Posted by Questionmark on November 9, 2008, at 23:24:40
In reply to Re: Help for anxiety-related facial blushing, posted by jwpaine on November 7, 2008, at 17:46:53
Oh the curse that is blushing! The Red Torture, as i've called it. What a curse.
I don't get it as consistently or as generally as you say you do-- only in certain types of situations, though sometimes sort of random and unexpected. But i still hate it with a furious rage of a passion. Few things can make me internally hate myself or feel worse about myself in a moment than that. But anyhow...
Especially if propranolol (Inderal) didn't help you (as they say beta-blockers are supposed to be great for specific physical symptoms of anxiety like that), I would say seriously seriously seriously consider Nardil. It is uncanny how good Nardil has been with that for me. It just doesn't happen when you're on a high enough dose (which is not that high for myself-- ~45mg, though i am on less than that now). ANYbody with this or a related problem, please-- Nardil, Nardil, Nardil. Please consider Nardil.
Yeah, I was on Paxil before i got on Nardil. Paxil helped some. But let me tell you, Paxil ain't @#$%! Paxil has only but a semblance of Nardil's power and wonder-- for social anxiety AND depression, incidentally. A benzo might be worth a short trial initially, but if that doesn't work wonders, then i would say just get on Nardil. N-A-R-D-I-L. What's that spell? Nardil!
Sorry i must have had too much coffee. Oh, and speaking of coffee, i've definitely noticed that caffeine makes the Red Torture much worse, or at least a great deal more likely to rear its ugly face, pun intended.
Good luck to you sir.
> Still struggling with this problem.... just had a mild anxiety attack while talking to my sister who I haven't seen for about 2 months. I am on Paxil 20mg - I tried propranolol but it did not help at all with the fight-or-flight reaction to the situation: face turning red, sweating...which is the catalyst for even more anxiety.
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> Any more thoughts?
> Thank you all for your help thus far.
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