Hi! My anxiety mainly kicks in during the day due to responsibilitIes as my main trigger, as well as stress. I also have anger issues and get very irritable so quickly.

So, I'm prescribed 25mg Seroquel (as needed) up to 3x a day. I only take one at night, and one few hours after waking up. It's really helping with my anxiety and stress but I'm only on day 7, and whilst I have read good stuff about it, I've also come across pretty bad experiences on it.

So, I'm basically worried about the nasty side effects (e.g., how it alters your metabolism, how it affects blood sugar and cholesterol levels, etc);

* Weight gain as a side effect is already making me reconsider continuing this tbh (I think I'm gaining weight but too soon to really tell; I have depression and crappy self-esteem so this is a big deal).
* The drowsiness (when I take one few hours after waking up) literally makes it difficult to use my brain for productivity (I'm in my final year at uni). I also want to start driving so this is an issue. *This might improve overtime* but I was wondering if there's anything like Seroquel that I should consider taking instead? I need to be as anxiety-free as possible (I have GAD, some social anxiety &amp; definitely performance anxiety that's too debilitating) but without having to worry about the (scary) side effects overtime.

I'm thinking of asking my GP about propranolol and buspar, in combination with Wellbutrin if they agree (I liked it when I was taking Wellbutrin/bupropion but essentially stopped it as I thought it started giving me more palpitations. But it helped me with productivity and motivation so was thinking of getting back on it but this time, maybe combining it with something that helps with everyday-stress-inducing anxiety like Seroquel or ideally, something better side effects-wise). I tried Hydroxyzine 25mg prior to Seroquel. It helped with calming me down but it mostly just made me really tired - rendering me useless and not productive so cannot take it in the morning lol. So it was similar to Seroquel, except I liked how calm my mind gets on Seroquel.

Thank you &lt;3