Social Anxiety Support

jayb90 · 07-28-2009, 12:05 PM

I don't consider this a "Disorder"

But does anyone find they are really into experimentation and drug usage?

I think in my life, it kind of relates to my anxiety, as whenever I'm high I hardly worry and if I do ponder useless thoughts.... I just don't care lol and don't worry about anything.

I also am attracted to the way our bodies function mentally, and I think when i experiment, i see the way I react to things, the way other people do also.

banjerbanjo · 07-28-2009, 12:18 PM

I go through short phases of this.

I don't really have a personality susceptible to addiction, and I know what and who to stay away from, so it's not really a problem for me.

It's definitely not something I would recommend either way.

jayb90 · 07-28-2009, 12:25 PM

^ I guess I could say the same when it comes to an addictive personality.

I am definitely spontaneous and random with this. I enjoy doing it every so often, not on a daily basis.

imt · 07-28-2009, 02:46 PM

My drug use (including alcohol) occur when I'm mostly so nervous or anxious that I cannot contain my thoughts or settle down. This leads to paranoia, nightmares and sleepless nights. Of course, drugs increase the occurrences of these phenomenons, but they delude me into thinking that its a healthy substitute. Drugs do make me feel good and even help me out with my social issues sometimes. So the trade off isn't as bad as it sounds. I mean, its only my body on the line right?

I don't advocate drug use but it works for me. Drugs ease the tension and stress
in my life. I really got into drugs just for the sake of experimenting. I didn't expect this to bring me any level of comfort. I knew I'd be just as miserable, or maybe even worst. I was right.

UltraShy · 07-28-2009, 05:45 PM

I wouldn't even know where to buy drugs. It's not as if I have a friend who knows somebody who sells pot or any other drugs.

PickleNose · 07-29-2009, 04:39 AM

No. Not really. Having epilepsy kind of makes you wish your body (especially your brain) would work the way it's supposed to. I've always been afraid experimenting with drugs would make my epilepsy worse. I did try (and liked) pot but I wouldn't do anything stronger. Mushrooms and LSD in particular sound unpleasant to me.

IllusionalFate · 07-29-2009, 06:33 AM

I take recreational drugs every once in awhile. As long as they're used responsibly then I don't see any problem with it - all it does is add a new dimension to your life and gives you a different perspective on the world, which is certainly a welcomed change from 24/7 sobriety.

QuakerOats167 · 07-30-2009, 07:23 PM

This is going to sound awful but I love recreational drugs now... even drugs that you never thought you could abuse. They've never caused me to be harmed or anything though I'm sure they could have long term effects. Since I have anxiety I feel like anything I take will not affect me as much or will actually help a little bit. I love taking dramamines, ecstascy, shrooms, weed, valiums, etc. The only problem is lately I haven't been able to get high from smoking weed... I don't know what it is. I smoked more than an eigth all to myself and didn't get high... and I tried that a few times, never worked again. I guess that's caused me to start taking other stuff more like Ambiens. I guess if I could get over feeling depressed or anxious I wouldn't be taking them but since I am it hasn't really made me feel like I'm doing anything wrong. Alcohol's the most annoying one but there's always that too. And it's the easiest to "abuse" because everyone does it.

dessibel · 07-30-2009, 07:47 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbExvU42q4

WineKitty · 07-30-2009, 07:55 PM

I have a drug use history. But that was so long ago it seems like another lifetime, I wouldnt touch anything like that now.

hey25 · 07-30-2009, 08:39 PM

I used to be a major pothead from ages 16-19, smoking the most my senior year of HS and freshman year of college. I used to love it, and at the end of freshman year went on a serious binge of daily smoking with my friends. It got old after a while though, and I sort of stopped doing it.

Something in me changed around when I turned 19, going into the sophomore year, though and now whenever I smoke I get anxiety and what I can only describe as panic attacks. I still smoke here and there because it's around me alot. I usually won't do it unless I'm drunk though, and at this point I'd say I still smoke about once a month- and every time I do I get anxiety and say I'm never going to do it again. It really sucks because it used to make me feel really good and it was one of my favorite things to do. Now when I do it I just get extremely quiet and start thinking that everything I say sounds really stupid and want to do nothing else except go to bed or get away from people. I hate it because it goes against everything that smoking is supposed to be about.

Dempsey · 07-31-2009, 04:41 AM

Drugs are a fun distraction for me. Amphetamines were the most interesting because they gave me such a boost of confidence. There are many negative things about it (you can't settle down, no matter what you're doing) and I would never want to do it regularly, but for once in a while it's a lovely change to the norm.

