Posted by Donna Lynn on September 14, 2000, at 19:46:53
In reply to Re: Need Opinions- Serzone or Effexor for Social Anx, posted by Mark H. on September 14, 2000, at 19:13:15
>Thank you for your messages, both of you. I ended up doing the effexor. I didn't know what to do, I had to make a decision. I went on the Effexor 37.5mg today. Scared to take it, I've had nothing but problems with all the meds for social anxiety, and I've been feeling so crummy. I get along ok out in the world (I like using drive-thru's). But its like when people seem to stare at me, I feel like they have no right to do that without my permission even tho yeah its a free country. The ones who like to stare, wow, that makes the hair on my arms stand up. Like, what the hell are you looking at. No, they aren't LOOKING at me, just happen to be looking my way? I can't help but think they are analyzing me without my permission. Yeah, it's weird to feel that way but I can't help it. Just the idea that someone can "think" something about me in their heads- that's judging in my book. Like when you meet someone, you KNOW their little computer in their brain is going dee dee dee dee dee, assessing the situation and thinking up what they think of you-and they come to an immediate conclusion of whether or not they like you. It all happens so quick. You KNOW you're being socially evaluated. That's what I like to call it. And I just don't like it. I just want a med that makes me not care if people "think" something about me. I want to just shrug it off. But right now, going from med to med, I'm a freakin mess. I can't get relief because the side effects are wiping me out and I can't function. I say I'd rather be squirrely and feel healthy, than be sociable and feel like I'm dying of some terminal illness. So, I'll keep reading the posts and see what everyone else is doing and taking.
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poster:Donna Lynn
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