u/FineTomorrow3439

Hi everyone!

For background, I used to be on lexapro and it really did work for me and my anxiety! Compared to who I was before I started taking medication. I was a mess with ruminating thoughts, and just overwhelming anxiety in my relationships, and basically everything. It worked well… until it didn’t. My psyc and I decided to go up from 15 to 20, and that was just WAY TOO MUCH. My anxiety over death turned into depressed thoughts that because I’m gonna die eventually nothing matters. I was completely numb. And then I started noticing those heavy ruminating ocd thoughts come back. We went back down to 15mg because I was feeling kind of stable before we went up, and even with that, while my anxiety was definitely better, I felt like the progress was at a stopping point and it just wasn’t working. The ruminating thoughts were still there and it wasn’t helping my depression that I started to experience. After 6 months, me and my psych decided to try Prozac next.

I’m about 4 weeks in and have experienced heavy,heavy mood swings and anxiety has come back more than usual in certain times. Some weeks I feel great, some Ive just been so depressed. I just met with my psyc today and we decided to up my dose to see how it feels regarding those mood swings. Starting 30mg tmrw!

After reading these Reddit posts I truly do feel seen and ready to stick with this medication unlike I did with lexapro….. what I feel nervous about now is if I made the right choice to switch medication. These days it’s hard for me to compare how the medication is helping. Since with lexapro it was a clear difference between before and after taking meds! I just worry maybe I didn’t stick it out long enough.

Can anyone relate? I’m 19 years old and my parents really just don’t understand the journey of finding the right medication and sometimes I just feel like I’m making the wrong decisions. :( Im not going to give up, but I just worry.

Sending love and healing today!

Im not sure what is triggering my posts to get taken down but hopefully this stays up. Im a 19yr old female and this is my first time being constipated. About four days ago I was pretty sick and anytime I ate I had I had explosive diarrhea. The following three days I didn’t use the bathroom at all. Finally, last night, I took an ex lax maximum strength and had explosive diarrhea again this morning and it was unbearable with my stomach. Now I’m constipates again and haven’t used the bathroom again. This whole week even if I eat the smallest bite of whatever, my stomach will cramp up and I’ll be in pain and that’s still happening! I’m honestly not sure at all what’s going on and if anyone has any thoughts on what I should do next. Thank you!