Hopefully I'm doing this in the right part of the forum, if not please move to where suitable. I was on Medication for around 2 and a half years with great results, before being on it at my worst I was constantly anxious, having 2-3 panic attacks a day and the depression from the panic attacks was rather severe. I tapered off in March and had little side effects during the taper (know this isn't the same for everybody) and for the first couple of months been off the drug I was still feeling my usual self. But the last month or so I have seen signs of my anxiety and panic coming back and decided the pros outweighed the cons with the medication so am now back on a very low dose.
I just want to keep a little log on here not just for my benefit but for others who may either be getting on the drug for the first time or getting back on it again after some time off. There's a lot of bad posts about it on the internet and I don't really remember what side effects I had when getting on it for the first time so want to detail any and how severe and etc, also will probably relax me typing about it.
Day 1 - I took my first dose an hour or so ago. The first time around I had a panic attack taking it which was purely due to me panicking (go figure lol) this time around I am still rather jittery about taking it again and wondering if I'm going to have a bad reaction (even though I was on it for over 2 years :/) which is obviously my anxiety. I bit flushed but nothing out of the ordinary and I do kind of recall sweating a fair bit on it especially early on so will keep track of that.
If there's anything anyone wants to know about the first week or two on the medication let me know and I can tell you if I'm getting any of those sides. The main sides I got once I was on it for a while was a bit of weight gain and some lethargy but have come to realise I am more lethargic and less motivated off it than I was on it. Anyway hopefully I can be of some help on here during the time of getting back on it, thanks 🙂
