We_shall_overcome
Member
Hi everyone,
I've been visiting this forum for a few months now, but this is my first day as a registered user.
I'm 26 years old and hail from a small town called 'Fermoy', which is in County Cork in Ireland.
I've been shy my whole life and started to develop full-blown SA in my mid-teens, when the anxiety got so bad that I started avoiding social occassions and, consequently, started losing friends.
The last 10 years has been a bit of a roller-coaster and I've had my fair share of peaks and troughs. I was on Effexor for the last 4 years, but I started to come off it in June 2006 and I finally quit it in October 2006. The Effexor helped with my Depression but only had limited impact on my Social Anxiety. I also gained a lot of weight while on the Effexor, which didn't help my already low self-esteem.
I've also tried CBT but, unfortunately, I didn't really connect with my Therapist. I'd love to try another Therapist, but there aren't a lot of CBT psychologists in Ireland. I'm currently trying to get into group CBT and I hope that this will be a big help.
Goodbye for now.
I've been visiting this forum for a few months now, but this is my first day as a registered user.
I'm 26 years old and hail from a small town called 'Fermoy', which is in County Cork in Ireland.
I've been shy my whole life and started to develop full-blown SA in my mid-teens, when the anxiety got so bad that I started avoiding social occassions and, consequently, started losing friends.
The last 10 years has been a bit of a roller-coaster and I've had my fair share of peaks and troughs. I was on Effexor for the last 4 years, but I started to come off it in June 2006 and I finally quit it in October 2006. The Effexor helped with my Depression but only had limited impact on my Social Anxiety. I also gained a lot of weight while on the Effexor, which didn't help my already low self-esteem.
I've also tried CBT but, unfortunately, I didn't really connect with my Therapist. I'd love to try another Therapist, but there aren't a lot of CBT psychologists in Ireland. I'm currently trying to get into group CBT and I hope that this will be a big help.
Goodbye for now.