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Best Drugs For Social Anxiety

quit all drugs, & interact in social situations as much as you can. force yourself to go where you feel the most anxious. time after time. after like a year you'll get much much much better IME.
 
Hez not kidding, lots of people become paranoid anxious messes after using drugs for a while.
 
I would say small doses of adderall. I have crippling social anxiety, and 10mg of adderall not only makes me comfortable and talkative, but it also really makes me enjoy other peoples' company. I personally hate uppers though, so I only do this when I absolutely have to (i.e. first dates... I get nervous just thinking about it).

Some people scoff at the idea of short-term masks, but I prefer it to a long term pill treatment. Why would I want to pollute my body with pills 24/7 when I only have to do it when I plan on going out? Plus, I don't want ED, which rules out most anti-depressants. My brother is on SSRIs and he has to take viagra. No thanks.
 
Fail Fighter said:
I would say small doses of adderall. I have crippling social anxiety, and 10mg of adderall not only makes me comfortable and talkative, but it also really makes me enjoy other peoples' company. I personally hate uppers though, so I only do this when I absolutely have to (i.e. first dates... I get nervous just thinking about it).

Some people scoff at the idea of short-term masks, but I prefer it to a long term pill treatment. Why would I want to pollute my body with pills 24/7 when I only have to do it when I plan on going out? Plus, I don't want ED, which rules out most anti-depressants. My brother is on SSRIs and he has to take viagra. No thanks.

I did what you did. I lost a lot of weight plus the pills made the anxiety worse after a while. Adderall is pretty much cocaine accept adderall gives a better high although more side effects.

But If your talking once every few months then go ahead. PLAYA
 
]I did what you did. I lost a lot of weight plus the pills made the anxiety worse after a while. Adderall is pretty much cocaine except adderall gives a better high although more side effects.

But If your talking once every few months then go ahead. PLAYA
 
madhatter09 said:
I did what you did. I lost a lot of weight plus the pills made the anxiety worse after a while. Adderall is pretty much cocaine accept adderall gives a better high although more side effects.

But If your talking once every few months then go ahead. PLAYA


We're obviously not on the same page then... I only take ~10 mg to treat my anxiety. Definitely not enough to get "high" on, and certainly not enough to make you lose weight as a weekend-only drug.
 
Fail Fighter said:
We're obviously not on the same page then... I only take ~10 mg to treat my anxiety. Definitely not enough to get "high" on, and certainly not enough to make you lose weight as a weekend-only drug.

Cool man. I'm just saying it's easy for that ten to turn two a twenty and get just as high off that as you did the ten after a while.

Everybody's different man. I used to treat my SA with DXM, that was pretty much the only source I had to stop the horrible anxiety. My parents thought that I was just going through a phase. Fuck them.

Anxiety is so fucking horrible man. Maybe you have it less than me but, if that works for you then I am happy for you.
 
2BSane said:
Maybe, there has been a thousand post on social anxiety, but what if one post was trying to make a new spin on a old subject. And maybe people make new posts because the the other ones outdated and beliefs are not the same. I don't think people should have UTFSE every time because really if that were the case there would be nothing to talk about because everything was in the gospel, might as well just go to webmd where everything is written in stone. plus, when you merge a thread your question get put way down to the last and people have to swift through 5 pages before they see your question and end up answering someone else. . I'm not talking about this thread just all threads in general. Sure, go ahead an shut down the can I smoke my oxy's thread cause we already know. it would do everybody a favor and also give the mods the fun and authority deleting a post.

Don't bite my head off i'm new here. Actually, I have been lurking before I registered. And people would shoot down topics like "would this mix with this" because it's been done before, but who knows it could of blossomed into a whole other interesting thread.

But, hey if you can't afford the bandwidth i'm sure some of us can come around and help.


i agree-even if something has been discussed before it doesn't mean the limit of what can be reached has been reached or even that enough cool things have been said:)
 
i feel physically sick that someone said marijuana helps them with social anxiety and 'makes skinny guys put on weight'.....

Biggest load of bullsh1t ever when I was smoking I had no motivation to workout or eat anything HEALTHY. Sure enough I ate alot of food but all it did was cause a huge insulin spike and blunt my growth hormone release so I stayed a short ass and didnt grow properly and just had a podgy womanly physique rather than a lean masculine strong physique.

Im literally furious at this comment. Marijuana is why I have such bad social anxiety.

Whoever put Xyrem (GHB) is lying imo, that is ok for social anxiety but I can imagine doing it everyday for anxiety will FUCK YOU RIGHT UP going shopping with huge dilated pupils is not a good look!

Diazepam /BENZOs is the only thing in this world that totally eliminates social anxiety!
 
^ Just because you had bad experiences with marijuana doesn't mean everyone else does. Different people react differently to drugs, you should know that. If marijuana works for them, so what?
 
bighooter said:
i feel physically sick that someone said marijuana helps them with social anxiety and 'makes skinny guys put on weight'.....

Diazepam /BENZOs is the only thing in this world that totally eliminates social anxiety!

