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What Causes Nervousness And Fear Of Crowds In Young Adults?

I m 16 years old and im a girl. I m constantly nervous for things I shouldn t be nervous about. It s really embarrassing for me so I don t wanna ask a doctor in person or tell my family about it. I hate talking in front of crowds and meeting new people and being the center of attention. When a lot of people start looking at me, my face gets red. I m just so nervous all of the time and I don t know what to do
Mon, 20 Apr 2015
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Hello,
Thanks for putting your query on HCM.
I can understand what you are going through.You seems to be having Social Anxiety Disorder.If I had similar patient visiting my clinic I would have started her on low dose anxiolytics like Esciatalopam 10 mg daily and benzodiazepines like clonazepam 0.25 mg on sos basis when she gets anxious.If anxiety would come down hesitation to talk or face people would also reduce.Also I would have done behavioural therapy for her like practice talking in front of mirror etc
Hope I could solve your query.If you have further query please feel free to ask.
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What Causes Nervousness And Fear Of Crowds In Young Adults?

Hello, Thanks for putting your query on HCM. I can understand what you are going through.You seems to be having Social Anxiety Disorder.If I had similar patient visiting my clinic I would have started her on low dose anxiolytics like Esciatalopam 10 mg daily and benzodiazepines like clonazepam 0.25 mg on sos basis when she gets anxious.If anxiety would come down hesitation to talk or face people would also reduce.Also I would have done behavioural therapy for her like practice talking in front of mirror etc Hope I could solve your query.If you have further query please feel free to ask.