Is there such thing as an anxiety medication that can ease social anxiety, without being physically dependent , and or sleepy?  TLDR at the bottom of you'd like to skip my story.

 Last night I took the step to try and conquer the physical social anxiety that has plagued me for most of my life . 

I hit a breaking point in my interpersonal communications class. We had to do a presentation for the whole class on our self-concept (material, social, spiritual). I was reading about self-esteem boosting practices in the text-book we got for class. Visualization, self-talk, reframing, talking to a friend, and practiced the hell out of my speech.

  I felt ready.. I felt ready as I was walking up to the front of the room, but as soon as my eyes hit my audience , and my first words came out , I felt mortified inside!! Mentally, I felt okay, but physically I must've looked terrified !! My voice was coming out shaky, my legs were shaking a bit, making eye contact and projecting a confident voice became harder and harder as the speech moved along. 

I don't know how or why, stress to succeed maybe, but I was able to get what I needed to say out, and got a 100 on my speech. I don't feel proud of myself though.  It felt like everyone was looking around uninterested, or at me like "can you finish up your quakey speech already? I'm not sure what kind of anxiety is bugging me, but it bugged me to the point where I started doing research.

  I don't want to self-diagnose, but reading about oxytocin, and how low levels in the amygdala contribute to fear, and anxiety when confronted in social situations. I read about intranasal oxytocin, and how it has positively affected those adults who have taken it in these kinds of situations, functional, but calm.

  Took the step, even if it wasn't an option, I just feel terrible, and feel like I make others uncomfortable with just my presence . 

I scheduled a video appointment with a general care doc to see if there was hope in giving it a try. When I mentioned intranasal oxy, she told me it's not FDA approved , so she can't prescribe it. My heart dropped for a second :/ . 

Apparently , its only being used in clinical trials at the moment.

 She ended up prescribing me Vistaril , and we're going to talk about a recommendation for psychotherapy during our next session. Progress :)

Despite the fact that I couldn't give oxytocin a go, I feel better that I'm moving forward in this battle.

I apologize for this wall of text,  but thank you if you read it! I love you all ❤️

TLDR: So my question, is there any approved medication out there that focuses solely on raising oxytocin level, or hopeful news that the chemical itself could soon be prescribed?