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Posted on Sat, 30 May 2015
Question: I have social anxiety disorder, I feel uncomfortable, hesitation to smile fully in social regions, I have fear of unborn, of past school events and always feel someone is watching m in bus, train, etc. I have a long history in this. And my condition worsens in sun, I literally feel to cry for no reasons.
I had been diagnosed with social anxiety 4 yrs. back and the medicines that were given not worked properly. And then I was given pexep cr 25 in which my initial days were like nightmares but after some days I felt good. After taking this medicine for about 5-6 months my doc. advised me to quit by breaking the tablet into 4 equal parts and after a month I had completely stopped it. After that I felt very depressed and same has occurred again and most difficult was to stop the medicine. I also felt some small attacks. I am now somewhat ok then compared to 3 years back. From my childhood of about 8 yrs I was very shy especially to girls and talked very less. in AC room, my face becomes tomato red. my doc. prescribed me with nexito forte, after 2 months, nexito plus and then half the side of nexito plus and i am still continuing with this. i want to completely become free from SA disorder. it ruined my schooling creating damage to my ambition. i have a good grip nw comparatively. i have joined english speaking classes despite knowing good english. my doc. suggested me this but i am facing problems in public speech despite of full preparation, very few words i am able to say.
aim is to join armed forces as an officer but if i tell anybody, they laugh or make fun of me.
Currently I am doing breathing practice, weight exercise, 20 pushups, jumping, meditation, having good diet, and my body is in good shape.
My current problems are:
sweating,   Blushing in front of public or waiting fr bus.
Before going somewhere my heart runs fast and little fear occurs
little confidence and faith
Most time thinking of unnecessary things
Can't wait fr bus or train fr more than 5-10 minutes and face becomes red
eating in public
going out with my friends and enjoy but not able to do fully. I always try to give my give my 100%.
I want to have a normal and fearless life. Please guide me what to do sir. i hv met many docs. but not finding much useful. in clinic, i am nt able to tell fully also. i hv overcome my body's shaky feeling nd lack of sleep.
Have also attended some sessions of my doctor in which he guided me to think positive and meditate and expose to anxious situations and make notes of it. I had and also doing this but when expose to sun I get very much anxious and water comes from eyes and even in Communication through eye contact. And not able to completely be confident.
 Most of all is I fell very very much anxious in crowd or when waiting to give exam outside with huge crowd.
if consecutively 2-3 days i spend fully in home, afterwards, when i go out, i feel vry nervous.
Will it ever be cured? Please help to cure it completely.
if one day i do not take medicine, then i feel like crying nd sleeping all the day.
i m using inderal 20 also beffore a speech, but nt feeling effective.
i hv blood test, xray, also but they were normal. please sir help me. one time i thought for a suicide also. in my school days, people thought me like joker and coward.
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Answered by Dr. K. V. Anand (39 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Idle mind is devil's workshop

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thank you for your question.

I can understand your concerns. You have social anxiety disorder and General anxiety disorder. Usually they exist together because their symptoms overlap each other.

I wish to sympathize with your, but I will not do that. Because sympathy weakens you more. Straight away let us get into business. Your SAD and GAD are not fully curable.

Angry? Don't worry. They are not curable fully because anxiety is part of body's defense mechanism and therefore if it is cured fully, your body will not prepare itself for emergency.

Secondly, I assure you, anxiety disorder has an uncomfortable feeling, but it is not at all going to give you heart attack or something of that sort. So you don't have to worry about that aspect.

In fact, SAD and GAD people do not fear or worry about the external circumstances. They worry about their symptoms and they feel the symptoms might embarrass them in public. Because they worry about their symptoms, it becomes obsessive. Once it becomes obsessive (thinking about the symptoms again and again) the anxiety associated with it never ends.

As a treatment measure, first you should know everything about anxiety and its symptoms, second you should treat it as "just nothing and won't hurt me", third you should not set any time period to cure it and fourth, engage yourself in creative activities, hobbies, games etc so that you do not have any idle time to be obsessive.

The first two steps, are fully provided in this website. www.excelatlife.com. Go through every articles and listen to every audio file. Learn and Practice mindful meditation.

Don't worry. Just do as I tell you. I am sure, you will do better within a week or so. Please, do not think about cure or fix a time limit for cure. Just take your GAD as your companion and learn to live with it. Then the problem will start dying down. Mark my words.

