I have been searching for this for a long time now and haven’t had any luck. Even information on a therapist with special training in social phobia/social anxiety would help a lot.
Thanks in advance for the feedback.
Check the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Find-a-Therapist service. You can limit your search to social skills or social anxiety.
if so, how much does it cost? Not for the appoinment/evaluation/diagnosis, but the medicine alone
i have socila pjobia and i take paxil which without insurance is around 20$ not bad bc they have generis, now im on zoloft and it costs me 10$ and seems to work great. im able to work in public withour pannic attacks and able to go out with my fiance to public places and go out on my own, i used to tkae zanax which u take at the onset of a pannic but i dont need them now bc the zoloft works great, i recommend it bc its the only drug that i have been able to work fine with a small dose rather then a large dose. smaller is better bc you dont feel dependant, there is also celexa which i used but eventually stopped working. still zoloft is the best . my fiance has the same disorder and uses it too
My doctor prescribed me Vyvanse for my ADHD (inattentive type).
I believe I have hypomania, social anxiety disorder, and occasional depression also. I’m not to the point where I will ask a doctor about it, but I’m looking into OTC treatments. social phobia is usually treated with SSRI antidepressants. Hypomania is usually treated with lithium or mood stabilizers. SSRIs will make Hypomania worse.
I am considering starting myself on some lithium orotate and st. john’s wort extract. The lithium orotate is an OTC version of what they give bipolar and hypomania people. (Some say lithium orotate helps ADHD) St. John’s Wort will give me more serotonin which should help with the social phobia. Anti-anxiety medications sometimes are prescribed for social anxiety disorder people too, so I could substitute l-theanine or kava for that.
Your thoughts?
Also, I believe I also have a condition (i forget the name) where I believe I have a bunch of other mental conditions. That too is treated with SSRIs.
Hypomania/depression cycles are known as Cyclothymic Disorder. I’m wondering why you’re not being honest to your prescribing doctor about the full range of your symptoms.
My thoughts:
Yes, SSRIs can turn your highs into mania, but so can St. John’s Wort! I wouldn’t touch it if I were you. I’m sure you don’t want all your productive time turning into a psychotic episode.
Lithium can be highly toxic at levels barely beyond the therapeutic level, so be very careful about self-medicating with any form of it. How are you going to know what your blood levels are? Kava can be dangerous to the liver in the form it is commonly available in. You probably know all this already.
If you believe you have all these mental conditions, why are you not talking with a professional about them?
It’s getting really hard dealing with Erythrophobia. If you don’t know what that is, you can google it, too.
Erythrophobia is a phobia linked with social anxiety. Basically you blush. A lot. Like, beyond red. Sometimes it’s just a little, sometimes a lot. It can be just your face, just your ears, just your neck, or maybe all of those. People try curing Erythrophobia by seeing a therapist, taking special medications (however they aren’t aproved by the FDA) having hypnosis, or even going through a risky and extremely painful procedure called endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy. (google that if you have questions).
I have Erythrophobia and it affects my day to day life. I won’t talk to certain people. I won’t get certain jobs, I avoid social situations and the hardest thing is- almost no one knows about this. Any suggestions or kind words?
Here’s something from an article about Erythrophobia that is very true for me:
To people who have never experienced problem blushing, Erythrophobia, is likely to seem silly and be very difficult to understand. However, Erythrophobia is no laughing matter. For those who suffer from Erythrophobia, it is a very real and serious concern. The tendency to blush excessively, combined with an irrational fear of blushing that triggers additional blushing, can affect every component of daily life.
It is not uncommon for people with Erythrophobia to develop additional social phobias as they seek ways to avoid blushing. They are very likely to experience feelings of hopelessness and withdraw from situations that require human interaction on any level. People who experience Erythrophobia commonly develop depression.
By raising awareness of Erythrophobia and problem blushing, the general public will hopefully become more understanding of the serious nature of this problem. (cont:
As problem blushing becomes more widely understood for the serious problem that it is, people who suffer from problem blushing may be able to become less self-conscious about their problem.
i have THE same problem. Like the littlest things make me blush and its sooo embarrasing. I didnt even know that there was a technical term for it. It is hard living with this because its like "oh god ami going to blush now?" and i do. Ive tried to relax and try not to blush but it just happens. I probably didnt answer your question, because i dont know how, but your not alone
I am a senior in high school and I have pretty bad social phobia. I still don’t really have a clue what kind of job I would like.. I would like one that pays good money and where i’m not really in the spot light. I like animals but I don’t want to be a vet cause I think that would probably be to hard for me. If you have any ideas I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Get over it. Try running outside saying "I GOT THE POWER!". You will get over it.
http://www.pstec.org For anyone with a phobia only two options exist. The first is to live with it and the second to do something about it. There is now a new way to correct a phobic response which is freely available for use.
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Finally made my vid on social phobia.
Just me talking about what it is and what happens to me.
Sorry about stumbling over my words a bit, couldn’t concentrate, and this was quite hard for me to make.
I couldn’t fit it all onto 1 vid so it is in 2 parts.
Some links to info on social phobia:
http://www.nmha.org/pbedu/anxiety/social.cfm
http://ada.mentalhealth.asn.au/social.html
http://www.adavic.org/education/info/socialphobia.htm
http://www.socialphobiaworld.com/index.php
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