i want my friends back..

AraCaJu · Newbie User Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1

i wanna stop this "nightmare" ..i avoid going out...i avoid meeting my friends..i avoid family meetings and every single thing.
my friends invite me out and i just find excuses not to go...some of them already think i dont like them anymore or who knows what else...and i just hate it.
a good friend of mine is having a birthday party in some days and i'm already thinking of an excuse in order to avoid it...
i cant believe i am about to lose all my friends cause of my agoraphobia:(

always_drunk · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject:

I know exactly how you feel. I hope things get better for you.

I find that propranolol helps me deal with situations like that a little bit better but not all the time so i too tend to come up with feeble excuses why i can't do things.

SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 614

Eh don't get your hopes up for that propanolol. I'm on it, and I still can't stand social functions. Agoraphobia is going to follow me to the grave. :/

Peace

always_drunk · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject:

I've been on the 80mg caps for a while now and i find them much better than any of the thing i was on before. They don't remove the agoraphobia in any way but they do tend to reduce the anxiety/panic attacks that i get in social settings.

Oddly enough I don't get attacks as much in places that i don't know. A few months ago i was in London and really enjoyed being able to wander round shops for the first time in ages. I've also managed to cope at places like the Leeds Festival. Problem is that i can't stay away forever and if i moved somewhere else then i'd start to feel the same way about there as well.