have you found anything that has helped you? whether it’s medication, meditation, taking to a therapist, etc?
It’s becoming too much for me to deal with and makes me feel lesser. I constantly feel like i’m wriggling one my own skin, and hate to be judged. it sucks because i feel like i was never like this, i was actually a really outgoing kid and it’s so depressing looking back and missing who i was 😔 now i don’t even recognize myself, i’m constantly anxious and being around people, especially a group gives me heart palpitations, i don’t understand 😭😭
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Yup social anxiety sucks big time...medication helped me a whole bunch. The more seretonin in my body the better. I may have a disease that causes my body to create less seretonin, possibly celiac disease which wreaks havoc on the gut where most of your seretonin is made. The more seretonin the less all around anxiety I have.
wow that’s really good to know!! i heard a lot of people say medication helped a lot with anxiety and i barely ever gave meds a chance... i think it’s time for that
It was very difficult for me to find out what to do. I'm a big advocate of meditation but the fact is that once the anxiety gets so out of control it feels impossible for meditation to bring you out of it. I just tried to keep hope alive until the medication finally gave me some relief. It was until 6 or 7 years later until I found out that my thyroid was not working well and once I treated that the seretonin medication worked SO much better. Now I'm feeling good now and possibly thinking about reducing my seretonin medication as my gut is healing and producing more seretonin by itself. Good luck my friend and I hope you find relief and peace. I had to wait so long for it and was basically at my wits end but somehow kept hope alive and now my life almost feels ordinary.
This is really interesting - I have an allergy to gluten too and have social anxiety. Trying CBT and I would definitely recommend as talking helps. Found online therapy great so I don’t want to chat to someone in real life. But considering medication, mad that you think coeliac and social anxiety are connected. Maybe I should look in to serotonin meds. Thanks for this!
A lot of people with celiac only have psychological symptoms from what I've read. The celiac disease foundation website even says that depression is one of the main symptoms. Very scary stuff. I feel terrible for people like me who had no idea their food could be causing them severe mental distress.Dairy also causes a lot of problems. I've given them both up. It's been tough but I sleep a lot better and I'm not plagued with nightmares and bed wetting like my whole childhood. Embarrassing and scary stuff!
It’s crazy that! Can’t believe it’s a key symptom. But really glad to find that out and investigate. I don’t eat gluten and try to steer clear of dairy for 3 years now but maybe a good step to try and improve gut health. That’s amazing to hear it’s helping you. It is hard giving them up but it’s much easier now we have a good selection of products in the bigger supermarkets.
thanks so much for the suggestion, I spoke to my doctor and got prescribed Lexapro and buspirone so i’m prayinggg this at least makes the anxiety a bit more tolerable for me. it gives me hope that it helped you
I take Escitalopram on its own but 30mg because I also take medication fo epilepsy so I have to 'watch ' they don't interact with one another like some do.
This is quite a common condition so you are not alone and well done for reaching out. Can you identify any negative experience(s) you may have had that may have been a turning point? It sometimes only takes a few feelings of rejection in a social group situation to trigger negative feelings. This has happened to me. Talking to a therapist is definitely worth doing. Also a course of CBT could help as could joining a support group. As I say don't feel alone with this and do seek professional help if you can. Small steps will make a difference.
from the research i’ve done, i have come to realize to it is really common so it makes me feel a bit less alone. what’s weird is i can’t really think of anything specific... i guess it started my senior year when my best friend moved away and my childhood best friend grew apart from me. then i ended up in an isolated/ toxic relationship for five years after that, so none of these situations helped. i cut ties with my father, and i read that can contribute as well. but you’re absolutely right though, i think talking to a therapist will help. for now i was prescribed some meds so i’m hoping that provides some relief. thanks sm for your response ❤️
i’m definitely going to have to check that out, i read the reviews on that book and wow... it seems to have literally changed lives. thanks so much for that suggestion
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