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What has given me the best results in improving how I interact socially is increasing Dopamine levels in the brain.  Research shows that D2 receptor activity is either impaired or low in patients with social phobia.  This makes the use of dopamine precursors an important symptomatic treatment modality for this disorder.

 I take1.5 grams of Tyrosine first thing in the morning upon waking and always on an empty stomach.  Drinking some juice or any other carb. can also improve absorption.  

 On this treatment, I've noticed an increase in energy and motivation. My mood is more stable and I even break a smile here and there.   I don't experience anticipatory anxiety prior to a social situation and my behavior around people seems more fluent and natural.

On days where I forget to take it, just leaving my house gives me terrible anxiety.  My eyes tear up and I feel this overwhelming tension concentrated in my face and head.

 I have also obtained similar, although inconsistent results with cholinergic supplements like CDP-choline and Lecithin.  However, using Tyrosine everyday does not seem to produce tolerance and its effect does not decrease over time.

 I highly recommend it! 

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did nothing for me at all

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Hi

I take 1g of tyrosine on an empty stomach in the morning. I too believe that in my case the key to reducing my anxiety is increasing the dopamine levels

I found Tyrosine is the only thing that has had an effect on my social anxiety. It just seems to make things easier and allows me to mellow out more.

I was originally taking 1.5g, 1g in the morning and 500mg early evening. This worked even better for the anxiety, but had the effect of causing depression. The scientific reason for this would be that the tyrosine competes with l-tryptophan to get into the brain and the tyrosine wins. Hence you have less l-trytophan in the brain, so less serotonin so a tendency towards depression.

I may yet try 1,5g all in the morning to see if this works OK, but in the meantime I have started on an extract of Turmeric (called curcumin) which can boost both dopamine and serotonin. Only 2 days into it so will report back when I see what effect it has.