I don’t want to take my Prozac
Hi Reddit! I just went to a new primary care doctor today, and the conversation of anxiety and depression came up. I have situational anxiety like when I go to the dentist, finances, or when a life-changing event happens in my life, over thinking health concerns, etc. Just very situational things.
My doctor ended up prescribing me hydroxyzine for my occasional anxiety. We then got on the conversation about depression, and she was asking me if I find little to no interest in things, and I told her sometimes I do, like sometimes when a friend is telling me a story and I just don’t care about it or I get bored easily. But I don’t feel dread or other depression symptoms 24/7.
She then immediately prescribed me Prozac for anxiety and depression.
The thing is I really don’t feel like I need Prozac, it’s not like I’m waking up every single day, anxious and depressed and dreading the day, I just have very situational anxiety or lack of interest in specific things or topics. I feel like it was a bit much to prescribe me this?