My psychiatrist prescribed me Zoloft after a month of dealing with the worst anxiety I've ever experienced. (I've had lifelong anxiety, but I had no idea that I could be trembling and nauseous basically every minute of every day, yeesh.) This seems like my chance to potentially go back to normal/functional, since my usual coping techniques of yoga/therapy/breathing haven't worked, and other medications have only been temporary bandaids for the issue. However, I'm also terrified to start taking it.

This anxiety episode started when I began taking Prozac (for depression--now I'm "luckily" so keyed up that I don't have that problem at the moment) at the same time that I was on antibiotics for a UTI, and it seems like they mixed together to totally wreck my brain through gut serotonin. (Not just a layman's opinion--I talked to a psychiatrist and a GI doctor when all this started because I was worried there was something more sinister going on physically.) So I'm wary of taking an SSRI to combat the problems caused by another SSRI that I had to abruptly discontinue because the negative effects were so extreme. My psychiatrist is being very reassuring and is starting me on literally 1/4 of the typical beginning dose so it doesn't shock my system like the last time, but I'm still scared. I'm worried that something else will come up that requires me to take antibiotics, or that Zoloft will just double the anxiety I'm already feeling.

Even considering all that, I know I have to do *something* because my current situation isn't remotely sustainable. So would people be able to share stories of Zoloft helping their anxiety (or even just not causing any problematic effects) to help motivate me? Thanks in advance for listening.