Posted by ramsea on October 28, 2003, at 9:53:23
In reply to Re: This is what I think causes social anxiety., posted by NoMotic on October 28, 2003, at 7:28:11
What you say is very interesting. Some people with autism, which has some association with SAD at some level anyway, are helped by avoiding dairy/wheat and grains, and the candida diet. Now I am willing to give all this a go. My SAD isn't helped by lithium, at least not yet. There is an improvement in my social ability though, as a result of either a)giving up Ativan which was confusing and depressing me; b) moving out of depressive features of Mixed Bipolar; c) lowering does of Seroquel to 25 mgs prn (from 100-400 mg) d) good karma in a last lifetime (joke---everyone knows I had bad karma, lol).
I do have ADD traits however and am afraid that giving up caffeine will cause total lack of focus; it really does seem to help. Maybe I should try it anyway. But I do get scared that I will find a caffeine world a foggy, dreary, hopeless place to be.
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