....well I was on 25 mg for 2 weeks before I was totally off of it and that's when it got worse, I couldn't do anything at all, I was lucky to get to the bathroom on my own.....I would lay in bed for 2-3 days at a time without getting up because I could not function (since I couldn't get up to eat or drink I didn't have to go to the bathroom)....I was in bed for about a month like that.....I'm just glad that at the time I was laid off and didn't have to work.....I will look for the link where I visited and it had reports of similar and even worse side effects of comming off of Zoloft....

A friend of mine is on Zoloft, and it has worked wonders for her. I was on it for 3 weeks and it killed my appetite. Anything I would eat would make me gag.

However, I have been on Lexapro for over 3 months now. It seems to work pretty well.

However medication alone is NOT, and I repeat NOT, and complete problem solver. It can help, but it's not a miracle drug. The Lexapro took the edge off, but I didn't have complete peace unitl I put God first in my life. I had let somehting go ahead of God in my life. The first thing is to restore your relationhsip with God, then go from there.

There is help, never give up.

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