Social Anxiety Support

Gerard · 12-31-2008, 10:20 PM

I'm considering it, for I feel I might function better in my life. I'm not much interested in side effects, doses, or whatnot, but I want to understand the effects of producing the overall mood of feeling happier.

Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

UltraShy · 12-31-2008, 11:18 PM

They're useless crap. I have yet to find a single one that helped in the least. In fact, due to side effects most are worse than taking nothing.

Sorry if that sounds harsh & negative, but that's my personal experience. YMMV.

MastaMel · 12-31-2008, 11:54 PM

Ill have to agree with ultrashy on that one. I wouldn't say completely useless because everybody reacts differently. I took paxil for a while which i would say did nothing for my anxiety, and helped somewhat for depression. Celexa made me very depressed but did an ok job for my anxiety. lexapro i only took for about 3 weeks so i dont know if it really did anything or not. now that i am off all medication, i exercise daily. my sa is overall a bit worse then when i wasn't on meds and same with depression, but my body feels so much better, thats for sure. My panic attacks have been reduced greatly as well. the only combo i felt had ever worked was when i took klonopin and any antidepressants together, i felt very happy. I still am prescribed klonopin and have probably used 10 pills in the last year, because it has not worked for me by itself. thats my story on meds.

Halcyon Daze · 01-01-2009, 12:21 AM

I'm taking sertraline (zoloft). I may be extremely sensitive to this medication. After about a month of gradually tapering on I noticed my depression was gone. I didn't think I had depression in the first place, so that was nice to feel so upbeat and have less moodswings. Very surprising. This is very dependent on dose though. I know you don't want to know about that but I think the right dose is crucial. If I adjust even slightly my results and mood change noticeably.

Other meds I've tried so far...
Cymbalta made me feel apathetic and numb.
Paxil made me anxious, but I didn't really give it a fair chance to be honest.

Good luck

MavenMI6Agent009 · 01-01-2009, 10:34 AM

zoloft helped my depression

MissMay1977 · 01-01-2009, 11:07 AM

I am on Paxil in addition to adderall and a mood stabilizer. I think Paxil in the combination with the other meds is helping. I think sometimes you need a combo of med and not just one med to help with SA

Noca · 01-01-2009, 11:53 AM

I like my Paxil.

lilly · 01-01-2009, 02:20 PM

I think anti-depressants can help you be a level calmer - I'm on zoloft and it slowed down the huge amount of worrying thoughts - that in itself is a relief!

skittlez · 01-02-2009, 10:46 AM

i was on cipralex, and i think it made me generally happier which i wasnt used to after all the depression... and i still worried and stuff about people when on it; but it didnt bother me as much. i still had panic attacks every once in a while though.

explodethis · 01-03-2009, 12:30 PM

I was on zoloft for a year or so, while I was still being diagnosed as depressed and not bipolar. I was on a pretty low dose - like 75mg. But it worked great for my SA, I was so manic all the time that I was practically a different person.
This probably doesn't help anyone. lol. But I do think it might work for a lot of people.

vicente · 01-03-2009, 02:23 PM

Tried Paxil, Effexor, and Celexa, none of them have worked.

Skaz · 01-03-2009, 06:09 PM

Hmm been on a few:

Paxil didn't work on lower doses but made me completely screwed up at higher ones, borderline suicidal, really depressed. So no luck there.

Zoloft did nothing else than give me gas. So that's a no there on any other effects.

Cipralex didn't do anything either. And I mean exactly nothing. No effects whatsoever.

Effexor is what I'm on now. And honestly I don't think it's doing anything of value. It might be even more useless than the Cipralex because I've been depressed lately.

Then there was another one that I was on that was also totally useless and gave me headaches but it was straight after I came off Paxil and my memories from that time are less than perfect. So I don't have a name for that one.

So my experience with them has been far from satisfactory. And I'm more interested in Benzo's which do work for me. If I can find a way to get Nardil in my country I will jump at it. As I've written off SSRI & SNRI drugs as a benefit for me until some new ones show up with better research. So for me, nothing. But drugs work differently for different people. So you should at least try them if you haven't tried them for all we know they might work for you.

aw3se4dr5 · 01-03-2009, 08:39 PM

i was on pristiq for a while and it didnt do anything for me

Draztek · 01-03-2009, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UltraShy

They're useless crap. I have yet to find a single one that helped in the least. In fact, due to side effects most are worse than taking nothing.

Sorry if that sounds harsh & negative, but that's my personal experience. YMMV.

This.

