I'm in my early 50's and going through the menopause. I have always suffered from low level social anxiety but have dealt with it OK up til recently. I dont go in for social gatherings much if I can avoid them and if there are things that I have to do that involve my social anxiety I just get on with it but will worry for a few days before hand and get a bit stressy. I run my own business running classes in my local area. I did this to make myself network with people in my field of expertise otherwise I would never meet up with any like minded people! I put up with the pre class stress usually but lately the anxiety seems to be more and I think its because of the menopause. I dont want to go to the GP because I dont want anti depressants (I'm not depressed) but I wondered if any MNers have any tips or remedies to help me just get on with my life and not worry about the (pretty simple) things I have to do.