Posted by Joe Schmoe on July 1, 2001, at 10:12:15
Well, after suffering for years from social anxiety I decided to give the latest drugs a try, but now I am getting off this merry-go-round. Serzone was worthless and made me feel stoned and tired all the time, and now Paxil, after only a week, has made me unable to have an orgasm. I don't think these drugs are ready for prime time. I guess I will check back in again in another ten years. Maybe by then they will have something that works. In the meantime I will just continue to muddle through on Inderal and Xanax like I have been for the past ten years.
Since I have only been on Paxil a week I am hoping I can quit it cold turkey. I just want this stuff out of my system. Diarrhea, insomnia, anorgasmia - they have got to be be kidding with this stuff. I now realize Listening to Prozac gave a very one-sided view of SSRIs. Very misleading to ignore the side effect issue. It was an interesting book from a theoretical point of view, but really painted an inaccurate picture of the cost of using these drugs. I can't express how disappointed I am. I feel like there is a gigantic experiment going on with the public as guinea pigs. I can't recall reading a single report here from anyone who was really cured long-term of social anxiety. It just seems like people hop from one drug to another and never really find satisfaction. I have already had enough of that process.
I have a book on a cognitive approach to social anxiety and I guess I will read it and try to implement those techniques as a psychological approach. Maybe that will help.
Thanks to everyone here for their insights and support. We are all fellow sufferers and I hope everyone finds something that works for them. I just don't trust the drug companies any more. I think their standards are too low.
poster:Joe Schmoe
thread:68599
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