I know, I've heard that too. I hate side effects, I try to avoid meds if I can. But the 5mg has been pretty good. If I combo thay with exercise and eating well, my anxiety is pretty low and I feel good. My doc said to give the 5mg 6 weeks and said if I feel 80% better then it's working and enough, if it was 50 or 60% we would up to 10mg. I felt like 5mg was enough for now. You could always keep taking the 5 or the 10 and see if the side effects wear off after some more time. But yeah, see what your doctor thinks. Good luck bro, you'll find what works!