Im a 18 year old male with heavy social anxiety, I can not be myself and the only thing that helps is alcohol. Im taking ativan at the moment and it does not work and have taken many meds before this. Also I have a weird problem that im never thinking of anything, my head is always completely blank unless I physically try to think. Its always been like that.
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Hello Lybrate-User, You actually needs counseling to deal with your emotions. Once emotions are dealt anxiety will diminish to a large extent. If you feel you can take up a paid audio counseling session.
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You go for hypnotherapy and cbt.
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Alcoholis not a good for you to deal with social anxiety. Consult another psychiatrist and go for cbt and learn effective techniques to deal with anxiety.
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Do not drink alcohol while taking ativan. Lorazepam can increase the effects of alcohol. Secondly, you will get conditioned to needing alcohol to deal with social anxiety. Thirdly, you are into your late teens and there will be some childhood issue that is seeking a resolution but you will interrupt its presence by camouflaging it with alcohol. Fourthly, you can become addicted to alcohol because you are at that exact age when addictive substances can become very appealing. And fifthly, you need some therapy too to develop skills and tools to tackle your social anxiety problem. For this to come up at this age is significant because it is the last chance you will get to resolve it before it becomes a permanent negative trait. About the issue itself: do you know if this is a family trait, or is the family by anyways less to socialize, or have you had any problem with fear because of some family or childhood experience? Have you ever been embarrassed in public by someone that it has left an indelible mark in your personality? You can take the answers to these questions to a counselor and resolve the same. Anyway, you must deal with your fear of people and it will be the best solution to your problem. In the meantime do some confidence building exercises by attending a personality development course, public speaking skills course (i suggest you join the toastmasters club), work out at a gym to build good self-image, and join social events to practice your skills. Surprisingly many people are often in the same boat as you, and so you are not alone. The very people you are intimidated by may be afraid of you too! there are three important developments to have to make an autonomous personality: awareness, intimacy, and spontaneity. If you are super aware or too conscious of yourself, it will affect the intimacy and spontaneity. Although your problem is now directly to do with intimacy, you can see that they are all connected. Go and work on these matters with a counselor for this level of social anxiety to disappear from your life for good.
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It's treatable take therapy and counseling that's most important for social anxiety as anxiety is caused through co ditooning and thought pattern and we need to break it all the best consult with me or any psychologist for therapy online or in person.
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Alcohol may be a temporary solution to many problems, however, in the long run, it does cause a lot of damage starting with liver problems and others that involve bodily functions, including digestion, metabolism, excretion, sexual problems and thought or emotional disorders. Therefore alcohol is best avoided as self-medication for many problems including social anxiety. There are many medications available to help deal with social anxiety and it would be better to take on a daily basis if you believe in your doctor more than consuming alcohol. Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help with booking an appointment online with me on this website either text, audio, or video appointment for a confidential and private consultation you may do so by contacting the help desk of Lybrate.
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