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I’m not depressed but my Psychiatrist wants to put me on SSRIs for my anxiety. Does anyone else have experience with this?

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I’m not depressed but my Psychiatrist wants to put me on SSRIs for my anxiety. Does anyone else have experience with this? (Discussion of paranoia, trying not to be graphic but please don’t read if that’s upsetting to you) Like I said, I’m not depressed, (I would probably know bc I was depressed as a kid but I don’t currently feel sad or empty) but I’ve been struggling a lot specifically with maladaptive daydreaming, social anxiety, and paranoia and it’s significantly disrupting my life. I’ve even had to drop out of school temporarily bc I was going to fail out. I couldn’t get work done bc I couldn’t focus and was missing a bunch of my classes bc I didn’t want to go. The whole thing has just been exhausting. I saw a psychiatrist and she said for treating anxiety I should just go on antidepressants rather than anti anxiety meds but I’m rlly nervous abt going on medication in general and I’m scared that I’ll get smth like Serotonin Syndrome, psychosis, or something else awful if I take it bc I’m not depressed.…

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