100mg week 8

Hi everyone,

I just thought I’d share my experience so far. I started on 25mg 8weeks ago and have titrated my way up to 100mg this week. I don’t want to jinx it, but I’m actually really happy with how things have been going so far (and surprised because I wasn’t expecting much).

I had been struggling with social anxiety, where I literally started to shake when people unexpectedly tried starting a conversation with me. I also was feeling so overwhelmed with life, to where it felt like I was paralyzed from making any decisions. I also have OCD and was developing some mild depression (the new depressed feeling was what prompted me to try out medication along with therapy)

I am so unbelievably shocked and happy to say that this last week, Ive noticed that I haven’t been shaking AT ALL when talking to people. Growing up I always loved being social, so it feels like I finally get to have that part of myself back. Unreal. I’ve missed talking to people, and it feels so nice to just talk with others and not be so nervous the whole time about it. Seriously, it’s been so so soooo nice.

With that being said, I’m cautiously optimistic. I don’t want to jinx it, and I’m still not out of the woods yet. I still am struggling with general anxiety about certain things, and am nowhere near feeling like I could go out and do a presentation or something lol. BUT my social anxiety has decreased, I feel more capable to make decisions, my OCD compulsions have been reduced, and I’m not feeling as hard on myself.

So even if it’s only for this week, having a week of feeling like myself was amazing and I’m grateful for it. Looking forward to seeing what will come next ❤️

(Oh and the side effects to me were minimal, had some mild nausea, a bit anxious at the beginning but my doc gave a short term Ativan script to ease that part when starting, and sex is still great so it didn’t impact that at all. Other meds I tried always had atleast some side effect that affected either nausea, sex, or sleep. This one didn’t have that)