Hey /sci/ I have severe social anxiety. Are there any drugs that

>>8008957
alcohol

protonated hydroxide helps hydrate your body so that you're not so fucked up as you currently are

>>8008957
i take co-codamol
Dont need a prescription
taking it because fucking doctors all they offer me are shitty anti depressants
This is 10x better

My social anxiety manifests itself mostly as strong nausea. I would be fine to suck it up except for the fact that you can't really play off puking every time you go out. I found that dramamine actually disables the nausea very well and is therefore an effective treatment of the worst symptom. With this, I have been able to go out and be social more, and I think I am getting a lot better just from exposure. I think eventually I will be completely cured.

>>8008957
You don't need drugs you pussy fuck.

Just go out there and face your fears.

>>8009039
This. I guarantee drugs aren't going to fix your problem. Acclimating yourself to social environments will

>>8009057
Using drugs to treat the symptoms can help get you into the social environments in the first place. It is very hard to break "cyclical" diseases by yourself because exposure to social environments for someone with anxiety just reinforces association with the symptoms and the environment. Relying on drugs to numb yourself to the anxiety won't help in the long run, but it is a good first step to acclimation. It's like jumping a car to get the engine running so it can charge its own battery.

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>>8009039
>he thinks you should actually work on your personal problems
>he thinks you should actually try to better yourself

don't listen to this anon. Just start the long, slow slide into chronic alcoholism like the rest of us

cocaine

>>8009039
>>8009057
I hate retards who can't answer questions. I specifically asked about drugs and you have to give your shitty amateur advice on how to overcome the problem.

>>8008979

How the fuck does that help with social anxiety

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>>8009082
cheers

>>8008957
Immediate options for anxiety could be basically any of your benzo or Z-Drug stuff. For example Diazepam/Clonazepam before being in a situation or Alprazolam if you're already freaking out.

The other option could be an anti-depressant that works for anxiety as well. Mirtazapine immediately comes to mind.

Realistically you don't want to use them as a crutch if possible. Just take the edge off and ease yourself into social situations. You shouldn't need meds after a fairly short amount of time.

yes, benzos solve anxiety

withdrawal isn't a problem if you never stop taking them

>Benzos
>Beta blockers
>Booze
>Opiates
>Cocaine
>Anticholinergics
>High-dose synthetic cannabinoids

I've had severe social anxiety since I was like 5 years old, tried every drug. Basically I've settled on propranolol 40mg 3x per day and alcohol when needed. Benzos aren't long term solutions and you can't get a prescription for them in Australia for long term use anyway, however they're quite effective. Antidepressants gave me a limp dick and weren't really that effective. If your anxiety doesn't physically manifest itself then propranolol will be useless though. Also testosterone seems to make mammals more socially aggressive so it's worth getting your test levels checked. In short, there's no good solution.

Fluoxitine

>>8008957
I'm on a mix of xanax, dxm, and zoloft. I have severe social anxiety. Works pretty well to remove the anxiety 2bh, even without the dxm.

my psychiatrist put me on trileptal, it's worked great for me. it's actually an anti seizure medication

>>8008962

/thread

I'm on zoloft for depression/anxiety since a week back.

I feel something like a surging feeling from the pills and had a burst of light-headed anxiety out of nowhere in class. Otherwise no improvement in mood and anxiety but it supposedly takes 2-4 weeks for noticeable effects so I hope it improves.

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a-PVP for sure

>>8011320
>a-PVP
sounds like you could get ganked if you take that.

SSRI's work just fine in most cases, and the anxiety may be reduced even after you quit taking them. At least it worked that way for me.

I started on sertraline 50mg and the anxiety was gone in two weeks. Took it for six months(like recommended) and after quitting a year ago the anxiety hasn't come back.

LSD microdoses

>>8010638
I prefer to take honkazepam for my panic attacks

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>>8009039

just b urself

>>8008957
Xanax absolutely works, but it makes you retarded since it basically removes ALL inhibition, also might knock you out (or black out whatever)

>>8008957
Cannabis

>>8009067
That's a bad analogy. The car will never start without the boost, whereas a person can get over their problems on their own without drugs/the boost. A better one would be starting a car in cold weather is easier if you plug in a block heater to warm it up first, but it can still start, albeit a lot harsher, without it.

Phenibut. Downside is you build tolerance faster than any benzo available but makes you a social butterfly without being a functional alcoholic. Unforfunately, 2x a week is what is recommended and you are best to follow that. I have personal experience with both benzo and phenibut withdrawal and phenibut withdrawal is worse in my opinion.

Some swear Selank and Tianeptine have done wonders for them. I've tried Tianeptine and haven't noticed much from it. I believe it's one that has to build up in your system like an SSRI but it's not one. I've only taken it on and off which has been useless. If I recall, it only has a half-life of about four hours so it's something you have to stick with at least 3x a day...

On the other hand, try MK-677. If you are underweight like me; this stuff increases your appetite like mad. Combine it with lifting weights and I'm sure your confidence will go up. It's not a steroid. It's a oral growth hormone but little to no suppression.

>>8012881
just socially retarded?

>>8008957
>work out
>get enough sleep
>eat right
>take good sups

>>8008957

So you would refuse any non-medical solution? Spiritual growing is a life long process. Unless you have some physical condition mentally fight yourself until you win. Be clever and use logic.

>>8009394
It's an opiate dumbass.

>>8011339
Belated lel.

>>8013379
Also, be ready to throw logic to the wind if you think yourself into a depressed corner.

>>8008957
have you tried not being social?

socializing is overrated, 99% of the people out there are not interesting at all

>>8008957
Noopept helps me be more fluid in social interactions.

