Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work

Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by garciasn on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:44PM (#27598250)

Lexapro made me feel like I was on the come up for LSD or MDMA for the first two weeks I took it. It was, for lack of better explanation, as if I were plugged into an electric socket.

After the first two weeks or so, things evened out and I felt much more normal but all of the good things Lexapro brought to me remained. This, from my understanding, is normal and you simply did not give your body/mind enough time to adjust to the dosage.

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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by Aeolun on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:05PM (#27598457)

I don’t think Lexapro did anything to me other than reduce my anxiety. Certainly no side effects in the first few weeks. I started at the lowest possible dose though.

I was also told that the effects only trigger after 2-3 weeks, so to not stop during the first.

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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by messe on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:40PM (#27599296)

Same here. I was on Lexapro for quite some time, and Prozac a few years later. Both (alongside therapy) reduced my anxiety, and helped greatly with my depression. I've since moved off both, and I've been in a quite good place mentally for over a year now.

Neither helped with attention and focus though. I still get distracted by the next thing easily. Although I've never had a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD, I've suspected it for a while now, as it had been suggested off-handedly by a former therapist back in college. This article might be the push I need to get some confirmation.

It hasn't impacted my professional life, but my hobbies have certainly fallen by the wayside because of my difficulties with attention.

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