
After being prescribed adderall for ADHD, I was hoping that adhd was the cause of my anxiety. The adderall only removed the anxiety in professional situations (like the fact that I can speak my mind clearly caused me to not be anxious about speaking up at work or during presentations). I told my doctor about this and he decided to prescribe me 5mg lexapro.

The problem is I still have social anxiety in my everyday life. It used to be a LOT worse. I sometimes used to get panic attacks randomly in social situations that caused me to run to the bathroom and vomit. My anxiety these days isn’t this bad, but it’s still there. When I get to know people, I’m no longer anxious and my real personality comes out which is like able. I’m really afraid of starting lexapro because part of me feels like I don’t really need it and my anxiety isn’t as bad as I think. I don’t want the medication to make me a zombie or stop my personality which I heard happens with these medications.