I have been taking prozac for roughly 2 months now, and I am up to 60mg a day. I feel, especially after the recent increase to 60mg, that the AD is taking effect, and my friends and family have noticed big changes for the better in my life. As the depression has gradually been dissipating, I've noticed that I also suffer from heightened anxiety, which I believe to be derived from social anxiety issues. After talking with my psychiatrist, he upped my dose to see if this would help, and said he may have me switch to paxil after final exams and such are over (as to not make a big change during such a stressful period).

Anyways, I am pretty open to taking medications, but it seems a lot of people have posted generally negative feedback about paxil, whereas most people seem to like prozac. Has anyone made this switch that suffers from social anxiety? How did it affect you? Thanks in advance.

Prozac does have some anti-anxiety qualities to it.

I've never taken Paxil and probably never will. I don't know if it has any anti-anxiety qualities. You can read the FAQ sheet in the Paxil room or Google it for more information.

Sheepwoman