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what is the difference btwn social anxiety and GAD

Posted by yoyoma on July 19, 2004, at 14:33:54

Hi, just curious if somebody could give me a clear comparison and any information between general anxiety and social anxiety. Thanks.

 

Re: what is the difference btwn social anxiety and GAD

Posted by Glydin on July 19, 2004, at 16:07:48

In reply to what is the difference btwn social anxiety and GAD, posted by yoyoma on July 19, 2004, at 14:33:54

My understanding is these diagnosis subsets are related to the prevailent "area" of anxiety. GAD tends to be an overall worry and fear over just about everything. SAD tends to be fear and "loathing" of being in social situations and interaction circumstances due to these situations causing extreme anxiety symptoms. I think there is ALOT of crossover and actually having only the components of one and not the other... well, maybe, but not for me. I was an equal opportunity anxiety person and I covered about all disorders related to anxiety.

Admittedly, there are a number of folks who are much more informed than I, but that's my take.

 

48h off effexor xr cold turkey and i feel fine?!?!

Posted by pablo1 on July 19, 2004, at 20:13:53

In reply to Re: what is the difference btwn social anxiety and GAD, posted by Glydin on July 19, 2004, at 16:07:48

Hmm, and my pdoc says I have 'repressed' anxiety, depression & inattentive ADD. I guess that's like I'm anxious about some repressed anger or fear from the past but I don't really clearly feel angry, afraid anxious or even depressed in an obvious way. He prescribed effexor which really made a difference of feeling much less tense and more easy going. Unfortunately it did nothing for my motivation and made me sleepy in the day then sleep poorly at night. I always thought of myself as very mellow because I try to me mellow and I prefer to be that way but I guess it's a struggle trying to maintain that calmness and my state has always been sort of a forced calm. Chain smoking helps maintain the illusion <g> and drinking in the evening... The presenting symptom to all this has been a prolonged low level depression, increased drinking and a stubborn attitude that got me unemployed and unwilling to take 'reasonable' measures to correct the situation. I've just refused to do things I don't want to. I'm still not able to get over this whole blockage thing.

Anyways maybe there are bits of something in there that tie into other types of anxiety and help to explain the condition better. Maybe someone can say which parts of that are not anxiety related. It's quite a grey amorphous muddle of low grade symptoms.

 

Diagonstic labeling confusion

Posted by Glydin on July 19, 2004, at 22:05:52

In reply to 48h off effexor xr cold turkey and i feel fine?!?!, posted by pablo1 on July 19, 2004, at 20:13:53

> Anyways maybe there are bits of something in there that tie into other types of anxiety and help to explain the condition better. Maybe someone can say which parts of that are not anxiety related. It's quite a grey amorphous muddle of low grade symptoms.


---I used to think a "diagnosis" was really important, and, after a fashion, I guess it is. Now, I feel more strongly about "symptoms" because there is so much mixing, comorbidity, and overlapping. Let's face it, we have not advanced so far to get individualized meds (that would be wonderful) and many meds cover many symptoms that are, indeed, stirred all up together - or at least that the way it's suppose to work (smile).

 

Re: Diagonstic labeling confusion

Posted by JayDee on July 20, 2004, at 22:54:39

In reply to Diagonstic labeling confusion, posted by Glydin on July 19, 2004, at 22:05:52

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> ---I used to think a "diagnosis" was really important, and, after a fashion, I guess it is. Now, I feel more strongly about "symptoms" because there is so much mixing, comorbidity, and overlapping. Let's face it, we have not advanced so far to get individualized meds (that would be wonderful) and many meds cover many symptoms that are, indeed, stirred all up together - or at least that the way it's suppose to work (smile).
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wow!! excellent post Glydin. Ive been doing ALOT of research on psychology myself recently to try to get some insight into my own problems. And I think I can honestly say I've found symptoms that directly(strongly) relate to me in just about EVERY personality disorder, and 'mental illness' out there, except for delusions.
to me it seems the best way to approach things for folks like me, psychopharmaceutically(is that a word?),is to go symptom by symptom rather than try to make a single or even bother to make multiple diagnosiss'
everything is connected, possibly moreso then most people realize.

 

Re: Diagonstic labeling confusion

Posted by thinkfast on July 21, 2004, at 15:55:48

In reply to Re: Diagonstic labeling confusion, posted by JayDee on July 20, 2004, at 22:54:39

Now, if only therapists and Pdoc's would accept this phenomenon we would be a lot better off. Mostly I am thinking of the psychiatrists :-) They might be a little more prone to do off-label Rx's.


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