Posted by katia on November 15, 2003, at 14:43:57
In reply to Social anxiety disorder and a bottle of wine..., posted by krazybirdlady on November 14, 2003, at 14:50:21
> doesn't that sound like a good name for a song? have been painfully shy all my life, but was determined not to take the road my parents did. never did really. just avoided people like the plague. in mid life i realized that this was maybe something to deal with along with the bouts of depression. went on Paxil and BAM! i was talking to everyone about everything. Childhood, depression, father's bi-polar, etc. trouble is now it's even easier with a little wine...OK, A LOT of wine. don't even need the AD's anymore, just the wine. who could have thought that i could go most of my adult life shunning narcotics and then suddenly embracing them? parents were both alcoholic, along with some bi-polarism thrown in. i'm 45 for god sakes..what is wrong with me? sorry for rambling but does anyone out there relate? just wondering...Wow. that's kind of a reversal. I've been drinking a lot most of my adult life to ease the bipolar stuff, not knowing that I was bipolar. finally now that i've found medication, I'm trying to ease off the alcohol b/c now I have proper meds. And it's not easy.
So it's odd that you found meds, got better AND THEN DRANK! Sometimes, when I'm hypomanic (most times) I want to socialize and drink, drink, drink. Do you think possibly you're bipolar and then paxil not only helped with your social anxiety, but threw you into a hypomanic state that "made" you drink?
just a thought.
katia
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