Making a move with severe social anxiety
My social anxiety developed just some months ago, but it got pretty bad to the point where I would just freeze in conversations with any friends or strangers, I have trouble projecting my voice and not stuttering. Well recently I got put on medication, like two months ago, on 5mg of Escitalopram, and only at the start of this week my psychiatrist upped it to 10mg. She says that she wants to up my dosage to 20mg eventually. She also said I could use a benzo, to calm myself occasionally for a group project or something like that, well this Saturday I tried this and I went to the club with some old friends and I had a good time, and this craving for connection you all might relate too was fulfilled a little bit, but I crave even more. There’s this group in a youth group of my religion who I think we are very alike, though I barely know her, basically have only said hello, so I was thinking of asking her out for ice cream, nothing special. The thing is that once my mind has decided to make this move I’ve been very anxious, and I don’t know if I will be able to establish a connection with this girl even with the benzo acting, maybe I should wait for my psychiatrist to up my dosage, however I crave connection and I feel like I want to do this so I’m struggling, any opinions?