Posted by Budgie on August 30, 2003, at 22:27:38
Hi everyone,
I've had Social Anxiety for about 8 years now or so. Meds are now finally helping heaps with the depression. Positive lifestyle changes and endurance have completely wiped out any general anxiety years ago. With my SA, I feel like I can endure and even sometimes control all of my symptoms- increased heartrate, muscle tension, self-consciousness- except one.
I get bad facial ticks when I'm really nervous, and to me, it's the most blatant sign that I've got serious mental problems. It's so humiliating, that the moment I feel them coming on, I have to look away or even abruptly end the conversation and get away from people.
The ONLY thing that's worked (I've tried several ADs, acupuncture, massage, meditation) has been Zyprexa. But the stuff knocked me out so much that I needed several cups of caffeine just to get through the daylight hours. This, of course, completely negated any gains from the Z. Going back on that is not an option at all.
Matt's persuaded me to try Klonopin (if I can convince my doc) for SA in general. Could a low dose of this help with the tics? Anyone have similar problems or any success with this? Oh yeah, I should also mention that I'm on the MAOI Parnate.
A million thanks for any help,
Budgie
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