What helps social anxiety besides alcohol?

Idk... :/

beta blockers and Xanax

BDSM/Sex

CBT, ACT, EFT/Tapping

Smoking is bag but very helpful; Vaping is the same (deep almost ritual breathing)

Box Breathing; Tactical breathing

L-Theanine, CBD OIL and about 15 or so other herbs 100% pending on you

Marijuana

Exposure Therapy is ok

Mindfulness/spiritual (HOLOSTIC<--) approaches

Acupressure (not specifically acupuncture)

I do 3 shots of tequila sometimes 4 (wake, lunch, diner & sleep)

food you eat

The modern "gold standard" best thing for it is a holistic approach with CBT (ANT/NAT - automatic negative thinking) with 3-4 other things from a list like the one above.

Most therapists are overworked, underpaid, just too busy or sometimes just don't care. Modern mental health is profit fixated not patient centric (meaning they care about money)….

It depends on you, what your other problems are, how you deal with people in other situations (or how they treat you) gender matters a bit..... and many other things.

It is generally "needs based therapy", that is the approach. You learn the risks of everything, the 7 drugs you took have tremendous risk, everything does. So someone educates you on risks, you give all things a fair try. Then a few months later try 3-4 small things a day changing as needed. Its tough... with BPD/CPTSD or other problems its even more difficult. Are you an empath worse still finally for women. Their brains are different (neurobiologically; chemically, structure; size shape & bloodflow) usually these problems are more serious. They generally seem to get worse if you do nothing. Often lasting till 65ish then your brain chemically changes again and it goes away. Sometimes it might begin to go away with menopause in women. Often older.

Understanding the connection between your thoughts, emotion and behavior. Remember, one impacts the other and this is the foundation for CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy). Also consider, deep breathing exercises, yoga, meditation, mindfulness and writing down your feelings/thoughts so you can recognize patterns occuring. Your anxiety can easily distort the reality, so if you change your thinking, your emotions and subsequent behavior will change.

Yoga, deep breathing, meditating, affective rationalisation with humans.

Go online and find websites that teach basic relaxation meditation and breathing techniques for free.

Practice often.

Then, later, use those techniques when you get anxious.

It may sound silly and like it won’t work, but many people with anxiety get significant relief from meditation and breathing techniques.

Then try the 8th med, try CBT, read books and articles on what other people do.

Alcohol is self medicating, so you get addicted, then you've got 2 problems.

It depends how long you tried each med, medications usually take up to 3 months to really start showing that they are working. You could keep trying meds, I also have heard weed helps A LOT for anxiety. I don't know where you're from or you age, but where I am from it is legal.

Mindfulness.

Practice always helps.

Find what helps you relax and treat yourself to sessions of it.