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I know you guys are going to think i am just plain nuts. I have SAD I also am seeing a PHD however I find it hard to open up. It is not that I want to hide anything from her it is just that I am always thinking...what if I say yes and she thinks I am weird? so, due to that I will say no when I should have said yes. Does this ...

I've been on Paxil for perhaps 4 days now for social anxiety, and have suffered no adverse side effects except fatigue. This morning, however, while taking a shower, I suffered a dizzy spell complete with nausea so debilitating that I fell to my knees, thinking I was going to pass out. I then had shaking, sweating, diarrhea, and chills - not unlike flu-like symptoms. This lasted for about 10 minutes before I went back to ...

Hi I'm new here, and I just wanted to say hello. I'm 21 years old, and have been diagnosed with Social Phobia since I was 16.

Suilaid! I have Selective Mutism. How I got it was really...well, strange, I guess you could put it. I literally didn't have it one day, and then the next moment I did, and I had it MAJORLY bad. I seem to be able to pull myself out of it, extremely slightly, every now and then.
It's like, when not with my family, my brain locks up and can't fast enough to know how to keep ...

HELLO TO EVERYONE!
/This is my first time to the site.It's encouraging and great
to see support. Of all the anxietys, this has to be the
worse one to have.To imagine were afraid of people, to
admit were afraid to socialize with people I find that a
terrible burden, but there is hope and if we so desire
we can conquer this. I never really felt like I fit it, always
on the outside looking ...

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