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Posted by torachan on May 21, 2008, at 19:41:24
Oxytocin hormone plays a role in reducing fear in social situations. Could lead to better treatments for this disorder.
Posted by Jimmyboy on May 21, 2008, at 20:38:41
In reply to Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia., posted by torachan on May 21, 2008, at 19:41:24
Sounds very interesting.. anyone know if you can order this nasal spray anywhere?
Anyone tried this?
Posted by Quintal on May 22, 2008, at 15:36:13
In reply to Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia., posted by torachan on May 21, 2008, at 19:41:24
It's been discussed before on here. I've never taken it myself, but I did recommend it to two people and they didn't have very good results with it. I don't think they were specifically social phobcs though. Here are some links:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20061203/msgs/713531.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061110/msgs/704017.htmlYou can buy it here:
http://www.verolabs.com/product.php?UID=2008052216345488.111.149.78Q
Posted by torachan on May 22, 2008, at 17:48:06
In reply to Re: Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia., posted by Quintal on May 22, 2008, at 15:36:13
The point of the article is not that the use of a nasal spray containing oxytocin should be used as a treatment for social phobia or anxiety, but that the discovery of the hormone oxytocin may be involved in the regulation of our amygdala, and this could lead to the development of drugs which target this hormone thus improving the regulation of amygdala activity.
Forget about the nasal spray. It just led to the hypothesis which will spur research on this issue.
Posted by Quintal on May 22, 2008, at 18:48:46
In reply to Re: Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia., posted by torachan on May 22, 2008, at 17:48:06
Sorry.
Q
Posted by mav27 on May 22, 2008, at 19:35:04
In reply to Re: Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia., posted by Quintal on May 22, 2008, at 15:36:13
> You can buy it here:
> http://www.verolabs.com/product.php?UID=2008052216345488.111.149.78
>
> QSeems rather dodgy to me. And unfortunatly does nothing for social phobia. it claims it makes -other people- trust you after you spray the stuff on yourself. And now comes with added pheramones.. riiiight.
For starters if it was true it would be illegal as you would be drugging other people against their will.
Posted by Quintal on May 22, 2008, at 19:56:02
In reply to Re: Possible New Treatment for Social Phobia. » Quintal, posted by mav27 on May 22, 2008, at 19:35:04
Yes, I know. The idea is to spray it up your nose before a difficult social encounter. There are clinical studies that show people are more trusting when they've been exposed to oxytocin. I'm not sure whether oxytocin meets the criteria of being a drug, since it's a natural hormone. But anyway, I did not endorse the material on that website. It gives people curious about the effect the spray has on social phobia an opportunity to try it, that's all.
Q
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