Posted by Iansf on January 17, 2005, at 12:21:54
In reply to Re: Which neurostransmitters affect social phobia? » King Vultan, posted by Optimist on January 17, 2005, at 9:24:55
> I find alcohol also makes my social anxiety worse. I'm thinking it may be driving down my blood sugar causing hypoglycemia. Interestingly when I was taking Prozac when I drank I didn't feel anxious at all. Prozac seemed to greatly help my hypoglycemia. I could tolerate a lot of other foods that I couldn't usually handle as well when on it.
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> BrianI don't know that alcohol makes my social phobia worse, but it definitely doesn't make it better. It takes very little to make me drunk, and if I drink enough to loosen up at all socially, it's also enough to make me unstable and noticeably ill-coordinated. and slur my speech. So by the time I'm looser socially, I look, sound and act drunk, which is hardly what I'm looking for. I'm careful to limit myself to two drinks at most
Actually, I sometimes wonder if there's a connection. People I know who are outgoing can drink a lot more than I can. Sometimes a lot more. And it's not that they become outgoing by drinking - they start out extroverted and remain, externally, unchanged till they've had what to me is an amazingly large number of drinks.
By the way, thanks, everyone, for the responses.
John
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