Posted by River1924 on January 12, 2003, at 19:15:20
In reply to abilify for social anxiety?, posted by jonh kimble on January 11, 2003, at 20:52:06
My social anxiety is very severe and I would be a introvert regardless. I've taken klonipin and an ssri for it and they are helpful. Since I began abilify, I go up to people I know in the grocery store, I call people on the phone, and I'm much more talkative. It does have side-effects: good-I have a social life and the motivation and pleasure of it; bad-a cerain restlessness and the possibility of long term effects. For me, there isn't a whole lot of choice. Abilify works for severe social malfunctioning. If, however, you can use cognitive therapy and other meds and get the same result, you should use those approaches.
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