I have pretty bad anxiety and in the past tried Zoloft and absolutely hated how I felt. I felt blah, gained weight, felt like I lost part of who I was and just went through the motions of life. So I’m terrified of anxiety medication after that. 

Fast fwd to years later.. I decided it was time to stop living in fear and also figure out why my concentration and motivation was terrible. I figured I would walk away from the psychiatrist appt with 10 different meds to treat all my symptoms, but ended up with medication for ADHD and an emergency type of medication for onset anxiety which was propranolol. 

I’m shocked with how well Adderall improved most of my issues, but anxiety was still a factor. In the beginning of having these meds I had a panic attack and took the propranolol and like magic my panic attacked dissolved and I felt grounded. It was amazing. I noticed while taking it I lost most of my every day anxiety physical symptoms. So I got approval to take it daily as a anxiety med and took it 3 times a day. 

After a few weeks I noticed I was getting more agitated, depressed feeling (I never had an issue with feeling depressed) and all of a sudden having out of the blue panic attacks even while taking the meds. I thought it was my Adderall. I haven’t had out of the blue panic attacks in many years. After quite a few days of multiple panic attacks I noticed that they were happening within the hr of take propranolol and lasted a few hours. I stopped taking it and my panic attacks stopped, I don’t feel depressed or agitated now. This is contrary to everything I read what’s supposed to happen. 

When I go to my next appt I would love to be prepared and ask for a certain type of anxiety medication to try instead, but after Zoloft, I have no idea what I should try or what would work.. 

is there a type of anxiety medication that worked well with little to no symptoms that works good for you? Is there some that didn’t and reasons why? I wanted to research different medications for pros, cons, side affects and know a little more about before trying something new. I know everyone reacts differently to meds so I won’t base anything specifically off someone else’s experience, but it helps knowing how things have affected people in real life instead of reading a generic “it can cause” descriptions. 

Thank you for your input!