Posted by John locke on January 24, 2016, at 18:00:41
In reply to Re: SSRI even worth the try for severe social anxiety?, posted by Christ_empowered on January 24, 2016, at 11:29:04
> hi. If you can avoid Rx meds, please do. I mean, they're always there if you need them--shrinks and the Rx meds the prescribe aren't going away anytime soon--but please consider other alternatives first.
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> Counseling can be helpful, but even those people often work w/ shrinks. So do therapists, usually.
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> I hope natural stuff works for you. I do Orthomolecular (yes, I'm pushing it on you). I do it with meds (I have severe Bipolar I, so meds aren't optional), and I seem to be making more progress than I ever did without the vitamins.
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> Its basically...high doses of C, high doses of B complex, high doses of either niacin or niacinamide, and then vitamin E (preferably natural form), sometimes minerals, etc. You can customize it fairly easily.
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> Other people know a lot about herbs and such...I'm just big on OM. My nervous breakdown was so severe I was never supposed to recover. It took time, but with meds, vitamins, improved family relationships, some low key counseling...I'm doing much, much better than expected.
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> But yeah...please do try to avoid Rx meds, if you can. If you do need them, consider going to a family doc first, a shrink only if necessary.
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> Good luck!Thank you CE I appreciate your caring response
John
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