Step one: get prescribed medication for the anxiety you’ve been suffering with for 25 years Step two: avoid taking the medication because you’re anxious about the side effects - ThreadSky

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ambpersand.bsky.social • 85 days ago

Step one: get prescribed medication for the anxiety you’ve been suffering with for 25 years

Step two: avoid taking the medication because you’re anxious about the side effects

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daddydlm.bsky.social•85 days ago

Literally me with my adhd meds

morriganmercy.bsky.social•85 days ago

REAL 😩 (I know it’s a diff dx and diff meds but I was so scared to get on anti depressants and it changed (saved??) my life) I hope they work well for you!

ambpersand.bsky.social•84 days ago

thank you! its been a LONG time coming and I think i'm just so used to white knuckling it that the idea of medication is scarier than it has any right to be lol

morriganmercy.bsky.social•84 days ago

The devil you know is so powerful! I really hope it goes smoothly for you 🤞

inkypens.bsky.social•85 days ago

You can always start on half the prescribed dose and work your way up over a few weeks. I did 5mg Lexapro for a month while I figured out the best schedule for me, then I upped to 10mg. In those 4 weeks, I noticed feeling more tired in the afternoons when I medicated in the AM, so I switched to PM

ambpersand.bsky.social•84 days ago

that's what I was prescribed. honestly it's long overdue, i just need to stop worrying (lol)

inkypens.bsky.social•84 days ago

I’ve had Gen Anxiety Disorder half my life before I went on medication last year. It felt like I was giving in or giving up, but it turns out that having a brain that’s constantly overthinking 20 steps ahead in every direction is dysfunctionally exhausting and Lexapro helped to quiet that

darkcloud190.bsky.social•85 days ago

Me. I have a paranoia about any untrusted medication. I have to deem it safe before I will take it 😭

I avoid simple things like tylenol even. And I cant swallow pills so there is that.

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