Help! Am I done with Gear forever???

[Ercole]

SAD a myth?

This SAD thing seems to have been invented recently by pharmaceutical companies to sell more drugs. "Social Anxiety Disorder" is what used to be called, in more sensible times, SHYNESS.

I was very shy as a teenager and I had to train myself out of it. You know how to train your muscles to make them stronger. The mind should be trained the same way.

Go to places full of strangers, talk to strangers, sing in a karaoke bar, commit to being more outgoing every day. Shyness is based on an irrational fear of making a fool of yourself and other people thinking badly of us.

The more time you spend talking to strangers and getting to know them, the more you'll learn to conquer this fear. It's all in your head. Strangers aren't just hanging around waiting to think badly of you.

Commit to "training" your shyness the way you'd train a lagging bodypart, and you'll succeed without using whatever drugs the TV commercials are pushing these days.

 

[Audio8]

Listen to Nathan and Zyg. They both are giving you the two main factors invlolved in "psychological disorders". The problem lies somewhere in the hazy gradient between your state of mind and a chemical imbalance. I used to be like you, always finding myself getting exponentailly nervous as the number of people increased. I have learned to grow out of that, for the most part. I still get random rushes of nervousness sometimes, but I can easily control it now. I take vitamins daily: A,B-50,C,D,E, Bivoflavenoids, pantothenic acide, folic acid,calcium, and cholean and inositol. But I think the one of the main fators in helping me was Ginko Biloba. It's amazing how much ginko biloba helped me out. I just take the daily recommended dose, and within a few hours, my mind suddenly becomes clear. My attitude is always positive and I never got nervous while taking ginko. After a while though, my body built a tolerance, so when I took Ginko, I got the opposite effects for some reason. So I just stopped taking it, and now I find myself much better off than before I took it. It's like Ginko Biloba showed me how I COULD be and after I stopped, my mind just adjusted to it. I've tried all the herbs out there and Ginko was the only one that did anything for me. You might want to try it sometime. I found the best manufacturer of Ginko is "Sundown Vitamins". For some reason, they're ginko had the best results.

Sometimes herbs are better than manufactured medicine, and I think this is a great example. As the bible says, God made the plants and the trees "and he saw that it was good".

 

[Audio8]

Listen to Nathan and Zyg. They both are giving you the two main factors invlolved in "psychological disorders". The problem lies somewhere in the hazy gradient between your state of mind and a chemical imbalance. You can't change your state of mind mentally if your state of my is a result from your physical body.

I used to be like you, always finding myself getting exponentailly nervous as the number of people increased. I have learned to grow out of that, for the most part. I still get random rushes of nervousness sometimes, but I can easily control it now. I take vitamins daily: A,B-50,C,D,E, Bivoflavenoids, pantothenic acide, folic acid,calcium, and cholean and inositol. But I think the one of the main fators in helping me was Ginko Biloba. It's amazing how much ginko biloba helped me out. I just take the daily recommended dose, and within a few hours, my mind suddenly becomes clear. My attitude is always positive and I never got nervous while taking ginko. After a while though, my body built a tolerance, so when I took Ginko, I got the opposite effects for some reason. So I just stopped taking it, and now I find myself much better off than before I took it. It's like Ginko Biloba showed me how I COULD be and after I stopped, my mind just adjusted to it. I've tried all the herbs out there and Ginko was the only one that did anything for me. You might want to try it sometime. I found the best manufacturer of Ginko is "Sundown Vitamins". For some reason, they're ginko had the best results.

Sometimes herbs are better than manufactured medicine, and I think this is a great example. As the bible says, God made the plants and the trees "and he saw that it was good".

Herbal remedy is only part of the solution though. You need a good, nurturing environment. A caring girlfriend is nice to have, good friends that don't trash you all the time, doing things that please your soul. All of these things will help out greatly, and can do much more than any herb or drug can. Just my $1.02,

 

[Revenant]

it amazes me how many doctors blame everything on roids when most of them have very little if any knowledge about them

Hey, I agree. You think the doc could explain why? Think he even knows about post cycle depression?

Doubt it. He just said, "steroids are bad, mmmmkay?" in a more subtle manner.

 

[Ceps]

well, you've certainly got the whole spectrum of responses here ranging from the ignorantly misinformed to intelligent and insightful.

None of the medications used to treat social anxiety will hinder AAS use. They ARE effective, but often take 8-12 weeks at the correct dose to take full effect, so if you take something, hang in there with it and be patient. Also, medication + psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for the disorder, and you should look for a good cognitive-behavioral therapist.

 

[TheBear]

hey man, a few things to consider...
I thing is, you do have a girlfriend. Many people with SAD will not be able to have an interpersonal relationshiop. That makes me believe you MIGHT be mild in symptoms. Also, almost anyone can have episodes of social anxiety disorder. The questions then are as follows: ARE your symptoms chronic(occuring over time) and impairing your daily living? A few cases of being nervous is normal and not to worry. You might just be "self-fullfilling" what the doctor said. Also, many people with SAD have extremely NEGATIVE views of Self. I dont see that in what you describe as you seem to say that you are an alright guy in physical appearance. Just my two cents.

 

[justbigger]

Are you Ricky Williams

 

[Audio8]

TheBear, goodpoint. Did you take social phsychology as well? I love that class.

 

[TheBear]

social psy was one of my favorite classes next to abnormal

 

[Audio8]

yeah, my girlfriend took abnormal phsychology, along with 5 other phyc's. she's got a damn certificate in phsyc and she's an architecture major! She can practically read minds, lol.