Posted by becksA on September 8, 2004, at 13:27:56
They say I have social anxiety disorder, but I'm not so sure.
I have been somewhat depressed, but never to the point of being unable to get out of bed, etc...just feeling down; the main problem is the anxiety. It's not really GAD, mostly interpersonal. The odd thing is it's only when things are "happy", or when I have to laugh or smile. When it's a serious conversation, I appear, and feel, completely normal and calm. When it's a casual, small talk, joking conversation, I appear and feel completely tense, mostly in the face where I can barely force a fake smile or laugh.I've tried every SSRI and we've moved on, knowing they don't do anything. I've now been on Neurontin for a while, and that seems to help it somewhat, but mostly just helps the serious conversations even more. (I feel a general calm), yet when the casual conversations/interactions hit, it's the same old feeling.
Is this a bi-polar problem, or something else I shoudl touch on with my pdoc? Everything we've tried so far is obviously not working, if anything, it's gotten worse. would like some insight for next appt. thanks-
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