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Go out to a nightclub and pop some ecstasy. You'll get over the social anxiety pretty quickly.

• kls 15y ago
  I know this is half in jest, but it is ashamed that X is not getting more attention and being taken serious as a mental health drug. We have such a taboo against anything that creates the dirty "euphoria" word in a patient. When some time euphoria is exactly what the patient needs. I spent 2 years on Paxil for anxiety issues and spent 2 months sick as could be, in full blown withdraws, because at the time no one knew that Paxil would make you physically dependent (absolute worst withdraws I have ever been through). Because Paxil was not euphoric no one seems to have a problem with the fact that it causes heavy physical dependance, even though it causes the same physical dependance as other "abused" drugs. I would argue worse, Paxil was the worst withdraws I ever went through, thousands of times worse than smoking or other substances. Anyways, I am rambling. Point is, we as a society are so hypocritical, we claim we don't want to create addicts yet we hand out highly physically addictive substances like Paxil, but because it does not create euphoria, it is OK because no one is getting "high". We need to get past euphoria as a dirty word and start giving people that clearly have imbalances of chemical that make them feel good medicine that simulates or elevates chemicals that make them feel good. Trust me, the hell of feeling like crap is far worse than someone becoming dependent on a chemical that makes them feel normal. So I have to agree with the parent, get a small dose of X and see if it works for you, when it comes to mental health you have to find what works legal or not.