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I was prescribed Hydralazine (Apresoline) meds for treating Hypertension(BP), doctor said to take it as needed for Anxiety, I did alot of research online on this meds and no where I found that it can treat Anxiety, but It said that it is a """direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles. By relaxing vascular smooth muscle, vasodilators act to decrease peripheral resistance, thereby lowering ...

Iv'e had this problem for as long as I can remember. Even as a child, people always treated me different. As If I wasn't a human. Its happened so long, ive' gotten extreme social anxieties where I cant even make complete sentences, and break down when even attempting to speak to someone I dont already know unless i'm in an extremely comfortable setting, or very tired.

I really don't know why, i'm not ugly, well, ...

Hi, I want to share here a social anxiety test that helped me get some insights.
I wouldn't share it here if I didn't think it's a real psychological test. When I downloaded it, I read it is created by a psychologist. So it is valid and reliable.

I got it on my iPad, but it's available for iphones and Windows phones.

iPhone/iPad https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/social- ... ?ls=1&mt=8

Windows phone ...

Hi,

I am new to the board. I went through a rough 6 months trying to figure out a girl I have been dating. Now that things have ended - quite abruptly, I do want to know whether I have been dating someone who is different from the average Joe out there. I do note though, I never thought or treated her like someone with an issue. I just thought she was an extreme introvert ...

I'm not sure where to start but my friends are continually hanging out without me. I'm a 20 yr old guy. We normally always hangout as friends in a group but lately it's been different and it makes me upset and anxious that they're always hanging out without me. My friend group consists of about 5 people, 2 of which are actually in town and they always hangout together and never include me. We'll call ...

I had to distance myself from all the friends I had b/c they were so toxic and emotionally abusive. The last one went a few months ago and she wants nothing to do with me anyway b/c I'm pretty sure she sees me as crazy. I'm hurt, even though I don't want to be friends with her.

Other than one person I text with, I have no friends. I didn't used to care...all I used ...

The anxiety gets so bad that I have to take anti anxiety medication. Eventually I have to increase the dose when it stops working, to the point I eventually run out of meds. I begin to dread work. I can only force myself to go until it becomes too much. Then I completely stop going.

This cycle always repeat itself.

I even got fired from a call center job because I went in drunk and ...

I,
- have social anxiety disorder
- have depression
- have panic attack
- and am a smoker.

When I don't smoke for a long time;

- heart rate decreasing
- social anxiety decreasing
- general anxiety decreasing
- but depression and suicidal thoughts strongly increasing

Does anyone have any similar experiences or any comments?

My comment is that nicotine withdrawal reduces dopamine and low dopamine level increases depression but I'm not sure that high ...

So I just want to start a discussion and just sort of vent this out. I've been dealing with some odd internal "clinger" thoughts as I like to call them. Usually insults or embarrassing events from years ago that kind of resurface because there are just SO many triggers EVERYWHERE. I mean, I am constantly asking myself what the hell the problem is, why am I so effected? what is in an insult that makes ...

Hello, I am new here. My anxiety began as a child due to excessive punishment and external stresses. This resulted with me being on 'flight or fight mode' 24/7 around people. The social aspect of the anxiety was due to years of isolation which stunted the progression of social skills.

My life long social anxiety was never dealt with until recently. The doctor put me on a medication called Paxil which has obliterated any anxiety ...