Well I will tell you how taking amphetamine type drugs helped me (I don't recommend anyone taking them, they can be illegal to be in possession of and could end you in prison or addicted)

They helped me in a paradoxical way. I hate the first signs of a panic attack, like sweating, increased breathing, nervousness, over active mind and thoughts etc..... But here is the very twisted thing that helped me, when you take these drugs, those are the symptoms you experience......so instead of hoping I would not experience anxiety and nervous symptoms when I was out my home, I expected to feel those symptoms. So I convinced myself it wasn't me feeling that way, it was just the drugs in my system.

However, the problems that these types of 'street' drugs can cause is immense, and was like putting a sticking plaster on a massive wound. So please no one think I am in any way recommending them, I am not.

BUT........I do feel that there is massive therapeutic scientific research potential in drugs like Ecstasy, LSD, Amphetamines and the like. If you Google this you can find that research has been spatially carried out, but the science community faces large obstacles from governments stopping them conduct research as the drugs are illegal. It could be the case that loads of research gets carried out and no therapeutic benefit is found......but we should at least allow our research scientists to investigate this area, freely and without governments stopping them for nothing but ideological purposes.