u/blueytutu

It's only the 37.5mg dose too I'm supposed to take the 75 now but I'm really so scared and thinking of just dropping it without notifying anyone, i feel unable to go to the toilet and constipated and my stomach gets upset after every meal at this point I don't know what to do if this continues, I mean I did have some sleeplessness too initially but the stomach issues are really what takes the cake

I went to my psychiatrist one year later Because of my mother's initiative and persistence. I stopped taking Prozac, one year ago after taking it for almost 2 years at dosage around 60-80mg and honestly I always had said it did nothing. I never wanted to be medicated because I know my problems are very very very much not hormonal and just mental manifestations of a shitty life but I just refuse to speak about it to strangers, so while I've never lied explicitly to psychiatrists I don't open up 100% and they know it, I get it's their job to just prescribe me more and more until something works and I just go along with it, because I had no side effects with Prozac so it didn't bother me, it never helped anything but I didn't mind either. Now though Ive just started venlafaxine (Exofor) And while my doctor reassured me there were no side effects except possible constipation and it wasn't addictive or anything, I can only rely on google to look at possible side effects and I got much more? I already told him I could have undiagnosed ADD (he agrees that maybe I do) and said that venlafaxine also helps treat add but when I looked it up it says to have the opposite side effects and had no mentions of helping with add related things except energy maybe?but Brain fog, forgetfulness? I already struggle with it plenty from my chronic depression, but also weight gain?? I never heard anything about that from him, I had of course googled it when I started Prozac and knew it wasn't an issue but now? The worst thing is he seems very positive about my dose going further than 150mg in the future (I just started I'm at 37 rn first week and plan was only take 37 for 5 days, then 7 days 75 and Immediately after 150 with my next appointment next month we could discuss upping it) I'm just scared of taking these drugs that I've always said would probably not help (And while everyone around me always said I can't know that) now I'm scared of how this drug could impact me negatively and I'm scared? If anyone's taking it I would love to know about the positives and negatives from your experience, I also struggle with suicidal ideation and would like to know if it makes it worse like I read somewhere? I just feel like I'm not getting the full picture from doctors And I don't like to trust people all willy nilly, especially because its not even my decision to be medicated at all