Posted by jujube on January 7, 2005, at 0:02:03
In reply to Re: Some advice needed (hopefully last time), posted by sabre on January 6, 2005, at 15:38:53
Thanks Sabre. I know what you mean about the hospital experience - not pleasant or easy even for those who don't have anxiety. At least this time I didn't have a flare up of my night terrors in the days following the surgery.
Thanks for the link. I will have a look at it. I actually was under the impression that SSRIs were somewhat effective for general anxiety, but that meds that worked on norepinephrine were better for social anxiety. That is why I had hoped to be able to tolerate a higher dose of Anafranil. It is supposed to work on both serotonin and norepinephrine.
I wish you all the best as well as you try to find a suitable treatment for your own social anxiety.
Take care.
Tamara
> Hello Tamara
> I hope the surgery went well and that you are recovering. I think surgery and just being in hospital can be traumatic especially if you suffer from social anxiety. All that questioning, constant interaction, sounds, smells etc not to mention the physical stresses of the surgery are stressful and anxiety provoking.
>
> I can't offer any medication solutions for SA. I was reading a study yesterday that said the strongest evidence for treatment of SA was with SSRIs http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15495010
> I don't see a lot of support for their effectiveness in Babble posts. Maybe all the success stories don't need to post?
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> I hope it goes well for you. If I find the SA answer the first thing I'll do is post it here!
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> Best wishes
> sabre
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