Social Anxiety Disorder Medication
October 25, 2008 by Alex Taylor
If your social anxiety disorder is severe, or if you’re experiencing a short-term spell of unusually intense symptoms, your doctor may prescribe one of the many social anxiety disorder medications.
These will usually be one of two types of drugs - sedatives (almost always one from the Benzodiazepine family of drugs), and anti-depressants (most doctors will prescribe one of the many SSRI drugs).
The most common SSRIs prescribed for the treatment of social anxiety disorder or social phobia are:
The most common sedative drugs prescribed for social anxiety disorder and social phobia are:
These drugs may or may not work for you. The latest statistics suggest that about 1 third of people with anxiety disorders are helped by taking anti-anxiety drugs. Unfortunately, this 1 third will still have to come to terms with the many unpleasant side-effects associated with the taking of all social anxiety disorder medications.
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