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Cocaine for Social Anxiety

Keif' Richards

Keif' Richards

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So I am one of many recreational drug-abusers who experiences anxiety on a regular basis. Mine is of the social variety, I don't have agoraphobia or anything like that. I am pretty social around friends and better known acquaintances. Around strangers though is a different story, I can easily be overwhelmed by anxious thoughts and end up having a shitty time, and I'm sure to some extent, ruin everyone else's. For the longest time, my remedy for this has been a decent dose of adderall (~60mg) before going to a party, and it really opens me up, and gets rid of the social anxiety. It helps me act more like the fun-loving expressive self I know that I am. I don't fully rely on stimulants for social situations, it just makes them a lot easier as far as introductions, initial small talk and all that shit goes. After those bridges are crossed the world is my oyster as far as people are concerned.

Anyway, my situation is a little different than the everyday. I'm leaving to visit my brother at college, he's in a fraternity and there is sure to be a rager. There's gonna be lots of fun to be had, but for someone with my type of social issues, I can easily see something like this being very overwhelming mentally. I haven't had the appropriate time or money to get my provisions together, so I'll be winging it upon arrival it looks like.

I'm gonna be in the city (Montreal), so getting shit shouldn't be too difficult (fingers crossed that I don't get stabbed after saying that). My question is, for someone who is used to adderall for social situations, would cocaine be a reliable substitute? Cocaine is a drug I have comparatively little experience with, and the experience I do have, I'm sad to say is with injecting it. So due to my sparse knowledge of this drug, I'm asking for pure opinions here. Remember guys, there are no wrong answers lol

Thanks in advance for the replies, and I hope I haven't presented myself as some sort of brooding sociopath here.
 
Let me start by saying that your thread title screamed "HORRIBLE IDEA!" to me when I first read it. Cocaine is definitely not a suitable substitution for Adderall, etc. Too short-lasting with a harsh comedown.

Anyway, hope you realize that using amphetamine for "social anxiety" will ultimately make you that much more anxious.
 
^^true words.

While I, like you, have combatted my social anxiety by using drugs (i like to have a toke or two of down before I go out to many social events,) I've come to realize that it does, indeed, make the situation work. You come to realize that you rely on the drug to heighten your social awareness and confidence, and with this realization, your social skills when you aren't high start to lessen.

As a more direct answer to your question, though, cocaine would unlikely be a good substitute, unless you were able to keep yourself wired throughout the night. A more likely situation would be ecstasy, seeing as it shares many more similarities with adderall.
 
Ok, I gotcha guys, I didn't elaborate well enough. I have social skills, I have friends, I do shit, and overall I lead a pretty colorful and active life. I am saying that there are certain situations that can just be a little too much for me too handle. I'm not some leper who comes out of the shadows every 4th spring to pop adderall and socialize. This is not an everyday practice, more specifically it is like a one night thing, and I am definitely not sacrificing what sociability I have by doing it.

Anyway, good info thanks
 
some cocaine usually gives me anxiety. when i get really good coke and i am social and have a very good time. but some coke gets me very antisocial and gives me anxiety. idk if it has to do with the quality or the cut but its up to you because i dont know how coke makes you feel.

i would say benzos is the best thing for me to overcome social anxiety but i would'nt recommend benzos to anyone.
 
Keif' Richards said:
Ok, I gotcha guys, I didn't elaborate well enough. I have social skills, I have friends, I do shit, and overall I lead a pretty colorful and active life. I am saying that there are certain situations that can just be a little too much for me too handle. I'm not some leper who comes out of the shadows every 4th spring to pop adderall and socialize. This is not an everyday practice, more specifically it is like a one night thing, and I am definitely not sacrificing what sociability I have by doing it.

Anyway, good info thanks
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nor am I, but like you said, when I meet people or go to parties, I tend to get a bit trapped in my head and some of the anxiety starts to seep out. it's pretty obvious too, at least imo, and people tend to stray away from me because of it.

i must say though, since i lost my job, i've sat around smoking crack all the time and now i'm an anxious wreck. i gotta get my life back on track.
 
Uppers are no good for any anxiety, they make anxiety sufferers way worse, paranoid and delusional.

GABA-A PAMs meds (Benzodiazepine, Barbiturates, etc.. ) are the best.
 
try ecstasy, always makes me feel a little warmer and more sociable to complete fuckin strangers. either that or a decent opiate or benzo/barb/alcohol/all three.
 
dude, you won't be social, you will either a)be reclusive, hiding in the bathroom, blowing lines, or b)talking everyones ear off, thinking ur the life of the party, when in fact you are just annoying the fuck out of everyone around you

DONT DO IT
 
self-medicating (not that I'm advocating it) social anxiety at a party can be difficult
but just don't get off your face (or let it head that way)

Otherwise the anxiety will slowly take a greater grasp..

Psychedelic Jay said:
Uppers are no good for any anxiety, they make anxiety sufferers way worse, paranoid and delusional.

GABA-A PAMs meds (Benzodiazepine, Barbiturates, etc.. ) are the best.
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Yeh light-med dose Benzo's should kill any anxiety and might make you seem like the nonchalant/cool character that makes a intoxicated girly think "I must fuck the mystery!"

Or you might fall asleep on the couch....well you know the rest 8)
 
Top_Cat said:
self-medicating (not that I'm advocating it) social anxiety at a party can be difficult
but just don't get off your face (or let it head that way)

Otherwise the anxiety will slowly take a greater grasp..



Yeh light-med dose Benzo's should kill any anxiety and might make you seem like the nonchalant/cool character that makes a intoxicated girly think "I must fuck the mystery!"

Or you might fall asleep on the couch....well you know the rest 8)
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good advice. :)
 
rincewindrocks said:
dude, you won't be social, you will either a)be reclusive, hiding in the bathroom, blowing lines, or b)talking everyones ear off, thinking ur the life of the party, when in fact you are just annoying the fuck out of everyone around you

DONT DO IT
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so true...:\

i'd say go for the mdma, just don't touch everybody or tell everybody your life story. also(if possible) try not to look spaced out. e always gives me this look like i'm insane and dangerous 8o .
 
Its not the best of ideas but I think a lot of us have done it and it works pretty well but..then you have to rely on that substance to converse almost.
 
Man, I used to always take a few lortabs or some oc before I would go to a party, but opiates tend to make me very talkative and hyper. I don't have a "shell" when I'm good and opiated. Maybe you should try that if you have any experience with opiates.
 
...............really??

Wow im not even going to elaborate on the stupidness of this thread but even by reading one of your posts you sound not as anti-social as most, go on an SSRI to help deal with certain situations (im on lexparo 20mg a day)

I am very social an all without it, but it helps me deal with life alot easier as I can get depression and anxiety more often than others.

But DO NOT go on drugs such as stimulants to help with social anxiety. Been there, and you dont want to go down that kind of road.
 
Oddly enough it used to be my drug of choice for alot of reasons but social anxiety was on top of the list.. until panic disorder happened. Coke is magic at first but when the luster wairs off you are left with shitty panic disorder and a benzo habit... It really fucking sucks.

You don't sound "anti social"... My anti social behavior or thought patterns was me plotting the death of just about everyone I know in case they happened to fuck me over and total strangers.. like elderly cunts walking to slow in front of me.. I used to fantasize about stabbing the old bats to death... I am over all that now for the most part but I still have bad days.. I was very social but plotting the demise of all around me. I could be talking to my best friend in the world and be thinking about ending their life..

However, anti social does not mean "not sociable". That is just a common misconception.
 
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