Anxiety
"I grew up very &quot;shy&quot;, quiet and fearful into an adult who now chronically suffers from social/generalized anxiety, depression and OCD. As a teen into my late 20s, I was always prescribed some sort of anti-depressant, which felt like they were only doing half the job, but my anxiety and constant feeling of &quot;tightly wound&quot; was going untreated and becoming more severe. Now in my early 30s, a doc at the VA prescribed alprazolam at a daily dose up to 1-1.5mg to help with social anxiety. When I take this, I can only describe it as &quot;I feel like a normal person, this must be how everyone without social anxiety feels&quot;. It &quot;takes the edge off&quot;, but won&#039;t completely take the &quot;edge&quot; away, but it&#039;s a life changer in comparison to living without it."