I was prescribed 10 mg of Prozac a day after going to my doctor about ADHD and ending up more focused on my anxiety (ADHD treatment is in the works still).

I've spent two weeks thinking it over, feeling like I just wanted to address my ADHD symptoms and not potentially blow up my life dealing with SSRI side effects. The whole time I've been thinking "my anxiety isn't *that* bad. Well flashforward to today, an internship I've been doing has suddenly turned into a full-time, salaried opportunity that includes flying out to LA for a conference and I'm losing my mind. I'm ashamed to say I've lived in small midwest towns my whole life and have never been on a plane or in a city as big as LA. I immediately started panicking thinking about how anxious planes, airports, public transport, meeting my boss, going to a conference, and mostly the UNKNOWNS of it all make me. "I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO NAVIGATE ANY OF THESE THINGS AHH," is what I'm feeling. SO, now I'm feeling like hey maybe my anxious ass *should* take the Prozac **right now** because this conference is in 3 weeks and I have no idea how I'm going to do it in the state I'm in now.

Anyways, **the TLDR of this is that** **I would really really appreciate some positive anecdotes about others' experiences with Prozac** because I am having the hardest time getting past my fear of potential bad side effects and if it will even do anything for me, but I acknowledge that I am experiencing enough anxiety that it disrupts my life and I want to change that. I want to be able to seize these opportunities by the horns and not feel terrified of everything and incredibly stressed because of new opportunities.