Are you on meds?

[no0ne]

How many saukers are on prescription meds for sa and how many aren't?

[Little Red Rooster]

Yeah, but it was prescibed for depression and stress-related anxiety, rather than SOCIAL anxiety in particular.

[pinkwafer]

No and don't want none either thanks, as they always say, drugs treat the symptoms not the cause. If there is no real cause your ****ed. Oh well I knew that anyway :P

[no0ne]

if it treats sa and you're on an sa website and your taking it then it's a yes

[pinkwafer]

Yeah but like, with me for example, the physical symptoms are very visible - I shake very bad, blush, can't breath properly, stutter/mix up my words. If I went to docs and they gave me some kind of anti-anxiety drugs I'd be stuck on them drugs for the rest of my life. But if I just live it with, I believe such symptoms will eventually calm down as I get older. Thats what I think anyway. It's a personal choice I guess. Obviously if I felt I had chronic SA then I'd definately want a quick solution, but as it's worse in certain situations, for example, having to speak to a group of people I don't know much, then I can live with it.

[Warmer]

I'd only want to use meds as a last choice, after everything else had failed. I think they are still quite scarey to most people.

[courageous]

I take Paroxetine which was specifically prescribed for social anxiety, even though it's an anti-depressant and propranolol. I've been on them for years and without them I would not have been able to function as the physical symptoms I have had in the past have been so overwhelming. They have helped me to make some progress but I don't look forward to coming off them because I've heard the side effects are terrible. Then again my GP has said I can stay on them for as long as needed, so I could be on them for ever! I don't have any side effects while on them so I'm in no hurry to stop taking them.

[chrissy coleman]

Yes, I am on afew meds.........citalopram (anti-d's), quetiapine (anti-psychotics), phenergan (sleeping tablets), propranalol (anti-anxiety) and lorazepam (to calm my nerves when they're really bad).

[IRIS]

I am on meds but not specifically for SA

[T]

Nope

[Blue Haze]

Not specifically for SA, no. I have severe Pure O aswell and I'm on:

Citalopram - 60mg daily
Propranolol - 80mg daily (decreased dosage from 360mg)
Vitamin B Strong Compound - Two pills a day
Thiamine 300mg - 3 pills a day
Acamprosate - 1998mg, 6 pills a day

I also have a stash of Xanax, Valium and Temazepam, full strength, and I abuse Skunk to f**k.

[Fritzz]

Not for SA. I've got prescribed sleeping tablets though.

[xpeacex]

Nah, no pills ever. Wouldn't feel right with all the unnatural rubbish to be put in body. Rather take alternative holistic approach

[artist23]

Originally Posted by Blue Haze

Not specifically for SA, no. I have severe Pure O aswell and I'm on:

Citalopram - 60mg daily
Propranolol - 80mg daily (decreased dosage from 360mg)
Vitamin B Strong Compound - Two pills a day
Thiamine 300mg - 3 pills a day
Acamprosate - 1998mg, 6 pills a day

I also have a stash of Xanax, Valium and Temazepam, full strength, and I abuse Skunk to f**k.

youre in a haze with all those sedatives in your body, id cut back to see a haze of light.

[Blue Haze]

Originally Posted by artist23

youre in a haze with all those sedatives in your body, id cut back to see a haze of light.

Very true, thanks. I am trying though, one step at a time they say.

[John]

Citalopram 40mg. May as well be taking tic-tacs for all the good they do

[IRIS]

Mine are for BDD / OCD symptoms , life is unbearable when I come off them, I hate taking meds but I literally can't seem to cope without them.

[luke]

had been on many since i was 14 but stopped taking them about a month ago and am actually starting to feel things again now which is nice but im worried what im gonna be like on a bad day

[chrissy coleman]

Originally Posted by IRIS

Mine are for BDD / OCD symptoms , life is unbearable when I come off them, I hate taking meds but I literally can't seem to cope without them.

Hope you dont mind me asking, but what is BDD?

[Rick Sanchez]

^ Body dysmorphic disorder

As for me, I'm on 40mg Citalopram. I used to be on 60mg Seroxat, but they done very little for me. Citalopram has helped a bit in terms of anxiety, and has also helped with my depression. I don't like taking them, but only when I start to feel truly satisfied with my life will I consider coming off of them.

[IRIS]

Originally Posted by Godfather

^ Body dysmorphic disorder

, but only when I start to feel truly satisfied with my life will I consider coming off of them.

thanks for the link goddy

I AM satisfied with my life but seem to go totally mad when not on meds from an obsessive point of view

[Munkeh]

Not for SA specificially, more for anxiety and depression. I've been on 75mg of Efexor for god knows how long, I'm not even convinced it's helping me any more but it's such a b***rd to come off I keep on persisting with it.

[no0ne]

Originally Posted by Lamb

No. I never have been and never will. I was first offered some (without a GP knowing or talking to me) aged 13 , last offered them last year when my GP saw me in a very depressed state.
I just don't think meds will help my issues and don't want to change the way i think as..I like it. Hence why CBT didn't work. I just wish I could cope with life more on a daliy basis and walk in to rooms without feeling crap , BDD is hard to deal with.
I take a lot of meds for an illness so I would rattle if I started taking them for mental health reasons.

what is this illness? you mention it alot on threads.

[IRIS]

Originally Posted by BFG

what is this illness? you mention it alot on threads.

I was wondering the same

[Rick Sanchez]

Originally Posted by Lamb

I just don't think meds will help my issues and don't want to change the way i think as..I like it.

SSRIs don't change the way you think, they merely have the potential to take the edge off of anxiety and depression. However, it's our thinking patterns that result in our anxiety, so wouldn't you want to change the way you think in that sense?

[!>Y\e5l-%h-NMw>cH]

I've been on 20mg of Citalopram since september and after about three weeks it's like swollowing a tik tak. :rolleyes:

I avoided drugs for a decade but decided that I'd give them a go. :rolleyes:

[Warmer]

Originally Posted by Godfather

SSRIs don't change the way you think, they merely have the potential to take the edge off of anxiety and depression. However, it's our thinking patterns that result in our anxiety, so wouldn't you want to change the way you think in that sense?

As i've heard it (at first being pretty sceptical about meds) they can give you the oppertunity to change thinking patters due to removing or reducing the emotional/phsyical feelings you get.

[!>Y\e5l-%h-NMw>cH]

I can't believe I actually mentioned my problem on the forums tbh.

I would'nt be suprised if people did'nt believe what I told them because its very rare.

The illness has changed over time with me so in some ways it's better (if you can call it that :rolleyes: ) but in others it's worse, and will continue to get worse.

[Bob Garside]

I haven't been on meds since 2003.

I DO have access to several quite-large strips of 30mg codeine phosphate, and some Indian 25mg Valiums, and occasionally take the odd dose of either, the latter when I KNOW I have a day off.

[Caribou]

Some posts have been deleted/edited. Stick to the topic instead of the personal bickering, please.