Prozac dosage anxiety
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How long have you been taking the Prozac for? Sometimes it takes a couple of weeks to get adjusted to medication. Also my psychiatrist told me alot of people who suffer from anxiety/depression will think the medication is making them worse because the are already struggling with anxiety/depression.
However, some medications just don't work for people, or cause side effects such as fatigue.
6 weeks is more than a comfortable time period to up the Prozac. During my prime anxiety days I was taking 60mg of Prozac. Upping the dosage is something that only you and your doctor can decide on. The few days in a row being a hot mess could have been the side effects too. Hopefully those are all out of the way. I have found.. and this is just my opinion, but all the meds in the world wont make our anxiety go away. Just help us.
yes, yes, yes. Givde in some time 3 weeks is not enought. Give it almost 8. Not to discourage you or raise a little anxiety, but You may actually feel a little worse at the begginning. Don't let that dscourage you though, it will only be temp, and you'll feel better than you felt about 8 weeks into it.
Time for that stuff for sure. I have heard of other Meds kicking in real quick, but not Zolft.
If you have been on it for a long time talk to your doctor about upping the dosage or switching medication. I have health anxiety too. When you are having anxiety try to tell yourself.. I know I have anxiety, this is my actual condition that I do have. It is acting up now, breath through it. tell yourself. My doctors ran tests on me and I'M A HEALTHY YOUNG 22 YEAR OLD!!! YAY!
Your body is adjusting to the medication, and things should start improving. But if it's affecting your job, I agree with the above post, call your doctor and let him know that you are not able to do your job right now and see if he can give you something short acting like Xanax to get you past this. Work closely with your doctor and be totally honest with him, he will know what is best for you. Hang in there and take care!
ve tried several medications for anxiety and panic attacks, but have had major side effects from them all. Zoloft, Celexa, etc. My doctor recently prescribed Prozac for my anxiety and panic attacks. In reading about Prozac, it does list anxiety and panic, but they are down the list a ways. Does anyone know if Prozac is a good choice for this? I don't want to take them if they aren't going to do anything. I don't have OCD, which seems to be the main disorder Prozac is prescribed for.
My physician prescribed Prozac and Xanax and my anxiety shot up...similar to what many of you have shared. I only took it three days. When I told her my reactions and some of the things I learned here she told me I shouldn't feel that way so soon and switched me to Lexapro. Has anyone taken this medication for depression, stress and anxiety?
I was on Zoloft for 8 years for anxiety and got off for 10 months for the birth of my daughter. I then went back on for anxiety and did fabulous for 9 more years. I started to get a little more anxiety and decided to increase the dosage, but it only made me more agitated. So, I've since tried Lexapro to no avail and Prozac was way too stimulating causing agitation again. It's been 4.5 months since I've weaned off Zoloft (been on Lexapro for 5 months, Prozac for 7 weeks).
m afraid to take it, because I am on a beta-blocker everyday to stop my heart from pounding from the anxiety - and this medicine says it can change your heart rythym. They also had me on Prozac for a few weeks - which did nothing. Any suggestions. I'm afriad to take too much medicine, but need something that is going to really help me - take my anxiety away and I will be able to function during the day.
If I take the Xanax sporadically, is there a chance that the anxiety can worsen when it wears off, or is this dosage too low and short-term to be of any concern? I have been on the Prozac for about 2-1/2 weeks and I am subject to bouts of anxiety that seem more pronounced than before I was taking the medication. The Xanax helps, but I'm concerned about the potential addiction. Thanks!
First month was fine, second month I feel this general sadness and lack of motivation, also extreme anxiety in large crowds. He originally gave me the Prozac for social anxiety disorder. I already do go to the gym for natural help. I am conflicted, I would love to take one less med. I don't like looking at all my pill bottles, if I tell him about the social anxiety he will probably bump me back up to 40mg and keep me on it.
Does anyone know how long it takes for prozac to get out of your system, I was only on it for 2 weeks but had very bad side effects from it? My last does was Wed morning and now starting Zoloft. Still feeling very very anxious!! Any comments would help!!
Nobody actually knows. We all differ in the experience of side effects. Some meds give us tons that don't give someone else any and others give us few that gives that someone else tons. One way to ease into this is to taper up on the drug, as you're doing, just as when you stop you taper down as slowly as you need to. If you're more comfortable, you can wait a bit before going higher in dosage so you'll be more used to it.
I have asked my doc to stop taking prozac after I have used it for about 5 weeks, I am taking 3 pills in a day until today.
Th ereason I asked to stop - it didn't bring any benefit, no reduction with fears and thoughts and a new problem tham became very dominnant - procrastination. Stress had cool down significiant but procrastination became so extreme so that eventually the situation became worse.
t know anything about remeron, but prozac can take up to 6 weeks for the full effect. 20 mg is a pretty low dosage, it may need to be adjusted. Remember, the pills don't do it all, you need to try to have a positive outlook. In my opinion, if you think you feel better, then you probable are getting better. Hang in there!...
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