Please come back if you have any doubts or need some clarifications. But only after going through the entire website I gave you.

Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T
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Follow up: Dr. K. V. Anand (9 minutes later)
sir, i want to know about the medication. whether to use or not. if i am taking it, i am feeling good. or else i feel like crying.
doctor
Answered by Dr. K. V. Anand (5 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Dont stop medicines

Detailed Answer:
Dear, You should not stop those medicines unless I say so. Never think about stopping medicines or fix any time limit. Just do as I told you. Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T
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Follow up: Dr. K. V. Anand (2 days later)
sir, i went through the articles. it explains about various mental illness nd their cure. i am regularly practicing meditation with the audio's. due to my doctor's advice, i am taking half nexito plus medicine. but i m feeling depressed. feeling like my eye lids are doing weight lifting. truky saying sir, i am losing hopes.
doctor
Answered by Dr. K. V. Anand (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Please call me

Detailed Answer:
Dear, I would like to appraise you, there are articles and audios which tells you to change your mind set up towards anxiety and depression. Please go through every thing.

Please do not think you did everything and you have knowledge. That is wrong. Such a thinking stagnates you and you cannot improve.

Psychiatric medicines does very little. You need to change your way of thinking about these.

I assure you, you will feel better. Please do not hurry. You are young. .My XXXXXXX number is 0000. Please call me tomorrow at 9 pm. I will explain everything.

Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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Follow up: Dr. K. V. Anand (45 hours later)
sir, sorry i did nt hv guts to call you yesterday. from 2day onwards, i gave myself a push to start exposing myself in anxiety situations. i felt nice after coming home. i had nightmare yesterday, i was running in my house, and i was very scared of nothing. i m doing daily meditation, breathing exercises, weight exercise. there are lot of videos in net regarding deep hypnosis/hypnotherapy regarding SA disorder. can they help me?
there was a speech 2day, in which i had performed well, but while smiling, my cheeks were like dancing, nervous like smile. not being able to express fully. what to do sir? i think it requires a lot of time with practicing.
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Answered by Dr. K. V. Anand (7 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Call me right now.

Detailed Answer:
Dear, Why you don't have the guts to call me? You don't need guts to call me. You just need a telephone or XXXXXXX Don't worry. I am here to help you. I am your friend. don't take me as your doctor. I will settle all the problems you have. I am confident of that. Just talk to me over phone. Today also you can call me. You can call me now. or 8.30 pm or 9.30 pm. I advise you to call me right now. 0000. Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Social Anxiety Disorder

Brief Answer: Idle mind is devil's workshop Detailed Answer: Dear XXXXXXX Thank you for your question. I can understand your concerns. You have social anxiety disorder and General anxiety disorder. Usually they exist together because their symptoms overlap each other. I wish to sympathize with your, but I will not do that. Because sympathy weakens you more. Straight away let us get into business. Your SAD and GAD are not fully curable. Angry? Don't worry. They are not curable fully because anxiety is part of body's defense mechanism and therefore if it is cured fully, your body will not prepare itself for emergency. Secondly, I assure you, anxiety disorder has an uncomfortable feeling, but it is not at all going to give you heart attack or something of that sort. So you don't have to worry about that aspect. In fact, SAD and GAD people do not fear or worry about the external circumstances. They worry about their symptoms and they feel the symptoms might embarrass them in public. Because they worry about their symptoms, it becomes obsessive. Once it becomes obsessive (thinking about the symptoms again and again) the anxiety associated with it never ends. As a treatment measure, first you should know everything about anxiety and its symptoms, second you should treat it as "just nothing and won't hurt me", third you should not set any time period to cure it and fourth, engage yourself in creative activities, hobbies, games etc so that you do not have any idle time to be obsessive. The first two steps, are fully provided in this website. www.excelatlife.com. Go through every articles and listen to every audio file. Learn and Practice mindful meditation. Don't worry. Just do as I tell you. I am sure, you will do better within a week or so. Please, do not think about cure or fix a time limit for cure. Just take your GAD as your companion and learn to live with it. Then the problem will start dying down. Mark my words. Please come back if you have any doubts or need some clarifications. But only after going through the entire website I gave you. Take care.