That is the oddest preemptive prescription I've heard of in a long time. "You might feel anxiety - so take Paxil" which (a) is typically recommended for social

That is the oddest preemptive prescription I've heard of in a long time. "You might feel anxiety - so take Paxil" which (a) is typically recommended for social anxiety and panic disorders and (b) it can take upwards of 4-6 weeks before it becomes effective. I'm also quite sure that the antibiotic will have run its course in far less time. But aside from that, who the hell prescribes an SSRI purely for "possible" anxiety? Yes there are SSNRI, like Effexor and Cymbalta, that address chronic generalized anxiety and panic disorders. But again, we're talking about a long time before there's any measure of efficacy. The correct answer would have been to give you a few tabs of Atavan, Xanax, or Klonopin for the duration of the infection and then only after you experienced any anxiety. Mind boggling