Hi Flax, Everyone...
No two people are exactly the same, everyone's chemistry is different, that why various medications will have different effects on individuals.... but.....
I've been social phobic for as long as I can remember, and I was an alcoholic at one time because it gave me a 'care less' attitude and made it possible for me to socialize, & have some laughs or fun, however, it wasn't quite so funny when I'd wake up the next morning without the money to cover my bills, & if I didn't spend the money on liquor, I'd lose it and couldn't remember where, that and a lot of packs of cigarettes & lighters and various other posessions. I wrecked 2 vehicles, slept or drank when I should have been at important engagments with people that actually MEANT something... the poeple I drank with only seemed to acknowledge me when they were drinking again, and if I ran into the people sober, it was like a stranger.
Anyway, I tried weed, buzzed, drunk, and sober..... and the only time I really liked/enjoyed it was when I was completely alone at home. The weed seemed to intensify my feelings, so the "people paranioa" was EVEN WORSE. I felt like everyone was staring at me, talking about me, and laughing at me EVEN MORE. At home, by myself, without the paranoia, I would mellow out listening to music and really enjoyed smoking it, but it did absolutley NOTHING for my phobias except intensify them and make them worse.
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