So having replaced a lifelong fear of psychiatric medication and SSRIs (and possibly one day experiencing brain zaps) as the most scary thing imaginable, my health anxiety has outdone itself and managed to find a new thing to worry about.

The new sometimes object of my fixation is that the SSRI will offer tremendous relief only to one day stop working altogether. I imagine that this will both come as a terrible disappointment and throw me into  the unwanted scenario in which I have to... shock, horror... talk about possibly switching onto another medication.

At its root, I can recognize this to be a manifestation of the classic black and white thinking cognitive bias. If I find a solution for my anxiety, then I need it to work both perfectly and Indefinitely. The possibility of any lesser degree of certainty is unfortunately anxiety-producing to my brain.

Anyone else?