subject: Bipolar Social Anxiety Disorder [print this page] Bipolar social anxiety is a more severe type of social anxiety (SA). The main difference is that sufferers of bipolar SA have much more physical symptoms, sometimes it is very hard for them to concentrate, they may have have an urge to stand up and start walking around and many others symptoms. With this article I want to tell you about bipolar SA generally and about treatment options.
Symptoms of Bipolar Social Anxiety
Sufferers feel like they have some kind of energy inside, for example while having a talk or doing an interview with someone sufferers foot may start to bounce on the floor or they can't sit down, they feel like they must stand up and start walking.
Another common symptom is having hard time thinking about something, because thoughts are so rapid that they change so fast and these thoughts are often irrelevant, this makes thinking about an specific subject extremely hard, which can cause many problems at school or work.
In short words sufferers of bipolar social anxiety can't relax at all in social situations. It's hard for them to stay calm. Having these kind of problems can cause many problems, and it can even develop and lead to next problems, like stress and depression. This is why it's very important to cure bipolar SA as soon as possible.
Bipolar Social Anxiety Treatment
One method to cure it, is to consulate with your doctor, who can give you some medicines, which can be effective, but bad side of medicines is that they usually don't do anything more than just hide your symptoms and they often have different side effects. This is why wouldn't recommend you to cure bipolar SA with medicines.
Much more effective method is going to therapy, where you can a get real cure to your symptoms. First you have to find a therapist, just make sure that your therapist has worked with people with bipolar social anxiety before and that this person is specialized in that area.
Another way to cure bipolar SA is to find a self-help guide, for that I recommend you to find a book, there are many available just make sure that the author is someone who is specialized on that area.