That's just you. For me opiates (oxycodone, hydromorphone, and heroin are my favorites) and marijuana are the best for social anxiety. Benzos chill me out but don't give me motivation whatsoever to go out and talk to people. Also since I don't want to get a prescription for benzos (various reasons) opiates and weed are my best choice. I'm also on Remeron and gabapentin for generalized anxiety but they really don't do much except slightly potentiate IV doses of heroin and dilaudid (in the sense that they make me nod more). I will say that I don't smoke when I feel shitty cause it makes for a dysphoric high. Sorry weed made your anxiety worse.
 
ATIVAN, that is, if you have to take a drug. as of recently, i feel like using benzos does more harm than good. im sure diazepam works damn well too, but for me, having that is too novel and it's used to get high. imo, klonopin and xanax are inferior.

alcohol works well, but i have to drink 8 or so beers to get less of an anxiolytic effect than with a single mg of lorazepam. only really works when you are in a situation where being drunk is acceptable.

and the idea of marijuana providing relief from social anxiety is absurd. what can happen, is when you are at the point in your smoking career where you no longer get horribly high and cant stop geeking, but before you start really experiencing the negative effects of long term abuse, it will let you check out of the social situation. not quite the same as relieving your anxiety and allowing you to interact in a healthy manner.
 
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onyxensentium said:
Some good suggestions thus far except for the couple of people who recommended weed. For most people, marijuana is a very introverted drug. In fact, many regular users will find that if they're shy when smoking daily, upon cessation of use suddenly they're much more social and open. Thus I think marijuana should be avoided if you're suffering from anxiety disorders.

The best _cure_ for Social Anxiety consists of actually getting out there and being subjected to social situations daily. On your own, without a crutch. Go out every day and try to do something a little more "ballsy" than the last day. Push your limits and always try to edge your comfort zone out more and more.

You're not broken, most people worry about being in social situations. I feel you're looking for an easy answer or a magic pill, but it's a skill just like anything else and it requires practice. The irony is, once you stop caring about how others think and your social status and other such nonsense, you instantly become a more warm and compassionate person.

Compassion is the best drug for being a social butterfly. You do realize that most everyone else is suffering, right? We all have bullshit to deal with in life. How about instead of focusing on your own stupid insecurities you realize that outside of that monitor you're looking at there's hundreds of people who are hurting. They're not worried about how your hair looks like. They just want to be noticed and accepted, just like you.

Society has grown into a bunch of children (who think they're adults) worried about what they think of one another when in reality, nobody worth a shit is even considering what your social prowess is. To find yourself in this context, you have to let yourself go and turn your focus to the external world. For example, lots of guys are afraid to talk to women thinking that the girl will judge you poorly and yadda yadda.

Who do you think is more insecure about their looks, you who spends roughly 15 minutes in the mirror or the woman who often spends up to TWO HOURS every day? If you have true compassion you'll see women as very insecure goddesses that have somehow lost their true path. It's YOUR job to make them feel good about themselves, not the other way around. You should be more focused on how you make others feel, not fret over whether or not you're doing things "right." WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

Social Anxiety Disorder is a very very selfish disorder. Think about it.

awesome
 
get g'd up and you wont give a fuck about anything....but you can get into trouble on G

plus theres only like one cap between being nice and g'd out and falling out
 
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onyxensentium said:
You're not broken, most people worry about being in social situations. I feel you're looking for an easy answer or a magic pill, but it's a skill just like anything else and it requires practice. The irony is, once you stop caring about how others think and your social status and other such nonsense, you instantly become a more warm and compassionate person.

Compassion is the best drug for being a social butterfly. You do realize that most everyone else is suffering, right? We all have bullshit to deal with in life. How about instead of focusing on your own stupid insecurities you realize that outside of that monitor you're looking at there's hundreds of people who are hurting. They're not worried about how your hair looks like. They just want to be noticed and accepted, just like you.

Society has grown into a bunch of children (who think they're adults) worried about what they think of one another when in reality, nobody worth a shit is even considering what your social prowess is. To find yourself in this context, you have to let yourself go and turn your focus to the external world. For example, lots of guys are afraid to talk to women thinking that the girl will judge you poorly and yadda yadda.

Who do you think is more insecure about their looks, you who spends roughly 15 minutes in the mirror or the woman who often spends up to TWO HOURS every day? If you have true compassion you'll see women as very insecure goddesses that have somehow lost their true path. It's YOUR job to make them feel good about themselves, not the other way around. You should be more focused on how you make others feel, not fret over whether or not you're doing things "right." WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

Social Anxiety Disorder is a very very selfish disorder. Think about it.

get off your high horse, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. social anxiety doesn't have anything to do with anyone's hair.

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and damn, "If you have true compassion you'll see women as very insecure goddesses that have somehow lost their true path." i don't think that is true compassion, more just ignorance and belittlement.
 
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Well, aside from the tried and true methods of clonazepam, the only things that really seem too work are the maois, such as parnate. Atleast thats what ive been thinking about asking for, but you must lay off a few types of drugs :p
 
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