Antidepressants, Social Anxiety

iGag

iGag

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If you can't read the whole story please answer me this:
*** Psychiatrist will probably prescribe me antidepressants for social anxiety(for two or three months), how much will it affect my recovery and benefits(the only three I got are more energy, I can look people in the eyes and I'm disciplined much more now)? ***

STORY:

I'm 21(M). This is my first try at NoFap. I'm currently on a day 57.
Things I started in my life:
- Improved my hygiene;
- Practicing deep breathing for 5 mins in the morning and 5 mins before sleep;
- Every morning I am taking a cold shower;
- Improved my diet;
- Swimming 4 times a week;
- Bought pullup bar for a home workout;
- Read two books in the last 2 months;
- Started studying for University much more intensively;
- I also quit video games.
Basically, I fixed my life so much in the last 2 months, except social anxiety.

I'm having problems with social anxiety. I recently went to a psychiatrist and he suggested that I should try deep breathing exercises and if that doesn't help he would prescribe me antidepressant(dunno which one).

The problem is that I heard a lot of bad stuff about antidepressants and I want your guys' opinions about them and how they would affect my recovery.

Now, I understand that I can't fix something in 2 months that I was ignoring for like 8 years and numbing it with PMO. So I don't know what should I do.

It's really hard for me, at University I can't concentrate on the lecture, can't make friends, I'm scared to answer a question when the professor asks, always thinking about what will others think about what I said, thinking about how everyone is looking at me and all the other bullshit that comes with anxiety.

In social situations I lose ground so easily, I start talking fast, stop breathing, heart rate goes up and I just don't know how to fucking deal with it and even sometimes when I stay calm and grounded my mind is like: "Wow you are talking to someone and you are so chill and calm and not anxious" and then because I think about it I become anxious and I'm like fuck you brain :D

My father always criticized me when I was a kid(still does), and when I was a teen I didn't love myself, didn't care for my health, body... So my anxiety is obvious.

Now I don't know if I should take doctors advice and use antidepressant or I should try to wait a bit more time and deal with anxiety by myself, because I'm living a healthy lifestyle now, but it's really hard, I'm having headaches, shaking hands, high blood pressure every day...
 
iGag said:
Psychiatrist will probably prescribe me antidepressants for social anxiety
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I have never heard of antidepressants helping anyone with social anxiety. :confused: He may prescribe an anxiolytic though.
 
I took several different antidepressants when I was a teenager over the course of probably almost two years. They did nothing for me except make me gain weight, I took Prozac and it really gave me delayed ejaculation. Other than that I got nothing out of them. Now I do realize they might help some people, but they didn’t for me personally.

I don’t know if i got some depression from PMO, or I was masking it with PMO. But right now I’m struggling with anxiety and depression hard. I’ve never really experienced anxiety untill starting nofap. To be honest the depression has gotten better but I have had some depressed days still. But the anxiety and social anxiety is rough!! I’m trying to clean up my diet and take some good vitamin and herbs and hope that nofap continues to help me. I also want to meditate daily and practice deep breathing exercises.

So to sum up, medication didn’t really help me, but I do know some people it has, and hasn’t helped. Some so laughter and vitamin d, exercise, and healthy diets are best ways to reduce depression.
 
For me it was about hanging out with my friends and family a little bit more to get me to be more out going. I have notices that when I relapse, for the next few days I am super jittery, low self-esteem, poor concentration, self-loathing and social anxiety. Then it goes away after a little bit. It's wild dude.
 
i have the same problem man! i think what we have to dois just DO IT and start talking to people but it's must harder to do
 
Thanks for the answers. I will probably talk with doctor about NoFap to see what he has to say about it.
 
iGag said:
If you can't read the whole story please answer me this:
*** Psychiatrist will probably prescribe me antidepressants for social anxiety(for two or three months), how much will it affect my recovery and benefits(the only three I got are more energy, I can look people in the eyes and I'm disciplined much more now)? ***

STORY:

I'm 21(M). This is my first try at NoFap. I'm currently on a day 57.
Things I started in my life:
- Improved my hygiene;
- Practicing deep breathing for 5 mins in the morning and 5 mins before sleep;
- Every morning I am taking a cold shower;
- Improved my diet;
- Swimming 4 times a week;
- Bought pullup bar for a home workout;
- Read two books in the last 2 months;
- Started studying for University much more intensively;
- I also quit video games.
Basically, I fixed my life so much in the last 2 months, except social anxiety.

I'm having problems with social anxiety. I recently went to a psychiatrist and he suggested that I should try deep breathing exercises and if that doesn't help he would prescribe me antidepressant(dunno which one).

The problem is that I heard a lot of bad stuff about antidepressants and I want your guys' opinions about them and how they would affect my recovery.

