Hello everyone, this is my first post here, been reading all the posts for a few weeks now, good to hear the success stories. I've been on Fluoxetine 20mg for 5 weeks now for anxiety and panic. I have had quite a lot of the side effects listed ie-increased anxiety (mornings),palpitations. But now i seem to have a headache all the time along with insomnia, It's not a painful headache but across the top of my eyebrows with pulsing temples and is constant every day. i do feel like the pills are starting to ease the anxiety a little bit but i am still extremely tense and wound up most of the day and struggle to relax. does anyone know if the headaches will pass?
Hello, yes they will pass. It is your brain being rewired by the Prozac. It will eventually fade away. I am in week 6 and still have insomnia but I just increased my dose to 40mg. I am on it for panic and anxiety too. I now have zero panic and mild anxiety but you do get side effects when upping the dose. Just before I upped I did feel the insomnia was getting slightly better.
Thanks for the reply Dom. Just had big panic attack today, first one since I started the meds so hoping it doesn't get worse. You just have to hang in there I guess until it starts to work. Why did you increase to 40mg? How do you know if you need to increase?