Anxiety treatment prozac

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Avatar n tn it directly effects the anxiety centers in the brain. The other two medications effect anxiety secondarily, not as strongly. Your best treatment is a combination of therapy and klonopin.
Avatar f tn Had anxiety from a child! In 1997 introduced to Prozac and no anxiety for 13 years! The Prozac just slowly became ineffective! Went onto Citilopram which worked well and now after 8 years that has slowly become ineffective! I tried Sertraline for a round 8 weeks but didn't find them as efficient! Dr said try Prozac again, the anxiety is back, and I'm needing Diazapam to keep me calm! Really don't know what to do next! Very depressed.
Avatar f tn I have been suffering from severe anxiety. I am in a treatment center for it now (outpatient). My concern is all the meds. I started with Xanax which worked, but didn't last long. My doctor now put me on Ativan to replace xanax. Ativan makes my vision blurry, makes my stomach upset, and makes me shaky throughout the day, I also can't function on it.
Avatar n tn Prozac can be very useful. However, it may not be necessary to employ medication. The first attempt should involve cognitive-behavioral treatment, and the clinician will likely be versed in this. If the use of CBT does not prove sufficient to remedy the difficulty, pharmacological treatment can be employed as an additonal component of the treatment plan.
1260240 tn?1336077448 Prozac is a medication commonly used to treat anxiety whereas risperidone is an antipsychotic that is used to treat irritability and behavior problems in individuals with autism-spectrum disorders. The best that I can tell you is that the medication may help. The most important thing is to make sure that you have a psychiatrist that you work well with and who is responsive to your needs.
Avatar f tn Hello there! A lot of people are afraid to try medications. It's true that you don't know how you'll react to it, but honestly, Prozac has a pretty good track record. MOST likely the worst thing that will happen is that you'll experience some start up side effects, which will improve after about 2 weeks or so. Out of all the antidepressants, Prozac is one of the better tolerated. Be careful with the Xanax.
560272 tn?1311350293 I've had depression/anxiety for 10 yrs now. I've been off and on Prozac (only drug I've ever tried). I was on 10mg-20mg Prozac for the last 2 years, until 6 weeks ago. I weaned myself off. This is the reasons why: I gained 40 pounds in 2 yrs on it, and I still had a great amount of depression and anxiety. And so far, I really haven't been worse off it, about the same. But I'm tired of the battle, the daily battle. I'm totally different now then what I used to be.
Avatar n tn OCD is a serious anxiety disorder and one of the more difficult to treat. Liquid Prozac (an SSRI) would not be unheard of to treat a child as young as your grandson. However, if the parents are uncomfortable with this method of treatment, I might suggest that they request a referral to a medical specialist with experience in anxiety disorders as a child psychiatrist or a child neurologist. By the way, pulling out one's hair is called Trichotillomania - another anxiety disorder.
1867019 tn?1353467540 To me its a pretty safe med and helps with anxiety alot....wat ive been told its better then prozac for anxiety but then again everyones different jus dont let urself suffer like i did cuz i was so scared to try the med cuz u will feel so much better with the rite treatment of meds.Good Luck !!!!!!
Avatar n tn Many psych's use different approaches. Since Wellbutrin is purely a dopamine agonist there is no threat of serotonin syndrome. Often what a psych will do is add Zoloft if Wellbutrin is too stimulating.
Avatar f tn Prozac is one of the more energizing SSRI's on the market. Given that you also suffer bad anxiety I would worry that augmentation with an Anphetimine type drug may not be wise. To me it sounds like a good way to make your anxiety shoot thru the roof. I hope this doctor is a Psychiatrist. From his game plan for your treatment I have a feeling he is not.
Avatar m tn I recently developed anxiety and was prescribed Prozac (generic) and Klonopin (generic). The Klonopin has been given until the Prozac starts to work. I have taken this twice in 2 weeks and like eveyone on here do not like being on medication. Does anyone have experience with anxiety in the short term. Is this something that with treatment will subside over a few months and allow me to stop the medication? Also how long have people felt that Prozac takes to really be effective.
