My 17 year old son is taking prodep 20 mg per day for depression due to social anexity disorder. His dpression is under control , but social phobia is still with him, So doctor prescribe venlafaxine 75 mg in addition to prodep. but I am thinking whether I shoud give this  or not, Does this has bad symptoms? Pleae guide me , Whether this will reduce my sons social anexity disorder. Other than this he is normalThank you
Hello thanks for asking from ChatDoctorYou son is 17 years old and is one Fluoxetine 20 MG per day for depressive symptoms and social anxiety disorder. He has shown improvement in depression but still have features of social phobia. Now he has been advised to take Venlafaxine 75 mg in addition to Fluoxetine. Venlafaxine is a SARI Chat Doctor.  It is safe to use and free of serious side effects. You can think of giving this