12-31-2008, 10:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gerard Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,992	Share your experiences with an anti-depressant(s). I'm considering it, for I feel I might function better in my life. I'm not much interested in side effects, doses, or whatnot, but I want to understand the effects of producing the overall mood of feeling happier. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

12-31-2008, 11:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Accident of Birth Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (Atheist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 24,485	They're useless crap. I have yet to find a single one that helped in the least. In fact, due to side effects most are worse than taking nothing. Sorry if that sounds harsh & negative, but that's my personal experience. YMMV. __________________ Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get you see http://www.insureyourgunrights.com/

01-01-2009, 10:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
MavenMI6Agent009 Status: King Nothing Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: EL Crapo, Tx Gender: Male Posts: 13,476	zoloft helped my depression __________________ "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." (Henri Nouwen) -------------------------------------------------------

01-01-2009, 11:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
MissMay1977 Status: Freakin Beautiful Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Gender: Female Age: 32 Posts: 1,023	I am on Paxil in addition to adderall and a mood stabilizer. I think Paxil in the combination with the other meds is helping. I think sometimes you need a combo of med and not just one med to help with SA __________________ <@_@> la la laaaaaaa

01-02-2009, 10:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
skittlez Status: Pro Stalker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 33	i was on cipralex, and i think it made me generally happier which i wasnt used to after all the depression... and i still worried and stuff about people when on it; but it didnt bother me as much. i still had panic attacks every once in a while though. __________________ Welcome to my life... I'm not okay.

12-31-2008, 11:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
MastaMel Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 49	Ill have to agree with ultrashy on that one. I wouldn't say completely useless because everybody reacts differently. I took paxil for a while which i would say did nothing for my anxiety, and helped somewhat for depression. Celexa made me very depressed but did an ok job for my anxiety. lexapro i only took for about 3 weeks so i dont know if it really did anything or not. now that i am off all medication, i exercise daily. my sa is overall a bit worse then when i wasn't on meds and same with depression, but my body feels so much better, thats for sure. My panic attacks have been reduced greatly as well. the only combo i felt had ever worked was when i took klonopin and any antidepressants together, i felt very happy. I still am prescribed klonopin and have probably used 10 pills in the last year, because it has not worked for me by itself. thats my story on meds.

01-01-2009, 12:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
Halcyon Daze Status: Paranormal Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Weirdoville, USA Gender: Female Posts: 218	I'm taking sertraline (zoloft). I may be extremely sensitive to this medication. After about a month of gradually tapering on I noticed my depression was gone. I didn't think I had depression in the first place, so that was nice to feel so upbeat and have less moodswings. Very surprising. This is very dependent on dose though. I know you don't want to know about that but I think the right dose is crucial. If I adjust even slightly my results and mood change noticeably. Other meds I've tried so far... Cymbalta made me feel apathetic and numb. Paxil made me anxious, but I didn't really give it a fair chance to be honest. Good luck

01-01-2009, 11:53 AM	#7 (permalink)
Noca Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ontario Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 14,079	I like my Paxil.

01-01-2009, 02:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
lilly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: australia Gender: Female Age: 50 Posts: 1,746	I think anti-depressants can help you be a level calmer - I'm on zoloft and it slowed down the huge amount of worrying thoughts - that in itself is a relief!

01-03-2009, 12:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
explodethis Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 3	I was on zoloft for a year or so, while I was still being diagnosed as depressed and not bipolar. I was on a pretty low dose - like 75mg. But it worked great for my SA, I was so manic all the time that I was practically a different person. This probably doesn't help anyone. lol. But I do think it might work for a lot of people.

01-03-2009, 02:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
vicente Status: <Insert status here> Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 1,255	Tried Paxil, Effexor, and Celexa, none of them have worked. __________________ "Better to be sorry than safe" - Vince (Me) In Charlottesville, Virginia but my hometown's Mississauga, Ontario. There is only ONE "n" in Vicente!

01-03-2009, 06:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Skaz Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Iceland Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 34	Hmm been on a few: Paxil didn't work on lower doses but made me completely screwed up at higher ones, borderline suicidal, really depressed. So no luck there. Zoloft did nothing else than give me gas. So that's a no there on any other effects. Cipralex didn't do anything either. And I mean exactly nothing. No effects whatsoever. Effexor is what I'm on now. And honestly I don't think it's doing anything of value. It might be even more useless than the Cipralex because I've been depressed lately. Then there was another one that I was on that was also totally useless and gave me headaches but it was straight after I came off Paxil and my memories from that time are less than perfect. So I don't have a name for that one. So my experience with them has been far from satisfactory. And I'm more interested in Benzo's which do work for me. If I can find a way to get Nardil in my country I will jump at it. As I've written off SSRI & SNRI drugs as a benefit for me until some new ones show up with better research. So for me, nothing. But drugs work differently for different people. So you should at least try them if you haven't tried them for all we know they might work for you. __________________ No sig at all...

01-03-2009, 08:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
aw3se4dr5 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Age: 20 Posts: 160	i was on pristiq for a while and it didnt do anything for me