When I first started, I was really nervous about the side effects. My first week was terrible and a lot of people said it took a couple of weeks to adjust. I started on 10 mg and thought about lowering, but instead pushed through. I’m happy I did that because I was fortunate enough that almost all the side effects went away after that first week.
That being said, I have yet to see it actually help with my anxiety. I did recently talk to my doctor and got it bumped up to 15 mg. Guess I’ll see how that does in a couple of months. However, while it was prescribed for my anxiety, I do also have depression. It has been doing wonders for that. Weirdly, it actually feels hard to cry. I’m not sure if it’s placebo or what, but it’s like there’s not a dark cloud over me anymore. I just wish I was feeling my anxiety improved though.
TLDR: Most side effects gone. Anxiety not improved. Depression improved.