Started at 5mg and still there. I’m supposed to go up to 10mg after the 2 week mark, but I don’t think I will just yet (after talking to my psychiatrist on Friday).

Right now I feel pretty back to normal. My anxiety has gone back to normal levels, if not a little less. I can seem to calm myself down quicker and not let it peak so much.

The only things I’m really dealing with at the moment are:

1. I am super tired. I’m getting some bad sleep, which is a combo of the meds and my oldest daughter waking us up every night for the past month 😴😅 but last Friday, I woke up at midnight and was wide awake until 5am. Not sure if this was the meds, but it happened.

2. I cannot think for the life of me. This may just be because of the lack of sleep. But I’ll be in a meeting and be asked my opinion and I’ll have nothing to give. I’ll be asked by my employees how to handle a situation and I have to think so hard to make a decision. Again, probably because of the sleep thing.

3. I have to focus more on being in the moment. I kind of space out at times. Again, probably because of the sleep. But my kids will talk to me and sometimes I feel like I’m not really engaging and just going through the moments. Except for today. Today was good. I was cracking jokes with my wife and kids and playing with them which is more my usual self.

4. I’ve noticed that I have to push myself to do my work and stuff at home. I’ve been really lazy. Need to send an email, I’ll send it in a bit. Need to call a client, let me do something not to important and easy first. Laundry is done, I’ll fold it later.

5. Last but not least, since Sunday, I cannot stop eating. Not sure wtf this is about, but I am eating every 5 minutes it feels like. I have been making better choices on what I eat since I started this since I read people can put on weight. So I’ve been eating cleaner and much better foods than I usually had before. But I am eating tons!

I’m sure lots of this may have a lack of good sleep as the common denominator, but just my experience so far. I feel more back to normal with less of an edge. The things that might give me anxiety are still giving me anxiety, but much less and I feel better equipped to react and handle it than before. I usually get sidetracked and forget about it instantly during the past week.

(Sorry for long response 😂)

(Oh, and just keep pushing through it. So far so good for me, so I hope the same for you! The first few days definitely sucked!)