Hey I just have a question I been suffering with social anxiety for mostly a good 6 years now and I just wanted to know if anyone that is suffering from anxiety has trouble finding ways to start a conversation with someone and is always quiet to where someone has to say stop being so silent. it's not like i want to be this way but i just don't ever no what to say. could it be apart of my anxiety disorder and how does anyone overcome this. i am currently taking celexa and clonazpam but i still haven't had any real results on the celexa cause i only been on it for about 2 weeks now. hopefully this will help me.

all help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

shawn

I have found I stil struggle with the sme problem, but welbutrin helped me when I took it. I am taking a break from it now. but there is no magic pill. I think couseling helps. I plan to go for counseling again to. I hope you feel better soon.

Hey thanks for responding. yeah this problem seems to be a very big issue for me it messes up so many things for me. i hope you also feel better too. did wellbutrin help you stop smoking if you smoked.

I didn't smoke. The biggest thing I noticed is that people who made me nervous before didn't give me the same amount of anxiety. However there are side effects that are different for everyone, i suggest not having caffine with it because it will intensify any side effects. It gave me energy and focus unlike ssri's and I was not sleepy, but you need to still get your 8 hrs of sleep for best results to avoid irritability, etc. Ringing in ears was a little of a problem, but not much , an increased heartbeat. However it is one of the most successful treatments I have recieved. I too take clonzapam as needed, but avoid for fear of addiction. I think my brain switches into a different mode when I am in a social setting, and therefore I can't respond normally. I think their is an inhibitory neural response ( makes you not talk)instead of excitatory response (which would lead to talking). I think I also have expectations that cause issues for me socially. I hope the info helps. God Bless you:angel:

God bless you too also ! Thank you so much for responding once again I can't say it enough. I hope that you start feel better soon coming from my heart to your eyes. :)

i have had the same problem every since i can remember, it used to take a couple of drinks for me to get myself out, and its not that im afraid to go out and enjoy life, its just not enjoyable. i just stopped drinking due to other medical issues and i got on a very small dose of xanax, i had taken both klonopin and xanax in the past and i know how much it takes to work for me, unfortunitly the doctor i have will only give me a small dose for now, but the other night i went out i took one and nothing was working, i was still the same way, and had that horrible feeling in my stomach, i decided to take another and the feeling went away, yet i still did not want to talk, but it did help alot, i dont think benzo's actually help you get out there, they just make you feel better being quiet, which shows it isn't a permanent solution good luck tho ....


ps . nice user name! agony scene fan?

major the agony scene fan! thanks man for responding. yeah i been taking my klonopins too and they really haven't seem to be working for me either. i just hope soon that when i go see this doctor on the 9th that he will give me some thing to be more socialible. i hate the way i am its the worst feeling of all and i do also want to get outside all the time but really without the feeling of thinking i am going to be humiliated i am terrified to death! i hope all is well with you too man and you get better with this issue me and you and rest of us both face.

Hi, my boyfriend had the same type of anxiety, when I met him he was shy, always nervous and silent, he didin't said a word. But I had patience and when he started gaining trust in a couple of months he felt comfortable with me and now he overcame that, well at least with me , with other people he is still shy and silent, he says he doesn't know what to say, but I just tell him to say anything that comes to mind, that's what I do, lol...


anyways why don't you start chatting with people through the internet? It is easier than talking in person. You could think about what you are going to say before saying it and then little by little you will be more open with people.

I suffer from another type of anxiety, anyways hope you get better! :)

Hey sounds like me with my girlfriend haha. i hope you get better as well. thanks for responding to my question :) really puts a smile on my face.