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I had a thought and wanted to share it.
I have pretty bad social anxiety as well as mild-moderate CFS. When one is worse, so is the other.
So Adderall is like a miracle drug for social anxiety. In the very short term, that is. It pretty much eliminates the anxiety for a couple hours. Tolerance develops very quickly, though, so it's not actually very useful.
This is not just my experience - very many social anxiety sufferers feel profound, immediate, short term relief with Adderall and other stimulants.
It has always felt like my SA is largely due to brain fatigue not allowing me to concentrate on social situations.
What if social anxiety disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome are more closely related than previously thought? Some people's CFS is primarily manifested through deficits in physical energy, some in mental energy. Maybe some people's CFS or similar condition is manifested through social mental energy specifically.
There are, of course, differences in onset age and remission rates, but same goes for other subtypes of CFS.
Could it be that if CFS is shown to be primarily caused by a virus or other toxin, that the same is true for social anxiety disorder?
Maybe not even just social anxiety, but introverted people in general, who say they need to "recharge" after social situations. Reminds me of PEM.
I have pretty bad social anxiety as well as mild-moderate CFS. When one is worse, so is the other.
So Adderall is like a miracle drug for social anxiety. In the very short term, that is. It pretty much eliminates the anxiety for a couple hours. Tolerance develops very quickly, though, so it's not actually very useful.
This is not just my experience - very many social anxiety sufferers feel profound, immediate, short term relief with Adderall and other stimulants.
It has always felt like my SA is largely due to brain fatigue not allowing me to concentrate on social situations.
What if social anxiety disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome are more closely related than previously thought? Some people's CFS is primarily manifested through deficits in physical energy, some in mental energy. Maybe some people's CFS or similar condition is manifested through social mental energy specifically.
There are, of course, differences in onset age and remission rates, but same goes for other subtypes of CFS.
Could it be that if CFS is shown to be primarily caused by a virus or other toxin, that the same is true for social anxiety disorder?
Maybe not even just social anxiety, but introverted people in general, who say they need to "recharge" after social situations. Reminds me of PEM.
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