[weweweoo]

But isn't social anxiety a source of many harmful inhibitions? To me moderate lowering of inhibitions is a good thing, and a couple of beers helps with that. But with anything more the bad effects outweigh the good.

Still, facing one's fears and going sober to anxiety inducing situations is absolutely much better long-term treatment of social anxiety. That has a lasting effect, alcohol doesn't.

[djaouen]

There are also non-narcotic anxiolytics that don't lower your inhibitions. That was the ultimate solution I found for myself.

[quickthrowman]

Propranolol, I assume? Much safer than alcohol and very good at reducing social anxiety/stage fright in my experience.

[djaouen]

I was actually thinking of buspar although [Edit: redacted confusion between metoprolol and propranolol].

[weweweoo]

Buspar seems interesting, but somehow SSRI is what doctors describe by default over here for any anxiety disorders.