SAD

[mike4949]

I've been diagnosed for social anxiety disorder and has been treated with aurorix and alprazolam for over 7 years now. My aurorix doses have been increased. Now i am taking 150mg 3 times a day and  0.25 alprazolam at night. Aurorix is very good for my depression and can make my wife happy but helps very little in my SAD. I feel great in normal situations. However, I still feel very anxious during meetings and during simple presentations before an audience. How much should I take aurorix? Should i take alprazolam when necessary, and how much? I've tried taking 0.5 alprazolam with aurorix before an event but i feel more palpitation and anxiety. When I tried taking 0.5 alprazolam with 0.75mg aurorix it was excellent.  I just don't know how to adjust my doses of aurorix. I read that alprazolam can cause addction and long term side effect. Please share.

[mike4949]

Thank you for the share.

[MYoungAtHeart]

I do want to share something I learned in college when speaking in front of people, and it doesn't matter how many are in front of you.  My professor said that a very famous speaker had the same problem until he imagined all the people in front of him were sitting on toilets with their pants around their feet.  It actually does work, at first I would laugh when I looked out at the sea of faces and and imagined them on toilets doing their business, but it does work and I have never had another panic attack when speaking in front of anyone anymore...

Good luck

M

[anxiety64]

just wanna share this tips..
1. deep breath
2.do stand on top of the stage just to face or look at the crowd first
3. face the mirror and say i can do this... cause before i experience this as well.