Quote Originally Posted by jonjon View Post
-Side effects to report are nausea after taking pill. I take it with dinner so that helps reduce the nausea.
Nausea may be directly caused by ADs, or by the heightened anxiety they trigger. Ginger and vitamin B6 supplements are often effective.

-Dry mouth for which I use biotene mouth spray.
The Biotene products are usually very effective.

-Headaches are worse and have taken paracetamol.
Paracetamol, aka acetaminophen, is preferred to the NSAIDs as SSRIs are also mild anticoagulants.

-Increased anxiety which I think is the cause of the headaches.
SSRIs and other serotonergic ADs affect blood vessel tone, constriction and dilation, and that is probably the main cause of the headaches.

My main concerns are the increasing anxiety and related headaches as I need to show my face at work for a couple of hours on Monday and driving sends my anxiety/panic into the stratosphere! Even just thinking of it.
While SSRIs may heighten anxiety at the beginning it sounds like it won't be the only, or even main driver.

Hope you get around to reading those books Ian. Lol
I'm having minor surgery early next week so I'm taking a couple of them with me to while away the hours between feasting on hospital food.