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HoleSnype
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Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse.....
#8608190 - 07/08/08 01:19 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've had social anxiety for several years. I start freaking the hell out when I'm in a crowded place, at work during meetings, and similar situations. Even if I am around family sometimes. My hearts beats like an out of controll drum, I sweat, I turn red as fuck, and tremble. My thoughts race like they are out of controll.
I've decided to take this bitch head on. I got a script of Klonopams. I was planning on taking them and going to parties, crowded places, and such. Do you think this will work? I can't do it without the pills at this point. I've tried, but I can't bare the anxiety. On a scale of 1 - 10, it's a fucking 11. I took a pill the other day, and went to the super crowded airport to pick up my wife. I was shocked when I didn't freak out. It felt great.
I am planning on doing this for a while, and then slowly weening myself off of the pills. I'm not worried about addiction, I used to eat Xanax bars like candy and had no problem dropping them.
I know I have to break the thought loop that triggers this shit, but this seems like a good start. Right?
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8608200 - 07/08/08 01:21 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I doubt that will work. Once you take away the benzo's you are going to be right back at square one. They aren't going to help you learn how to deal with your social anxiety because they are going to completely take it away and when you ween yourself off it's going to be right back up there again.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8608213 - 07/08/08 01:23 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like your avatar and title.
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#8608240 - 07/08/08 01:29 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: SubGen1us]
#8608331 - 07/08/08 01:52 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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just don't get in the habit of not being able to do anything without taking the meds.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: SubGen1us]
#8608373 - 07/08/08 02:04 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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SubGen1us said: Med's are just a temp fix. The can get you started. The way I fixed my social anxiety is by practice. I used to never have it when I was younger but lack of being around people. I think WoW caused it for me. Anyways I stopped smoking pot. This helped tremendously because I started having clear thoughts and I wasn't always depressed. I also started college and decided to get a job that was more around people than just working at a factory. Well anyways I got a job as a waiter and it's helped too. Basically the more you are out in public the better you get at it. It works.
I think I developed social anxiety when I was in the Navy. My ship went on 4 6-month deployments in 5 years. I worked in the pit (engineroom) and rarely saw the sun, or any new faces other than a few tards on my watch team. Plus, I was a space supervisor in charge of a bunch of kids and responible for keeping the lights on, keeping the ship moving, and all kind of other shit. It was very stressful.
I don't smoke pot much anymore. Not by choice, I love pot. However, I did notice when I quit the anxiety isn't nearly as bad. It's like a curse, because I sure do miss coming home and smoking a joint after work.
Anyway, I'm going to start taking the meds before I got out. I figure after a long time, maybe the though loops that trigger it will just go away.
When I took them before going to the airport, I still had the thoughts, but the anxiety never got above a 1, on a 1-10. Normally, it is pegged out and overwhelming.
I would give my left nut to completely get rid of this shit. Maybe both of them, LOL.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: leftandright]
#8608393 - 07/08/08 02:08 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Try not to take klonopin every day for any period of time. Unless you've been through heroin withdrawal and you thought it wasn't really all that, so you want to try something a little tougher to endure that lasts for weeks on end. If thats the case then withdrawing from klonopin will step right up to the challenge.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: BoneMan]
#8608427 - 07/08/08 02:21 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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ugh i have social anxiety too but usually a few drinks or a bowl will put that "fuck it" in my system to not freak out. mine isn't as bad as yours (only really get the anxiety when i am alone around randoms) but if i have a good friend around to talk with or at least keep me preoccupied helps a lot. don't get hooked on those meds though man, take them when only absolutely necessary. practice going out man, maybe on like a week night (if you have a regular job this may be hard, but there are less people out on a week night (M-Thurs) than on the weekends. maybe visit a bar with your wife, see a live band or even gamble if its allowed in your area but have something to preoccupy you while you get comfortable in the social situation. good luck and good vibes man, its sucks not being able to go out.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: BoneMan]
#8608436 - 07/08/08 02:23 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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BoneMan said: Try not to take klonopin every day for any period of time. Unless you've been through heroin withdrawal and you thought it wasn't really all that, so you want to try something a little tougher to endure that lasts for weeks on end. If thats the case then withdrawing from klonopin will step right up to the challenge.
Like I said, I'm not worried about withdrawals. I used to eat 2 or 3 Xanax bars every day for months.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: smokeybear]
#8608453 - 07/08/08 02:28 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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smokeybear said: ugh i have social anxiety too but usually a few drinks or a bowl will put that "fuck it" in my system to not freak out. mine isn't as bad as yours (only really get the anxiety when i am alone around randoms) but if i have a good friend around to talk with or at least keep me preoccupied helps a lot. don't get hooked on those meds though man, take them when only absolutely necessary. practice going out man, maybe on like a week night (if you have a regular job this may be hard, but there are less people out on a week night (M-Thurs) than on the weekends. maybe visit a bar with your wife, see a live band or even gamble if its allowed in your area but have something to preoccupy you while you get comfortable in the social situation. good luck and good vibes man, its sucks not being able to go out.
