Social Anxiety Disorder Medication |
A person that has extreme fear of talking in public, with strangers or just being watch has a social anxiety disorder and it must be treat it by a psychotherapist and medication. There are different treatments available depending on how sever is the anxiety problem.
However, although psychotherapy is very important to recover from the disorder, there are medications that are of great help and can relief some of the immediate problems.
TAnti depressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhbitors (SSRIs) are social anxiety disorder medications that will improve the patient problem. These anti depressant has paroxetine which has shown in some test that is not effective in 75% of patients and it has some side effects.
Its known that paxil has some side effects like nausea, headaches, insomnia and possible changes in sexual behavior. So you must be aware of this and also contact your psychotherapist for advice.
Some of the common anti depressants used are SSRI, Effexor, moclobomide, MAOI.
SSRIs and SNRIs have been approved by the FDA in the treatment of social anxiety disorders. Although these anti depressants are not very effective treating social anxiety, they are effective in treating depression and anxiety in those patients.
There are sother anti depressants like prozac, Zoloft, paxil CR, Celexa, lexapro and more, but you must do you proper research and ask your doctor because any of those anti depressant medications have some side effects like sedating, sexual dysfunction, apathy and weight gain.
As you can see there are many anti depressant medications available for social phobia, but they are just going to help you with symptoms of depression and anxiety, they are not going to cure you social anxiety disorder, you need also a proper psychotherapy, so you can overcome your problem.
A social disorder can be overcome but requires more than medications, it requires you to take the leap and face your fears, the more you are in uncomfortable situations, the quicker you will overcome your problem, if you hide your self from society you will never get over it.
"How to Overcome Your Social Anxiety by being
your Own Psychiatrist"
Here is what you will Discover
at the other side:
- Why therapy is essential for your well-being.
- How psychotherapy operates
- Why
Medications are Risky and what you should do instea
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- How
to cope with social anxiety at Social events
- How did Freud (The most influencial
Psychotherapist) cured himself
- What the shrinks don't want you to know.
- Psychological techniques to become more assertive and
develop your social skills.
Quick Tip #1
There are different available drug medications that should be taken only with proper prescription of a doctor |
Quick Tip #2
Psychotherapy is a great way to receive treatment without any risks, you will discover what is the source of your fear or social phobia |
Quick Tip #3
You should face your fears, the more you face your fears the less dificult if will be for you, you will notice that is not such a big deal |
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