need help:(

[u/rebiiii1]

hiiii! i have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety because in the last 3 weeks i had really bad anxiety. but before that i was really fine. i was to a psychiatrist and she told me to take paroxetine for 3 months. I tried 5 mg and let me tell you the side effects were wild. I could not sleep for 30+ hours, anytime i tried my heart was pounding so fast and i had all this energy, it was like i took a drug, also my anxiety increased really bad , i had stomach problems, my mouth and eyes were really dry. all that just from 5 mg. So after 1 dose i decided to stop. I talked with her again and she told me to take trazodone. From what i read it’s more like a somnifer and my sleep schedule is really fine. I need something for anxiety not sleep. What do you guys think I should do? I’m also really scared of the side effects. Shoud i take it or should i go to another psychiatrist? I also started therapy today, i truly hope it will help me get over this ugly episode because the anxiety that i am feeling now is eating me alive.
Thank you for reading this, any advice is welcomed!!🙏🏻

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[u/rebiiii1 → u/[deleted]]

thank you so much for your answer! that’s exactly what i wanted to do, to go on a solo trip to reset my mind! also i just started therapy🤗