Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 34 Location: lafayette, colorado
Social Phobia Posted: 02-12-06 13:11pm
I have suffered from depression all of my
life and I am 52 years old. As a child I
was obese, wore glasses, and was made fun
of even by family members I was the butt
of jokes all of my life. I have never
felt like I fit in anywhere and I have
always felt like an outcast. I have been
in and out of therapy for years and on
many medications nothing seemed to help me
and my mood swings and constant criticism
of myself. I went to the doctors last
month for my usual check-up and finally
got up the courage to level with her about
my feelings. She told me she thought I
suffered from social phobia and she
perscribed efexor for me. I started
taking it three weeks ago each week
increasing the dosage and much to my
suprise I am starting to wake up and feel
like I want to see a new day. It is kind
of scarey for me because I have never woke
up and asked myself well what am I going
to do today, and I am not thinking of
suicide everyday. The thought enters my
mind still but not everyday. I just
wanted to share this information with all
of you. Hopefully the next few weeks
will prove even better. I would like to
for the first time in my life enjoy my
life
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w0rldd0minat0r
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 238
Posted: 03-03-06 11:39am
You need to get help on your self esteem
try to cherish every day that you have in
your life and have some goals that you
want to do in the near future which will
give you something to look forward to.
Maybe getting some counselling for your
self-esteem
