Social Anxiety Support

Shaky McShakelton · 11-15-2009, 06:36 PM

I've been suffering from SA since i was about 13 or 14 (i'm 24), and the main source of my anxiety has always been my shaking. This only used to be a slight trembling of my hands, but has now become more severe and spread to my head and voice. It all started with public speaking in grade school and now affects every aspect of my life. I had a pretty good control of it for a while, but lately it's becoming much wrose and it's all i can thing about in social situations. I'm really afraid i may have to quit my job soon if i can't find a solution for this.

The only things that have seemed to work have been Xanax and alcohol. I can't drink alcohol all the time for obvious reasons. If i take 2 or 3 .25mg Xanax, that will usually calm me down, but I'm fearful that if i start taking this everyday, I'll build a tolerance and then I won't have it to rely on any more.

My doc prescribed me Inderal (propanolol) 10mg to take 2x every day. It seemed to work well for a few weeks, and then all of a sudden it stopped working. Is it possible to build a tolerance to this or was the dose just not high enough?? Also, I've started Celexa 3 weeks ago, but so far i have yet to see any improvement whatsoever.

Can anyone please reccommend something i can take every day to reduce the shaking?? i feel like i'm running out of options, but I'm convinced there has to be something out there that will work.

VanDamMan · 11-15-2009, 07:07 PM

Have you looked into turrets? I know someone with turrets that gets the shakes. He take some medicine to control it.

rubyruby · 11-15-2009, 07:17 PM

A sibling had a rare condition (adrenal tumors) and the 1st symptom she had were her hands shaking. To make a long story short she takes beta blockers every night to stop the shaking and to stop other symptoms. Perhaps you should just talk to your doctor about changing the amount of Inderal you take.

Shaky McShakelton · 11-15-2009, 07:26 PM

One thing I forgot to mention is the shaking only occurs when I'm feeling nervous or just simply thinking about it, so i don't think it has to do with turrets or anything like that, but maybe something other than anxiety is also a factor??

arth67 · 11-16-2009, 01:23 PM

ask pharmacist for the usual dose range of inderal and experiment

get checked out for the other things mentioned, find another doc if yours wont take the problem seriously

learn new ways to calm and relax yourself

11-15-2009, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shaky McShakelton Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Please help me stop shaking!!! I've been suffering from SA since i was about 13 or 14 (i'm 24), and the main source of my anxiety has always been my shaking. This only used to be a slight trembling of my hands, but has now become more severe and spread to my head and voice. It all started with public speaking in grade school and now affects every aspect of my life. I had a pretty good control of it for a while, but lately it's becoming much wrose and it's all i can thing about in social situations. I'm really afraid i may have to quit my job soon if i can't find a solution for this. The only things that have seemed to work have been Xanax and alcohol. I can't drink alcohol all the time for obvious reasons. If i take 2 or 3 .25mg Xanax, that will usually calm me down, but I'm fearful that if i start taking this everyday, I'll build a tolerance and then I won't have it to rely on any more. My doc prescribed me Inderal (propanolol) 10mg to take 2x every day. It seemed to work well for a few weeks, and then all of a sudden it stopped working. Is it possible to build a tolerance to this or was the dose just not high enough?? Also, I've started Celexa 3 weeks ago, but so far i have yet to see any improvement whatsoever. Can anyone please reccommend something i can take every day to reduce the shaking?? i feel like i'm running out of options, but I'm convinced there has to be something out there that will work.

11-15-2009, 07:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
VanDamMan Status: Temporarily Banned Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 586	Have you looked into turrets? I know someone with turrets that gets the shakes. He take some medicine to control it.

11-15-2009, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
rubyruby Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 77	A sibling had a rare condition (adrenal tumors) and the 1st symptom she had were her hands shaking. To make a long story short she takes beta blockers every night to stop the shaking and to stop other symptoms. Perhaps you should just talk to your doctor about changing the amount of Inderal you take.

11-15-2009, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shaky McShakelton Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	One thing I forgot to mention is the shaking only occurs when I'm feeling nervous or just simply thinking about it, so i don't think it has to do with turrets or anything like that, but maybe something other than anxiety is also a factor??

11-16-2009, 01:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
arth67 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: austral;ia Gender: Male Posts: 232	ask pharmacist for the usual dose range of inderal and experiment get checked out for the other things mentioned, find another doc if yours wont take the problem seriously learn new ways to calm and relax yourself