Namasty to all doctors- I have excessive anxiety and social phobia for last 4-5 years. I am talking escitalopram 20 mg from upto 1 years and 6 months (by psychiatrist) .my anxiety was stable till last month .but now from 15 days I have issue again in my anxiety. Doctor also give me additional sos clonazepam 0.25 .but it will not work on me .what is happening on me .and what I am do .kindly suggest me .can I make a appointment with you .please share your information.
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Namaste lybrate-user thank you for reaching out. In anxiety, there will be ups and downs. Sometimes when stress is more it acts like a trigger and flare up the symptoms. Medicines will target your symptoms and provide relief what in addition to that you need to learn is anxiety management skills. So that you yourself can practice and help yourself when you feel anxious. It will stay with you forever. Cbt is helpful. You can consult with me or any psychologist for therapy and counselings online or in person all the best.
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Dear user if you do not want to take medication for life time then please wake up yourself, medicines are not a perfect solution for mental health, you have to work on your own, your will power, your mind and thoughts. I do not know what is your age but due to certain reasons if you are on antidepressants you have to take some extra care of yourself. I do not know what are the circumstances under which you are taking medicines, I want to know the whole details about your disorder. But I must say do not depend on the medicines and do not make it a habit for future. You need counselings session for a better control on this disorder and medicines. I need all the details regarding your disorder. Medicines are not the only solution, counselings is a best option for you so that you could better understand yourself and save yourself from the side effects of medicines. Please call and discuss your problem in detail and then it will be able to help you better.
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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 anxiety and social phobia to disappear from your life for good. Medication alone is not enough.
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You might have developed resistance to the medications and it might need to be revised. Consult your psychiatrist, also try combining with cognitive behavior therapy. Good luck.
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