No I was not afraid. I am assuming you are asking mostly about the first time I took a medication. I was already severely depressed and had been depressed for 10 years. Sure my depressed mood worsened from very bad to very, very bad lol. Besides, in my case I checked in with my psychiatrist and he told me that it was not uncommon and he reassured me that my mood should improve after about 3 or 4 weeks. And it did after 3 weeks to the day I went from crawling to the kitchen at about 11am to ripping off the bed sheets when I woke up at 7am.

Now, why did he not warn me before about all the possible side effects before I started the medication? That is simple. First, there is something called nocibo. And secondly by emphasizing the negative he would have run the risk of having me further ruminate and delay getting medical attention I desperately needed. Anyhow, he did warn that there are side effects, as there is with almost every medication, but he did it in a way that informed me and did not alarm me.