[PhasmaFelis]

> How in the world can a drug cure an odd internal social behavior that leads one to feel anxious/uncomfortable?

I'm sorry the drugs didn't help you, and I'm glad you got better regardless. Please don't talk like drugs helping with social anxiety is absurd on the face of it, because it isn't.

> up until a year ago she had been on 4 different anti-depressants each year. Her doctors would say oh that one isn't working lets try this one and so on.

What would you rather they do? Say "can't be fixed, tough shit?" Say "I don't care that it's not working, you have to keep taking it?"

As long as you keep asking a doctor for solutions, they will keep doing their best to provide one. For some people the first drug tried works; for some people it takes a few tries to find the right one; some people never find a solution. It's not simple and satisfying like we'd prefer, but it's how medicine works. It's how a lot of things work.