SA and drug use...

[PapaSmurf]

Just wonderin if you guys have had any drug problems and how its afffected your social anxiety.

Like for me, i cant go a day without weed and the worst part is most of my SA stems from the fact that i dont talk or socialize a lot and weed makes me even quieter and paranoid.....not good when you cant talk to people as it is... by the way i live in cali and am a prop 215 patient though whether i really need it medically is open for debate..

 

[PapaSmurf]

Spot on man,

Its like weed relaxes every part of me but my social part, and that part just get exagerated to the extreme!!

Yeah alcohol loosens me up but i tend to stay away from the fire water because my dad was a raging alcoholic who eventually drank himself to death.

 

[frogger]

I use alcohol. It makes me feel great and less anxiety/focusing on what others think of me.

 

[DillJenkins]

I used to smoke weed and I quit because I would like to get a job someday soon and want to be able to piss clean if I need to. I haven't smoked for several months and before that I smoke most everyday for 7 years. It is really easy to quit if you actually want to. It still amazes me how there is nearly no physical withdrawal at all. For about 3 days I was irritable and had little appetite then I was back to normal.

reefer really helps with my anxiety. I seem to be the minority in this situation although football man Ricky Williams used to too so apparently it does help some people. I have tried many medicines for anxiety but none have worked. SSRI, SNRI, antipsychotics, Wellbutrin, benzos....

I believe I would not feel the need to drink or smoke weed if I didnt have social anxiety. I used to drink as a crutch for anxiety and eventually alot of bad shit started happening as a result. Now I only drink 2-3 beers at most and it really doesnt help with anxiety unless I get shitfaced which is not fun anymore.

When I would smoke weed, my tolerance remain at about the same level and I would get a good 3-4 hours anxiety relief every time I toked up. Usually it was 1-2 times daily with more on weekends.

In contrast, I used to take 4mg Klonopin per day and I got very dependent on it and I grew tolerance to the point where I was taking it simply to avoid withdrawal.

If I had it my way I would smoke weed for anxiety cause I never grew highly tolerant to it and its not physically addictive. I dont live in a medical state however and I must try more dangerous drugs like MAOI. Hopefully these work or I might have to move to Cali in order to function.

I would like for scientists to research and extract the THC and CBD and other anxiolytic shit in in and put it into a pill. Kinda like Sativex in Canada. The act of smoking really does likely increase cancer risk and decreases lung capacity. I would love to take a pill or nasal spray instead.

 

[Danfalc]

Just wonderin if you guys have had any drug problems and how its afffected your social anxiety. ..

Yeah definatley,I started smoking weed really young at 15 to just blank out all my problems,but I think it made my problems ten times worse in the end.Im not blaming weed for my problems btw..just I got to the point where I would wake up and have a spliff.

Ive had other drug problems as well,luckily they are behind me now and I have only had a drink once in a blue moon.

 

[recluse]

I tried a joint someone gave me as a Christmas present once, and i'll never touch it againg. All it did was make me paranoid, and really tired and ill.

I don't even drink much.

 

[Satine]

E gave me the kick up the backside I needed to socialise. Before then I was a paranoid, nervous tryhard. I wasn't all that much better afterwards, but the pills were a push in the right direction, for which I am eternally grateful.

I appreciate the availability of alcohol to get me started in a group conversation, although it's not absolutely necessary.

Have only tried weed once, but it made me too introspective, so I suspect it wouldn't help if I tried it again. Shame, it's seen as such an institution among many users. Just didn't do it for me, I'm afraid.

 

[redski]

Weed was never my thing. I smoked the harder stuff concentrated root of the plant
and that would make me completely paranoid. I stopped it all when I finally quit smoking. Not more inhaling of any type of smoke is what I promised myself.

I should have tried the Marry Jane, maybe it would have worked better for me.

I would think that weed and alcohol could be a bad thing for people with SA.
I have one such friend, very timid, very shy but when he is drunk he is
the complete opposite and goes all nutty. It is just a pain and embarrasing
to hang with him when he is like that.

 

[Remus]

can I come too?

 

[ravens410]

I need to get drunk/high.

You need to get drunk then high. It's a pretty good feeling.

 

[Harleyq]

I avoid drugs and alcohol like the devil. People with anxiety and depression issues are much more likely to develop addictions and I'm pretty sure that's what I'd do if given the opportunity.

Sometimes I get so stressed out that I tell myself I really wish I could have a shot of something or a smoke, but I refrain. I know myself too well to start that mess.

 

[redski]

I avoid drugs and alcohol like the devil. People with anxiety and depression issues are much more likely to develop addictions and I'm pretty sure that's what I'd do if given the opportunity.

Sometimes I get so stressed out that I tell myself I really wish I could have a shot of something or a smoke, but I refrain. I know myself too well to start that mess.

Smart girl!

 

[sabbath]

People say I'm no-good,
And crazy as a loon.
I get stoned in the morning,
I get drunk in the afternoon.
Kinda like my old blue tick hound,
I like to lay around in the shade,
An', I ain't got no money,
But I damn sure got it made.

'Cos I ain't askin' nobody for nothin',
If I can't get it on my own.
If you don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

Preacher man talkin' on the TV,
He's a-puttin' down the rock 'n' roll.
He wants me to send a donation, 'Cos he's worried about my soul.
He said: "Jesus walked on the water," And I know that is true,
But sometimes I think that preacher man,
Would like to do a little walkin', too.

But I ain't askin' nobody for nothin',
If I can't get it on my own.
You don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

A poor girl wants to marry, And a rich girl wants to flirt.
A rich man goes to college, And a poor man goes to work.
A drunkard wants another drink of wine, And a politician wants a vote.
I don't want much of nothin' at all, But I will take another toke.

'Cos I ain't askin' nobody for nothin', If I can't get it on my own.
If you don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

 

[Noca]

I like my own prescription drugs better than any street drug. I abuse neither.

 

[MadHatter]

I've done everything from marijuana to heroin. Out of all the drugs I've done marijuana was the worst for my anxiety. It makes me very self-aware and that makes me anxious, paranoid, mute, and terrified of just about everyone.

I'm currently not doing any drugs and I'm more depressed than ever.

 

[Jake123]

I'm more susceptible to mental addictions.