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I have been socially anxious for most of my life. In 2017, I also began indulging in self-harm and frequent suicidal thoughts. Later I was prescribed setraline, with which I had bad heart palpation it was changed to a med to escitalipram. I was on it for 2 months. Later I continued to harm so it was changed to some anti-psychotic which made me really sleepy. I stopped taking it and continued with escitalipram for another 2 months after which I stopped that as well. In mid 2018 i finished college and came to bangalore for job. I immediately went to NIMHANS and was prescribed a different anti depression medicine. I was on it for 2 months, I also started therapy there. I conunied to self harm, very rarely and so I was again prescribed some anti-psychotic. I couldn't take and I asked to change it. Then it was another anti-psychotic medicine and then I stopped going to nimhans. This was end of 2018. I haven't self harmed in 2019. But i still suffer from extreme social anxiety.
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Social anxiety is a byproduct of constant comparison of self with others and fear of being judged by others..Combination of medication and therapy work best in this condition..there are many medications which don't produce drowsiness and can be used...it would be better to report your side effects to your doctor and he can change them than discontinuing the medications...
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it's good though that you have refrained from harming self..try to identify the situations where you engage in self harm and avoid those situations
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meditation deep breathing helps you get control of your anxiety
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