I think I have social anxiety? Really need someones advice?

June 18th, 2010

Kevin T asked:


I’ve always wondered if i had some sort of anxiety disorder. I’m 16 and have major trouble with social situations. Found a site with symptoms of social anxiety disorder:

Excessive fear of public speaking

Avoidance of social situations

Extreme fear of being judged or embarrassed

Blushing, sweating, shaking, pounding heart

Extreme discomfort with dating

Panic attack

Heart palpitations

Difficulty breathing

Feeling disoriented

Feeling loss of control

Dizziness or feeling faint

Compulsion to escape

I have all these symptoms.

I still haven’t seen a doctor for this yet.

Social life ***** for me. I can barely look a girl in the eye let alone date. And right now I’m taking a class during summer school. Only three other students in the class, all of which i know. And I get nervous there. I always try to avoid going to peoples houses or if i am at one and they want to go to their friends house and want me to join, I try to make an excuse. Also recently I started taking meds for adhd, but have noticed these symptoms FAR before then. Though it seems the meds kind of increase my social awkwardness. I really want to see a doctor and maybe get something prepscribed. I still want to take my ADHD meds. So if anyone knows of a anxiety medication that doesnt react with my other meds, please tell me. I am currently taking Concerta 36mg
UPDATE: The only problem I have getting treatment, is money. I don’t even know, if i were prepscribed meds, my parents would be able to afford them.

Gary

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Does anyone have this and what can I do?! EXTREME anxiety?

May 7th, 2010

Praying For a Baby BOY! asked:


Ok so I am 23 years old. I am a wife and a mommy. Well for years I have suffered with anxiety but is has seemed like it has gotten worse this year like since Jan. 09.

I wake up at night with it and I have it sometimes in the morning when I wake up and I will think that something is wrong with me. After I work out I even have one sometimes and I will be thinking “Did I workout too hard” or “Am I having a heart attack”. It is always like I am in extreme fear when I have having an attack.

I am not even sure what to do. It has interfered in my normal life one too many times. I will be scared to get out and walk somewhere sometimes like a store or mall because I will have a fear that I am going to pass out.

I wake up sometime and i feel really dizzy and I will seriously think something is wrong with me. My husband called 911 one day and they said that my heart rate was 170. I am so worried and i am not sure how to deal with this.

I don’t want to be put on medication and be “drugged up” all the time. It seems like when I am having one that my biggest worry and fear is that I am dying and that something is really wrong with me.

I am so miserable. I never want to live like this anymore. It is hurting me so bad. I am tired of being scared and heart pounding and fear over nothing. And then when it is all over I feel fine and I am like “When I have another one I will takle it” & then when the other one comes it is like a new symptom and I get more worried than I was with the last one.

I went to the ER a few time and they have done thousands of $ in test like medical test like on my kidneys,liver,heart and blood test and medically they said that everything is fine. I even had blurred vision one day and I was certain that was a heart attack.

Please if someone has been through this tell me how you dealt with this. I need to know how to cure this before I really lose my mind:)

Thanks so much for reading my story=)

Kenny

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I need your help?

April 2nd, 2010

curious me asked:


I have an extreme fear of performing in front of people. I need tips and techniques to help me cure my anxiety or “stage fright”

Any ideas?

Karen

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