I've got fuck all social skills from being bullied from childhood to highschool graduation, I've got terrible anxiety around my health, looks, and mostly social interactions including the chance of coming across as awkward (which I often do). I have no friends or social life. The only girl who's ever shown any interest in me has fucked off and got another boyfriend. I'm currently in college and am failing because I can't face going in due to the anxiety.
What do? Am in therapy but I don't have enough time to sort myself out before I'm forced to drop out of college, which would probably make me suicidal. I'm reluctantly considering medication but I've been on SSRIs and beta blockers before and they only made me feel worse, so I wouldn't like to go on either of those types of meds again.
Stop having anxiety and stop being a blubbering vagina. Be a man instead.
Nathan Kelly
you must reintegrate yourself. work out alot. eat fruits conserve testosterone watch motivational vids. watch ted talks and emulate
Landon Moore
Find a support group (not off of Sup Forums though lol)
Lincoln Hill
How?
Zachary Bailey
More or less got the identical problem. I don't know what to do either. I think probably commit suicide eventually, because there is no way I can live a decent life the way I am now.
Thomas Ward
Take a ton of acid
Hunter Scott
Talk to your student support staff about applying for mitigating circumstances. This will get extra time for deadlines and lots of leeway while you sort yourself out.
Xavier Miller
I've already got them, what I'm worried about is that I literally won't have the time to study all that I need to study if I don't radically change my life within 2ish weeks.
Any anons had any experience with other anti-depressant or anti-anxiety meds?
Isaac Bennett
First, stop idolizing this slag who can't even handle social interaction either
Levi Hall
dont jerk off for 2 weeks. all problems will solve themselves
Camden King
Do yoga. Learn etiquette, go to a political meetup or something with like minded people
Joseph Hughes
who is she user
Michael Lewis
Just watch some JBP, joe rogan etc/
Take some LSD.
Ian Baker
Joe Rogans a faggot.
Julian Lewis
Guys should be interested in you alone for the fact you have tits and a vagina, you should take advantage of that. Girls just have to wait and eventually guys will just approach them because that's what guys normally do. Guys with no social skills don't have that advantage and will die alone just like me.
Get on lithium and xanax. Talk to your advisor and see if you can get special treatment since you're medically ill.
William Clark
>lithium and xanax Wouldn't that fuck me up majorly though? They're both addictive, aren't they? What are the side effects like?
Samuel Scott
lithium isnt a psycoactive drug
Juan Lewis
xanax would be only for if it is needed currently taking both and was able to sustain a job for two months without breaking down
Oliver Mitchell
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Robert Martinez
This except don't take lithium. You're not a fucking iPhone. Benzos help tremendously with anxiety. I had bad anxiety at some point in university and was prescribed Ativan. I was a good student before and after though. It was easy to quit when I got in a relationship.
My best advice is do benzos, be the cool weed guy, and DONT fall in LOVE.
Robert Miller
you realize lithium actually helps right? and its not the battery kind
Jeremiah Brooks
I've been on lithium for 8 years and on xanax for 5. I mean im dependent on them because lithium takes away my manic depressive spells and xanax allows me to interact with people without having panic attacks, or hell even thinking about interacting with people in my room, alone, and having panic attacks.
>side effects Dependency. Lithium can reach toxic levels so you start off with a blood serum test every 3 months for a year or until your serum level is therapeutic then its twice a year.
I guess a slight drowzy feeling is the only side effect i have from xanax. Im only on 2mg twice a day
Gabriel Edwards
Fucking this I don't jerk off and come on Sup Forums which makes me horny as fuck but i resist when i go out then my confidence is insane I dont know what it is but it works.
I'm really fucking unsure as to what to do. I think I need it but would be really hesitant to take it because it's addictive and because it can cause weight gain (history of anorexia too). What does it make you feel like? Are you able to properly socialise with people while on it?
What's lithium like then? What does it do?
Nicholas Ross
its normally lithium carbonate, citrate and orotate have been discontinued for decades
James Wilson
Stop trying to push lithium.
Op lithium is not the answer for anxiety. These mentally ill people are trying to convince you their drugs from a mental hospital are great. If you're just anxious take benzos, exercise routinely, be the cool weed guy, then everything will fall into place. if you're as smart and cool as I was. Let me emphasize again that my biggest mistake was falling in love.
Luke Torres
i was able to get a job with lithium, then when the anxiety mixed with bipolar hit (my boss knew) i impulsively took a xanax and prettymuch immediate relief hit. not like i was high or anything, but i could think, and i was calm
i know, i just got a link that had general info
Justin Green
>Stop trying to push lithium. I spent the better part of 10 years going from treatments and the latest drugs wasting my time suffering, When i was put on lithium, everything solved its self.
Lithium is a naturally occurring salt. Its not toxic chemicals like ssri/ssni/mao/beta blockers that fuck up your body. It is the number one safest medication to take on the WHO safest medication list.
