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I did. I take buspirone and Risperdal. I don't know if other people take it too. That's what I'm also asking.
Ask a medical professional. Medication is not one size fits all.
I agree with the other person... medication isn't one size fits all. I'm taking a medication for reasons that seem to be "off-label" usage after trying several different ones. If you feel like your medications aren't helping to tackle the main issue, then it's best to talk to your provider(s) about it.
That being said, mental health medications aren't magic. And there's never going to be something out there that solves everything. The right kind of therapy modalities with the right type of therapist(s) can take you further in particular areas that you're struggling with.
Like with anxiety, for example. It's such a broad as fuck category. You can try throwing meds at it, sure. And they may help to a degree. But do said person's anxieties typical revolve around particular themes? In that case, targeting these themes with therapy is going to be helpful and is not necessarily treated the way as someone with other types of anxieties.
Someone with trauma based anxieties/reactions may respond to different types of medications and treatments versus someone with performance based anxieties for example.
Neither of the ones you mentioned are ones that I've tried so I can't unfortunately give my experience with them. Have you been on them long?
My docs put me on prozac (well, the generic version of it anyway; it's cheaper). ~20mg/day seems to be about what I needed. Hope your meds are working out well and you're less anxious now; get your docs to adjust them if not!
Fluoxetine I'm on 80mg. It's a decent builder but way better than Zoloft or Lexapro. But the nice part about prozac being a builder is that (and I don't recommend it) you can skip about two maybe maybe 3 days and be ok. For if your doctor office takes a long holiday weekend.
I will say that I tried an SSRI once before (but not Prozac), and honestly I don't know that I would have done it again if I knew the withdrawal gets that frustrating. I even went off the way my provider told me (and even a tad slower), so it wasn't like I went cold turkey or anything. Luckily on my worst day it was a weekend so I had off of work but goddamn.
I don't understand why Prozac seems to have fallen out of favor. Significantly reduced withdrawal symptoms seems fantastic.
They had me at 40 for a while as it built up; 20 seems to be about right for me as a maintenance dose. I felt like I slept for a week when we cut the dose! :p