Currently on antidepressants

So I was on escitalopram for 4 years. I gradually upped my dose. The irritability went away, but you’ll notice that it could also mute some of your emotions and later you’ll realize maybe things you used to laugh at or enjoy might change like music and things like that, everyone is different tho. I got off of antidepressants because I felt like I sucked the emotions out although it did help in some ways I learned natural ways to navigate my anxiety and depression, it took me a long time though. It can also affect your libido so that was something I had to look at as well. Everyone is different tho! It takes like I would say 2-3 months to fully notice a difference.

It's definitely wise to give it at least 6 weeks, even up to 2 months with a dose increase that incremental. You may not notice much of a change, especially when you're talking about the absence of symptoms (I remember feeling kind of shocked when I realized I hadn't had a panic attack in several months after starting antidepressants). I used to keep a journal just to track stuff like that once I had noticed. I think the average dose for that specific medication is between 25-50mg as well so I wouldn't worry too much

I take sertraline 50mg my doctor had to up the dose twice before I finally started seeing/feeling a difference i was diagnosed with anxiety and depression due to trauma disorder so I’m pretty anxious about a lot of things and all types of situations it took a while for the medication to finally help calm the anxiety down