Avatar n tn I have extreme anxiety. I started Prozac and the last 4 days I have not slept even a wink. I take the med first thing is the morning, I am taking 10mg, it has made me anxiety so bad to the point I had a panic attack at work that I haven't had in years. My anxiety was so bad I went home from work. I will lose my job at this point. Are these side effects going to diminish?
Avatar f tn ve been to the hospital so many times, and called 911 countless times.. I have anxiety and attacks constantly everyday. My doctor put me on prozac and xanax. So far it has done nothing for me and I've been taking it for 3 weeks. The xanax helps a little but for short periods of time. I'm going to start seeing a therapist soon. It's really bad, I never want to be alone because I'm scared I'm gonna die and nooone will be here.
Avatar f tn I was hoping you might add "anti-depressant" to the treatment section. I'm currently taking Fluvoxamine (Luvox) so I'm using "prozac" as a stand in, but I think a generic option for anti-depressants, or SSRIs would be helpful.
Avatar n tn It usually works quickly after about 30 minutes, and unlike anti-anxiety drugs, Valerian is not addictive. High-quality natural anxiety medications contain Valerian extract that's standardized to contain at least 0.8% of valerenic acid, the active constituent. L-theanine, an amino acid extracted from Green Tea, is a third natural anxiety medication with a pronounced anti-anxiety effect.
Avatar f tn In non-responders in can then be switched to Prozac because Prozac is not a substrate of Pgp (P-glycoprotein). This protein is encoded by the ABCB1 gene, non-responders often have a genetic mutation in this gene which can greatly modulate the concentration of several antidepressant that are substrate of Pgp. This genetic mutation is often responsible of the non-responding effect of several antidepressants.
Avatar f tn She was diagnosed with severe social anxiety and depression at 6 years of age (OCD is one of the anxiety disorders so the treatment tends to be similar). Unfortunately, it is possible that she might be developing OCD in her teen years - not sure yet. Celexa is working well at this time but I always felt that the child psychiatrist increased her dose of Prozac too much at too fast a rate (today medication follows this mantra - "go low and go slow").
Avatar n tn I think i probably have the worse case of anxiety up 2 the point i dont think people understand cuz even the deep breathing exersices is hard and when im learning with my therapist i just cant do it a lot people think that im just looking 4 attention but its that bad they gave me the maximum dose of prozac im not getting better i relay on benzos a lot of the drs said with all the years of expierence they have seen such sever anxiety disorder i have all types of anxiety sometimes i just want 2 th
Avatar f tn It could be very beneficial, if you were open to it. Either way, the Prozac will ease your anxiety most likely, but be sure to be open with your doctor about how it's working for you and what additionsl needs you may have, such as possibly having emergency anti-anxiety pills at hand. Good luck!
Avatar f tn So in October of 08, I went back on Prozac (10mg) About 1 week into treatment, I started having chest pain.. My Pdoc said this was normal and to stay on it .. So I did. Things got progressively worse.. I started to get tunnel vision and my whole body ached.. I finally tapered off in March of 2010. I was ok until June of 2010. Now I am having bouts of nausea and irritable bowel. Everything goes right thru me :( I am going to get my thyroid checked next month to see if it is off.
Avatar f tn Do I have to take medicine for my whole life for this? Or will the anxiety go away after one round of treatment? I just want to cry. A month ago I was a care free living person. Now I worry, I am afraid of dying, I cry and cry alot, I Constantly keep wishing for the old me back, but I don't know how to get back to that. I don't want to sound crazy, and im afraid my doctor will think Im crazy. Please someone calm me down?
Avatar f tn I never had anxiety till I started taking Prozac, Im taking Prozac for severe depression but ever since being on it anxiety has been my major problem, I can't go a day without a panic attack or feeling sick due to anxiety, I'm throwing up from anxiety at least once a week and I'm constantly trembling and shaking and having paranoid thoughts. Prozac destroyed more than it fixed for me.