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>>8008957
Benzodiazapines will work like a charm, for a while, maybe a few months, maybe a year, but you will have to take them all the time, and get more and more tolerant until you take them to avoid the horrid withdrawals.

Try some opiates, you'll get addicted and fall down the same shitty spiral as benzos, but it's so worth it.

>>8013566
I'm the co-codamol guy, I've been taking 1 or 2 a day intermittently and I have not gotten addicted. Just don't do it for long or take a high dose. If you feel it getting ineffective just stop doing it for a while, taking more to compensate is how you get addicted.
Anyway does /sci/ think my psychiatrist is a nigger?
>Meet her for psychiatric assesment
>Hour long talk about how much of an anxiety ridden shut-in autist I am
>She offers me anxiety meds
>I say "it's not antidepressants again is it? a) i'm not actually depressed b) I've tried three and they all fucked me up massively"
>She says it's anti-depressants
>I explain to here that they don't agree with me, first one made me a suicidal zombie, second one gave me fucked up nightmares, third one nuked my sex drive so hard that I now think I'm a woman (which was partly what the assessment was about)
>"No more just give me benzos"
>"No sorry I can't authorize that, they are too dangerous"
>"But I can't even leave my house, I can't sleep how much more fucked up do I need to be to get benzos?"
>"Sorry"
>"Alright fuck sake, well I've been self medicating codeine, its worked wonders, gets rid of anxiety and helps me sleep because it also makes me drowsy. Has worked way better than all the bullshit you gave me. I got the idea after being in hospital for a procedure and being medicated for pain with tramadol which is also an opiate only time in 5 years that I've ever felt good."
>"Anon I definitely cannot do that, You are a drug abuser and I cannot condone that"
>Get mad
>"Are you serious? How long have I asked doctors for help and they either refuse or give me shit ass antidepressants that make shit worse? I found a drug that works, I take it in sensible doses and for that you equate me to a recreational junkie?
Seriously fuck doctors, they will never admit they are wrong.

>>8013630
>Ask for benzo
Good job. Drug seeking behaviour right there.

>Admit to codeine use
That goes in your journal as history of drug abuse.

Any good doctor will avoid prescribing Benzos because they're only indicated for short term use, lose effectiveness, they're seriously addictive with withdrawal on par with, or worse, than heroin. Withdrawal symtpoms include severe anxiety which can lasts for a long time, go figure how well it would work to have you on a short term benzo batch when you come back to her afterwards in total panic and beg for more.

And anyone prescribing to someone with drug seeking behaviour or history of abuse risk losing their license.

>antidepressants don't work!

There's several dozens of them with different mode of action and they're pretty much all indicated for anxiety too. Or there's exposure therapy and so on.

You've essentially decided that you know better than her and only want abuse-tier drugs and refuse cooperation with anything else. Do you actually want to get rid of anxiety or do you want to be comfortable high all the time so you can coast through the anxiety?

Just imagine the situation from her point of view, you're the archetype of entry level addict.

>Seriously fuck doctors, they will never admit they are wrong.
You don't understand the system and don't seem to realize you could be at fault too.

>>8013630
i always wonder how are these sufferers of social anxiety able to properly meet and convey their problems to a psychiatrist in person. It's like saying i got both my legs cut off after being run over by a train and then i walked to the hospital.

>>8015709
I've been to 4 different psychologists and psychiatrists. I can't open up properly and they just put me on drugs and up my dose 'till I can talk.
I usually gave up before that happened. I don't like being medicated and I stopped trying to open up.
I've learned to accept that having few people in your surroundings can be okay and that being alone isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person.

I still get panic attacks from certain social situations. I'm fine with that.

have you tried exposure therapy?

>>8015709
>always wonder how are these sufferers of social anxiety able to properly meet and convey their problems to a psychiatrist in person.

I delayed it for several years. I only managed to go see a psychiatrist after spending a week in a nauseating state steeped in suicidal thoughts followed by a brief window of opportunity where I felt much better. Realizing how it could not be worse to see a psych in near anonymous conditions and how much I wanted to never end up back in that dark mental pit I went ahead and booked a time and got put on Zoloft/sertraline.

I'm not sure if it's enough though. There's some form of effect but I suspect its too subtle to drive the changes that my life needs.

I suspect my neglect of life issues will catch up to me in a few months and plunge me into an irreversible soul-crushing depression from which I will never recover. Combined with a lack of support persons in my life I will likely kill myself before 2017.

I don't see a positive ROI on fixing my life so it's probably for the best.

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God I fucking hate docotrd and psychiatrists and their stupid fucking stances on benzos.

Their 'it's not a long term solution' bullshit is fucking retarded. You know what's also not long term, you stupid cunt? My life. Nothing is fucking long term, especially not your stupid antidepressants that only work for a few months. Just prescribe me the fucking benzos you useless cunts. I don't want your shitty fucking placebo pills that do fuck all besides making my dick useless. Thank god for TOR and black markets, now I no longer have to deal with these dumb cunts and their meme science that is built on beliefs belonging to that of average IQ dumbcunts. .

>>8015803
>I just wanna get high

Enjoy your death spiral into terminal drug addiction

>>8008957
Propranolol. x2 40mg/day should be enough. Thank me later.

>>8008957
have you ever thought that it might simply be you're surrounded by dickheads and trying to socialise with them is near impossible?

otherwise sun, exercise and classic literature should help

>>8013630

Tell her that her cognitive dissonance a impairing her judgement massively

>>8015803
try having been diagnosed ADHD through a neuropsychologist and still being unable to get real ADHD meds, only straterra (which is worse than nothing)