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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety

helllo . for years now i suffer from deabilating general anxiety . and what i mean by deabilateing is that i cant function normally . i ts gotton so bad that when my family held a giant pool party for canada day- which had alot of people attending ...i ended up in the basement because i could get any where cllse to any one because my anxiety keeps me from being normal....also when i go for walks my anxiety makes me walk like im a drunk . its because im feering everyone is judgeing me ...i want to live a normal life not live in fair what should i do.....SIN ..JEREMY CURNEW
Fri, 8 Aug 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
Oh I can imagine how much stressed you are.I don't know you have sought for any professional help or not but I can say you can surely come out of this situation.

From your narration it seems that you are suffering from social anxiety disorder/social phobia.

There are two methods for treatment of social phobia: one is Medicines and other is psychotherapy.

Medicines: Benzodiazepienes group of drugs like lorazepam, clonazepam and etizolam are quite useful to treat anxiety if used under medical supervision carefully.they are used for symptomatic treatment.

Another group of medicines is SSRI(Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor). Escitalopram,Sertraline,fluoxetine,paroxetine are SSRI.Among them I prefer specifically paroxetine controlled release to overcome anxiety.


Psychotherapy: In this cognitive behavior therapy(CBT) is quite helpful
. If it is done by a professional and patient is good motivated to involve in therapy,it can cure social phobia and you can get rid of medicines.Other is psychodynamic therapy.

In your case if I were your treating doctor, I will start with medicines and after you stabilize , will go for CBT.

So consult psychiatrist soon.

Wish you early recovery.
Hope I have answered your query,
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
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Hello, Thanks for using healthcaremagic. Oh I can imagine how much stressed you are.I don t know you have sought for any professional help or not but I can say you can surely come out of this situation. From your narration it seems that you are suffering from social anxiety disorder/social phobia. There are two methods for treatment of social phobia: one is Medicines and other is psychotherapy. Medicines: Benzodiazepienes group of drugs like lorazepam, clonazepam and etizolam are quite useful to treat anxiety if used under medical supervision carefully.they are used for symptomatic treatment. Another group of medicines is SSRI(Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor). Escitalopram,Sertraline,fluoxetine,paroxetine are SSRI.Among them I prefer specifically paroxetine controlled release to overcome anxiety. Psychotherapy: In this cognitive behavior therapy(CBT) is quite helpful . If it is done by a professional and patient is good motivated to involve in therapy,it can cure social phobia and you can get rid of medicines.Other is psychodynamic therapy. In your case if I were your treating doctor, I will start with medicines and after you stabilize , will go for CBT. So consult psychiatrist soon. Wish you early recovery. Hope I have answered your query, Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.