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Medication for anxiety not working

Jo1982
Community Member

If anyone takes moderate dose of anti-depressants for anxiety how long did it take before they saw any benefit? I think it’s been about 6 weeks now that I have been taking it. I don’t feel better and I feel a bit worse actually, not more anxiety but flat, irritable, not much enjoyment in anything, can’t handle my toddler. I think I will start reducing dose to stop all together but I’d hate to do that if it’s maybe going to get better if I stick with it for a few more months. If anyone could share how long it took for them to know if a medication was right for them I’d love to hear about it. Thanks. 

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Bob_22
Community Member

Hi Jo1982,

 

Thank you for posting your question here and I'm sorry to hear that you've been feeling slighly worse since starting medication. Unfortunately we can't talk about specific medication here but I myself have taken and are currently taking antiderpessants alongside some other medication classes. In my experience they have been very helpful but generally took around two months to start working. Of course this is unique to everyone and not everyone does well on antidepressants as my doctor outlined. 

 

There is some more information available on medication here on the bb website fact sheet: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/docs/default-source/resources/bl0125-antidepressant-medication-fact-sh... 

 

I hope you find this useful.

 

Bob