Social Anxiety Support

Jordanmorrissey · 06-21-2009, 09:23 PM

I have been on cipralex since April of this year. I just stopped taking the medication last week. I had a doctor's appointment in early June and my doctor suggested upping the dosage to 15 mg. I had asked him to give me a higher dosage because I heard that could help? I sometimes do get anxious still. For instance, this evening I was on the subway and I got nervous I thought these two guys on the subway were talking about me that I had to switch trains. Should I ask my doctor to change my perscription to another medication that helps social anxiety and depression?

Drew · 06-22-2009, 04:57 PM

I'd talk to him about other options and see what he says. You might consider doing some research about medications commonly used for social anxiety disorder/depression on your own (on SAS, Dr-Bob.org, Wikipedia, etc.) and then discussing what you find with him to see what he thinks would work best for you.

Personally, I've found it's worked much better for me when I go in with some ideas for what I'd like to try, and see what my doctor thinks.

Good luck!

arth77 · 06-23-2009, 03:29 PM

i would have gone up to 20 for a couple of weeks to see if this got it working

06-21-2009, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jordanmorrissey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Gender: Male Posts: 48	10mg of Cipralex I don't feel any different after two months I have been on cipralex since April of this year. I just stopped taking the medication last week. I had a doctor's appointment in early June and my doctor suggested upping the dosage to 15 mg. I had asked him to give me a higher dosage because I heard that could help? I sometimes do get anxious still. For instance, this evening I was on the subway and I got nervous I thought these two guys on the subway were talking about me that I had to switch trains. Should I ask my doctor to change my perscription to another medication that helps social anxiety and depression?

06-22-2009, 04:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Drew Status: Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Gender: Male Posts: 1,356	I'd talk to him about other options and see what he says. You might consider doing some research about medications commonly used for social anxiety disorder/depression on your own (on SAS, Dr-Bob.org, Wikipedia, etc.) and then discussing what you find with him to see what he thinks would work best for you. Personally, I've found it's worked much better for me when I go in with some ideas for what I'd like to try, and see what my doctor thinks. Good luck!

06-23-2009, 03:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
arth77 Status: arth77 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 73	i would have gone up to 20 for a couple of weeks to see if this got it working