[nocturnalman]

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/07/02/amp/social-anxiety-disorder.aspx

The article suggests taking a probiotic instead of antidepressants(which increase anxiety)

 

[mrt]

Hey nocturnalman,

That site really isn't all that reliable, there is a clear agenda to push natural alternatives over medicine, which is great as long as it works. It's just got to be based on science/evidence/trials.

There's an abstract of a study here...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27642077

Which does indeed state that social anxiety is linked to increased serotonin in the amygdala, but that SSRIs (and NK1rs) actually reduced amygdala serotonin synthesis rates.

 

[mrt]

Still, pro-prebiotcs and Omega's would be a good idea to try too.

 

[rob35235]

Wellbutrin I think is one of the few anti-depressants that have no effect on serotonin, it's for this exact reason I've been wondering about what it would do.