Now, I understand that I can't fix something in 2 months that I was ignoring for like 8 years and numbing it with PMO. So I don't know what should I do.

It's really hard for me, at University I can't concentrate on the lecture, can't make friends, I'm scared to answer a question when the professor asks, always thinking about what will others think about what I said, thinking about how everyone is looking at me and all the other bullshit that comes with anxiety.

In social situations I lose ground so easily, I start talking fast, stop breathing, heart rate goes up and I just don't know how to fucking deal with it and even sometimes when I stay calm and grounded my mind is like: "Wow you are talking to someone and you are so chill and calm and not anxious" and then because I think about it I become anxious and I'm like fuck you brain :D

My father always criticized me when I was a kid(still does), and when I was a teen I didn't love myself, didn't care for my health, body... So my anxiety is obvious.

Now I don't know if I should take doctors advice and use antidepressant or I should try to wait a bit more time and deal with anxiety by myself, because I'm living a healthy lifestyle now, but it's really hard, I'm having headaches, shaking hands, high blood pressure every day...
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There is no better anti-depressant than working out and eating a clean diet.

Also, I recommend a good DHA Omega 3 supplement for all my clients. Look into it, DHA is critical for brain health.
 
I've been to the doctor. He actually said that I look much better than last time he saw me, so he didn't want to prescribe me antidepressants. He told me to keep going to University and face fears as well as keep all positive habits I made in the past few months... :)
 
iGag said:
he didn't want to prescribe me antidepressants.
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Your doctor is very sensible. Unless depression is very serious (possibly life-threatening) the things you are doing will help enormously. :) As I said earlier, if your problem is anxiety rather than depression antidepressants would not be indicated.
 
iGag said:
I've been to the doctor. He actually said that I look much better than last time he saw me, so he didn't want to prescribe me antidepressants. He told me to keep going to University and face fears as well as keep all positive habits I made in the past few months... :)
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Nice bro!
 
iGag said:
My father always criticized me when I was a kid(still does), and when I was a teen I didn't love myself, didn't care for my health, body... So my anxiety is obvious.

Now I don't know if I should take doctors advice and use antidepressant or I should try to wait a bit more time and deal with anxiety by myself, because I'm living a healthy lifestyle now, but it's really hard, I'm having headaches, shaking hands, high blood pressure every day...
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Your story sound very similar to mine. My father was of the absent kind during my childhood and adolescent years (although he was physically present) and due to his many mental problems/conditions he never really dealt with in the first place (his pornography viewing might have contributed to this), he was rarely able to compliment, motivate or give me any good life advices.
He was often mentally numb, indifferent and didn't seem to care too much about my wellbeing. Instead, he pushed me down, mostly on a subconscious level, partially by throwing nasty sarcasms that I didn't grasp as a teenager. Also, by maintaining his total indifference to change/improve himself over the years, I got the feeling/conviction that personal development (for my own part) was almost impossible.

Hence, I suffered from great social anxiety (partially due to bullying) during my child and adolescent years and although I have developed good social skills today, it is something that takes lot of practice (over a decade), mental visioning and the right kind of mindset. You will quickly gain a lot of these through abstaining from PMO which will make reboot your brain-connections and thus act with more confidence and positive-attitude than before.
I would strongly suggest to stay away from antidepressants as those will only accumulate your mental and physical health further ahead. Remember that they have plenty of side-effects so when you start take a few, you will soon need a few more to just handle the former.
 
Angus McGyver said:
Your story sound very similar to mine. My father was of the absent kind during my childhood and adolescent years (although he was physically present) and due to his many mental problems/conditions he never really dealt with in the first place (his pornography viewing might have contributed to this), he was rarely able to compliment, motivate or give me any good life advices.
He was often mentally numb, indifferent and didn't seem to care too much about my wellbeing. Instead, he pushed me down, mostly on a subconscious level, partially by throwing nasty sarcasms that I didn't grasp as a teenager. Also, by maintaining his total indifference to change/improve himself over the years, I got the feeling/conviction that personal development (for my own part) was almost impossible.

Hence, I suffered from great social anxiety (partially due to bullying) during my child and adolescent years and although I have developed good social skills today, it is something that takes lot of practice (over a decade), mental visioning and the right kind of mindset. You will quickly gain a lot of these through abstaining from PMO which will make reboot your brain-connections and thus act with more confidence and positive-attitude than before.
I would strongly suggest to stay away from antidepressants as those will only accumulate your mental and physical health further ahead. Remember that they have plenty of side-effects so when you start take a few, you will soon need a few more to just handle the former.
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Glad you are ok now, thanks for sharing your story and advice :)
 
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