After struggling with anxiety, and the resulting depression, for most of my life, I've come to the conclusion that I can't fight it on my own anymore. Therapy, meditation, yoga, etc never really did anything. I was very outgoing as a child until I was bullied in elementary school and have been living in a state of semi-functional shut down/paralysis ever since. I'm 24 now. To complicate things, I developed IBS in college.
I started taking 100 mg of 5htp the last week or two and it's helped with bowel movements and energy, but the anxiety isn't much different.
I saw my primary doctor today and he prescribed 10mg prozac. Obviously I can't take them together. If I'm noticing slight improvements on 5htp should I stick with that longer or try the Prozac right away? And how long after stopping 5htp before going on Prozac?