Weed is a lot of fun to do with friends but alone its just "okay". Take it or leave it.

Ecstasy+alcohol. Okay, that was interesting. I cannot remember ever being so obsessed with people and so extroverted.

I think anything that changes the way you think or see things is interesting and worth trying.

IllusionalFate · 07-31-2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Dempsey

I think anything that changes the way you think or see things is interesting and worth trying.

Sabu · 07-31-2009, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dempsey

Amphetamines were the most interesting because they gave me such a boost of confidence. There are many negative things about it (you can't settle down, no matter what you're doing) and I would never want to do it regularly, but for once in a while it's a lovely change to the norm.

Same here. Speed made me feel so full of confidence I felt like someone else when I did it. The comedowns are too much though.

IllusionalFate · 07-31-2009, 06:27 AM

For some reason I don't crash when amphetamines wear off. I only take small doses for SA (10mg Adderall XR) but the "crash" just consists of being tired and lazy.

Recusant · 07-31-2009, 10:21 AM

i used to do alot of drugs from 15-19, pot acid shrooms ecstasy, coke, for a while benzos and pain pills, lunesta....

Then I got arrested, stopped for 3 years while on probation, and now I'm doing some things again.

real opium is good

Sabu · 07-31-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by IllusionalFate

For some reason I don't crash when amphetamines wear off. I only take small doses for SA (10mg Adderall XR) but the "crash" just consists of being tired and lazy.

I'm jealous! Not only you have a prescription for speed you don't really suffer a comedown either.

How about your complection? My skin always looked bad (it'd enrage the mild acne I had) for days after using.

IllusionalFate · 07-31-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabu

I'm jealous! Not only you have a prescription for speed you don't really suffer a comedown either.

How about your complection? My skin always looked bad (it'd enrage the mild acne I had) for days after using.

I've only taken it a total of 10 times at most so far, but I haven't noticed any changes in my complexion. I've experienced some itchiness but not completely sure if it's the Adderall or not. Do you know if it's common for amphetamine to have side-effects pertaining to the skin?

Sabu · 07-31-2009, 12:24 PM

Yeah it does in high does and long term use from what I've read and experienced the handful of times I've used it. That said it was base amphetamine not adderall.

Sierra83 · 07-31-2009, 12:58 PM

I've tried pot, ketamine, shrooms and ecstasy but now just stick with nicotine and the occasional drink. When you're bipolar it doesn't mix well with psychoactive drugs.

07-28-2009, 12:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
jayb90 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 13	Recreational drug usage ? I don't consider this a "Disorder" But does anyone find they are really into experimentation and drug usage? I think in my life, it kind of relates to my anxiety, as whenever I'm high I hardly worry and if I do ponder useless thoughts.... I just don't care lol and don't worry about anything. I also am attracted to the way our bodies function mentally, and I think when i experiment, i see the way I react to things, the way other people do also.

07-28-2009, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Accident of Birth Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (Atheist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 24,575	I wouldn't even know where to buy drugs. It's not as if I have a friend who knows somebody who sells pot or any other drugs. __________________ Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get you see http://www.insureyourgunrights.com/

07-30-2009, 07:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
WineKitty Status: Almost 10,000 Posts :) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alone Inside My Mind Gender: Female Posts: 9,972	I have a drug use history. But that was so long ago it seems like another lifetime, I wouldnt touch anything like that now. __________________ "The more I know about people, the better I like my dog." - Mark Twain

07-31-2009, 12:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
Sierra83 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, ON, Canada Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 1,832	I've tried pot, ketamine, shrooms and ecstasy but now just stick with nicotine and the occasional drink. When you're bipolar it doesn't mix well with psychoactive drugs. __________________ "Believe that life can change That you're not stuck in vain" -- The Smashing Pumpkins, "Tonight, Tonight"

07-28-2009, 12:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
banjerbanjo Status: Relaxating Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 150	I go through short phases of this. I don't really have a personality susceptible to addiction, and I know what and who to stay away from, so it's not really a problem for me. It's definitely not something I would recommend either way.

07-28-2009, 12:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
jayb90 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 13	^ I guess I could say the same when it comes to an addictive personality. I am definitely spontaneous and random with this. I enjoy doing it every so often, not on a daily basis.