Michael Johnson
Join a debate or public speaking club. Stay motivated and keep going there, you will meet people and learn to speak more confidently. Trust me it helps.
Levi Diaz
im pushing because it seems like she or he has the same symptoms i do/did
and the " drugs from a mental hospital " arent there to get you feeling great they are to take the edge off and give you control. its like when the fire alarm goes off and you panic, but then immediately know that panicing isnt gonna help so you talk yourself into believing that you can do what you know is best and make it through.
it was hard at first but i gave it a chance and now, 3yrs later i have the xanax on hand, but otherwise im off everything
this
William Stewart
It's not addictive if you don't abuse it like a retard. It should be over the counter. Makes you very social, Xanax is more social than other benzos in my experience, but any benzos will help you with college anxiety.
It takes months of high doses before you can get physically addicted. I took Ativan for months and quit as soon as I wanted. No withdrawal or anything. It allowed me to be confident and get everything I wanted.
Do you drink coffee op?
Justin Johnson
write down my email op because i would like to help you past this board
Aiden Edwards
its gonna 404 and youll come here or go there to get a "patch" so you can be ok for a few months
you dont need a patch, you need a fix. i genuinely want to help you
i can also provide better help because i dont wanna post my life story, and i dont think you want all your info out on the net. (disorders and shit are private in my eyes)
Adam Adams
Not everyone is a bipolar schizo, he just has anxiety like a normal person. BENZOS-XAN XAN XAN
Asher Hill
>What's lithium like then? What does it do? Lithium resets your brain to stop being depressed/anxious.After about 2-3 weeks of being on a therapeutic dose you just dont have those connections in your brain anymore. Something "bad" happens, your heart beats hard for a few seconds, and then your brain kicks and in and is like "well wtf are you doing, call your tits we got this", those anxious feelings and jolts of chemicals in your brain dont happen. When coupled with xanax its even more powerful, you wont have the heart jolt youll just be able to control it mentally and calm your body easily
Liam Richardson
exactly thank you
Mason Russell
Strong tea, a few cups a day. Why?
And I've heard it makes you feel drunk. Is that true? Honestly my fear is that if my inhibition and anxiety is dampened it'll unleash my awkwardness and autism
Blake Hall
Caffeine is not good for people that suffer from anxiety driven illnesses
Isaiah Butler
weed isnt the answer to everything as a certified stoner i can promise you that because of how the chemicals work that a lot of people (my friends included) had inverse effects from weed and it multiplied the effect immensely
Cooper Torres
this is a question for /sig/
Carson Brooks
Caffeine contributes to anxiety is why I ask.
It does NOT make you feel drunk. Just confident and like nothing matters. If you mix it with alcohol it will make you feel more drunk, but hopefully you aren't planning on drinking alcohol before class. I am being entirely sincere when I say benzos do not effect your behavior if you use them responsibly. You will be very grateful you tried them. Go see your physician and tell them you have anxiety/panic attacks. They will prescribe them quickly because they are safe if used by a responsible individual. When I was using Ativan in college I was getting female attention constantly, girls giving me their numbers unprompted. I quit because I simply didn't need it once I was comfortable, you will too.
Bentley Moore
Don't blame a plant for your problems, weakling. Being the bud guy makes you have more friends, thus more confident. Again I was confident and a great student until I fell in love.
Jayden Powell
existentialism is the key. 1.scociety is a human construct 2.you are just atoms.not special. 3.everyone else is just atoms. 4.1000 years from now they wont remember us at all, and at some point the universe will end. Nothing matters in the long run. You her and them are all meaningless.
Aiden Barnes
not what i said at all, i said that smoking it makes quite a few people (not myself) have bad reactions, normally these people also have an unmonitored chemical imbalance in the brain and are unable to smoke because of said irregularities. i am the weed guy and i always take vcare of my frioends
Blake Diaz
on another note once the balance was restored they were able to start smoking with no problem. not only did they enjoy it, but it also helped them in other areas because they didnt abuse psycoactive or psycotropic substances
care of my friends*
Joshua Gray
Not op So is it OK for me to do things which are deleterious for humanity if it makes myself and those I care about better off? I've been bordering this thinking recently because I have had a life changing circumstance which had reshaped my values and "morals".
Colton Roberts
I cant smoke weed, not even low thc strains. It causes manic episodes
Kevin Diaz
You're a danger too society. I sure don't want someone that easily effected out and about.
Jose Walker
OP needs to grow up and join the military.
Nicholas Jackson
only women join the army
Ryder Brooks
this is what i was talking about
Chase Campbell
Good news for me because I'm joining army and I am sexually insatiable.
Easton Murphy
wtf yes it is. Anything that affects or alters the state of one's normal day to day brain.
Xavier Collins
Xanax makes me feel so good. Goodnight guys.
Mason Johnson
i meant that it doesnt affect you in a way that weed/cocaine/heroin/meth/extacy does