Smoking weed makes my anxiety worse. I know lots of people have it, but I can't imagine it getting to much worse than mine. My face turns red as fuck, gets all blotchy, I sweat like a pig, have rapid thoughts, breathe heavily, and all that good shit. Basically, it feels like I'm in a life or death situation, when I'm around lots of people. I fucking hate it, and want to end this shit now.
It's odd, because I used to be very social. Shit, when I was a teen I was never home. Always at a party or hanging out with friends. It was the same for most of the time I was in the Navy. We used to go to all the crazy overseas ports and go to every fucking club they had to offer.
I don't know exactly when this started, but it was either right before I got out, or right after. It started out pretty bad, but bareable. Now, it's unbareable.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8608466 - 07/08/08 02:30 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Oh, another thing is, I live in the DFW area. Every restuarant, bar, club, store, and whatever else you can think is absolutely packed to the max. Hell, you can go to TGI Fridays on a Tuesday night, and there isn't an empty table in the place.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8608470 - 07/08/08 02:31 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I had terrible social anxiety for years and benzos did actually help greatly. Doing just as you said and taking the pill to allow yourself into social situations that otherwise freak you out is the way to go. Do make sure that your only taking just as much as you need. If you take enough to not care at all you wont get better. Take enough so that you still are somewhat anxious, but it becomes bearable.
I did that for a while and now I hardly ever need the pills anymore. I used to have an anxiety attack every time I went to a party. Parties and meeting new people still makes me anxious, but I can handle it now and only take the benzos when I know I have a particularly anxiety provoking event coming up.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: Druggie04]
#8612105 - 07/09/08 08:31 AM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I get social anxiety on a mild scale but sometimes it gets bad. I took a Kpin the other day when I was particularly stressed out and it really helped. But I hate feeling like a zombie the next day. I think that sucks you get so tweaked out by the attacks sometimes.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8612147 - 07/09/08 08:49 AM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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> Do you think this will work? I can't do it without the pills at this point. I've tried, but I can't bare the anxiety.
Sounds like a fast track to addiction to me. Be very careful.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8612160 - 07/09/08 08:54 AM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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i used to have severe social anxiety. benzos NEVER worked, and i ate them for a plethora of reasons from recreation to social anxiety. i don't mean to be a negative nancy, but nothing worked for me except getting sick and tired of my mind racing 24/7. therapy never did shit and benzos just got me fucked up and turned me into an asshole. low doses make you not give a fuck but its just the benzos talking, at least it always was in my case.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: zSDMF]
#8614907 - 07/09/08 08:52 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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zSDMF said: i used to have severe social anxiety. benzos NEVER worked, and i ate them for a plethora of reasons from recreation to social anxiety. i don't mean to be a negative nancy, but nothing worked for me except getting sick and tired of my mind racing 24/7. therapy never did shit and benzos just got me fucked up and turned me into an asshole. low doses make you not give a fuck but its just the benzos talking, at least it always was in my case.
So what did you do about it? Still have it?
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: HoleSnype]
#8615143 - 07/09/08 09:49 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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man i'm STILL a mess lol. what it came down to for me was just being ready to get over that lame shit. if you are really sick and tired of it you'll find your own way. maybe benzos will help you but like i said they never did much for me except when i was on them. if you're alright with that band-aid fix try it out for a while. maybe it'll help you who knows.
good luck man, as you can tell i don't even know how to give advice on this and i've lived with it my whole damn life.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: zSDMF]
#8615173 - 07/09/08 09:54 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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If I were you I would just try improving my confidence in all areas of life. Start small, you don't have to jump right into parties. But ever tiny chance you get to just ignore a social situation, don't ignore it, act on it. Before you know you'll start seeing progress.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: g00ru]
#8615274 - 07/09/08 10:15 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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You have to find the source of the anxiety. Meds are just a temporary fix. Counseling can help and if you think you can trip do it because it could create wonders. I found the source of my anxiety in the midst of and LSD trip. It's an amazing feeling not having to live with my anxiety anymore.
EDIT: Only Trip if you think your capable and have necessary trip sitters. I'm not advocating use. I'm just saying it WORKED FOR ME.
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Re: Kicking my social anxiety right in it's arse..... [Re: Ashford420]
#8615291 - 07/09/08 10:19 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Please don't advocate using LSD to find the source of anxiety.
That's extremely dangerous in my experience.
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