07-28-2009, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
imt Status: Eating Knives Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Woodlawn Cemetery Gender: Male Posts: 450	My drug use (including alcohol) occur when I'm mostly so nervous or anxious that I cannot contain my thoughts or settle down. This leads to paranoia, nightmares and sleepless nights. Of course, drugs increase the occurrences of these phenomenons, but they delude me into thinking that its a healthy substitute. Drugs do make me feel good and even help me out with my social issues sometimes. So the trade off isn't as bad as it sounds. I mean, its only my body on the line right? I don't advocate drug use but it works for me. Drugs ease the tension and stress in my life. I really got into drugs just for the sake of experimenting. I didn't expect this to bring me any level of comfort. I knew I'd be just as miserable, or maybe even worst. I was right.

07-29-2009, 04:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
PickleNose Status: Too shy to be here Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 598	No. Not really. Having epilepsy kind of makes you wish your body (especially your brain) would work the way it's supposed to. I've always been afraid experimenting with drugs would make my epilepsy worse. I did try (and liked) pot but I wouldn't do anything stronger. Mushrooms and LSD in particular sound unpleasant to me.

07-29-2009, 06:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
IllusionalFate Status: Equilibrian Epicurius Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Western NY Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 783	I take recreational drugs every once in awhile. As long as they're used responsibly then I don't see any problem with it - all it does is add a new dimension to your life and gives you a different perspective on the world, which is certainly a welcomed change from 24/7 sobriety.

07-30-2009, 07:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
QuakerOats167 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 78	This is going to sound awful but I love recreational drugs now... even drugs that you never thought you could abuse. They've never caused me to be harmed or anything though I'm sure they could have long term effects. Since I have anxiety I feel like anything I take will not affect me as much or will actually help a little bit. I love taking dramamines, ecstascy, shrooms, weed, valiums, etc. The only problem is lately I haven't been able to get high from smoking weed... I don't know what it is. I smoked more than an eigth all to myself and didn't get high... and I tried that a few times, never worked again. I guess that's caused me to start taking other stuff more like Ambiens. I guess if I could get over feeling depressed or anxious I wouldn't be taking them but since I am it hasn't really made me feel like I'm doing anything wrong. Alcohol's the most annoying one but there's always that too. And it's the easiest to "abuse" because everyone does it.

07-30-2009, 07:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
dessibel Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Valley of the Dead Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 38	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbExvU42q4

07-30-2009, 08:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
hey25 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 26	I used to be a major pothead from ages 16-19, smoking the most my senior year of HS and freshman year of college. I used to love it, and at the end of freshman year went on a serious binge of daily smoking with my friends. It got old after a while though, and I sort of stopped doing it. Something in me changed around when I turned 19, going into the sophomore year, though and now whenever I smoke I get anxiety and what I can only describe as panic attacks. I still smoke here and there because it's around me alot. I usually won't do it unless I'm drunk though, and at this point I'd say I still smoke about once a month- and every time I do I get anxiety and say I'm never going to do it again. It really sucks because it used to make me feel really good and it was one of my favorite things to do. Now when I do it I just get extremely quiet and start thinking that everything I say sounds really stupid and want to do nothing else except go to bed or get away from people. I hate it because it goes against everything that smoking is supposed to be about.

07-31-2009, 04:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
Dempsey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 637	Drugs are a fun distraction for me. Amphetamines were the most interesting because they gave me such a boost of confidence. There are many negative things about it (you can't settle down, no matter what you're doing) and I would never want to do it regularly, but for once in a while it's a lovely change to the norm. Weed is a lot of fun to do with friends but alone its just "okay". Take it or leave it. Ecstasy+alcohol. Okay, that was interesting. I cannot remember ever being so obsessed with people and so extroverted. I think anything that changes the way you think or see things is interesting and worth trying.

07-31-2009, 06:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
IllusionalFate Status: Equilibrian Epicurius Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Western NY Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 783	For some reason I don't crash when amphetamines wear off. I only take small doses for SA (10mg Adderall XR) but the "crash" just consists of being tired and lazy.

07-31-2009, 10:21 AM	#16 (permalink)
Recusant Status: Badonkadonk Join Date: May 2009 Location: In the unbound node of the mind Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 75	i used to do alot of drugs from 15-19, pot acid shrooms ecstasy, coke, for a while benzos and pain pills, lunesta.... Then I got arrested, stopped for 3 years while on probation, and now I'm doing some things again. real opium is good

07-31-2009, 12:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
Sabu Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Mids, UK Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 608	Yeah it does in high does and long term use from what I've read and experienced the handful of times I've used it. That said it was base amphetamine not adderall.