Changing Anxiety Medication: Seeking Advice

I've been taking my current medication for anxiety depression for about 6 years now. doses have fluctuated and I've taken short breaks at times. I feel like maybe I need to change it up and talk to my doctor about trying a different med but I'm scared because the first one I tried didn't work at all and might have even made things worse. Has anyone had experience changing meds or augmenting with another treatment that can share?

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Anika5361

2y ago

I’ve been on many anxiety/depression meds. Only one did not work. In fact, it did make my depression worse. My Psychiatrist would listen to me when I told him what was going on. He kept increasing the dose and tell me to come back in 2 weeks. The reason I’ve been on many different meds is because I started taking them in the early 80’s. I’ve been of them for about 10 years. I just recently started again on meds again. I started on one that I remember works well for me. Most of the meds used for depression can work for someone for a while then stop working all together. Personally, I wouldn’t be afraid to try a new med.

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