Posted by nolvas on March 3, 2006, at 17:46:28
In reply to Oxytocin for social anxiety-Now your talking!, posted by Tom Twilight on March 3, 2006, at 16:36:43
I'm wondering if Oxytocin can make you trust a situation. What I mean by that is for an agoraphobic they have places where they feel safe and trust, and avoid or feel very uncomfortable in other situations.
So it would be great if Oxytocin retrained the amygdala so that the situation was trusted and the fear response would not be needed.
My Father was a Vet he retired last year. I always say bottles of Oxytocin for intravenous use on his shelves. I dunno what it's used for in Veterinary medicine. Never asked him. Anyway I never knew it was possibly was possibly so helpful in treating social phobia. Studies only used nasal spray and in any case I wouldn't start injecting anything unless I was diabetic and therefore had a good reason.
Funny to think back and see this promising hormone was so near yet so far hehe.
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