After much consideration.....

I have been really thinking about talking to my doctor about switching my antidepressant. The only thing that was really holding me back was the fact that in May 2025 I was taken off all of my mental health medications (been on numerous kinds since the age of 15) and started from scratch. In July 2025 I started out with 5mg of fluoxetine and by October 2025 started my current dose of 40mg. It has been working but there are a couple of side effects that I don't like and I never experienced them when I was on escitalopram. I also feel the escitalopram helped alot more with my social anxiety, I just feel I wasn't on the correct dose that would work for me. If by chance I end up switching and discovering that the escitalopram has more side effects or does not work as well as fluoxetine, then I will switch back to fluoxetine, which honestly would be great without these 2 major side effects; however, I am willing to live with those side effects if it turns out the escitalopram isn't working properly. I was just really hoping not to have to try different SSRI's as that's how I basically spent my entire 20's doing, but I am willing to do so if it means being the best I can be in order to manage my conditions.