Bad Anxiety, Bad About Taking My Medication

So I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety and OCD when I was 12 and have been dealing with it ever since, at first I was on Zoloft. but then when I was bad at taking it and had a major panic attack after I graduated college 4 years ago. I experienced major disassociation and panic attacks for weeks. I started seeing a new psychiatrist that changed my medication to prozac that I’ve been on ever since with good results. in the last year I’ve been really bad though about taking it. sometimes taking it once every 2 to 3 days, sometimes once every 4. I probably only went through 6 bottles in the past year (should have gone through 12).

Well I moved back to my home town this last week after not taking my pills for 3 days or more not sure. so I packed up and drove a uhaul for 7hours and then drove 8hours over the weekend. had a major panic attack while driving. unpacked the uhaul the next day after sleeping 5 hours and then went back to work the next day. I’ve been working the the past week my normal hours all while unpacking and building furniture. I’ve been taking my medication as I should but I’m still exhausted despite sleeping around 6-8 hours a night. I also experienced another bad panic attack today…though I also really didn’t eat much, had more coffee than I usually do and have my period…if I take my medication they way I’m supposed to from now on will one okay. I know I really screwed up and I feel really bad for doing so… i just want to feel like myself again and not scared. if i get back on track will all these feelings go away?? I’m exhausted and spacey/foggy is this a side effect or am I still just tired from my move?

thanks so much guys :frowning:

Hi it could be both. It could also be withdrawal symptoms which can make you feel like this.

More meds and eating properly, and less work and coffee should work wonders. Your body isn’t a machine but you do need the right fuel to keep it ticking along properly! x

I know that fluoxetine has a long half life like 4 days but not taking it regularly as often as I did, could that lead to that long half life not even mattering? since weeks/months of not taking like I should would leave less in my bloodstream. sorry of this sounds confusing. I assume this is probably what I did since my pdoc said if you forget to take it on a vacation wouldn’t cause much issue…I’m assuming he didn’t mean not taking it for months in the proper fashion.

Much of the power of ad’s is in the cumulative effect so not taking them regularly means they won’t help you. Try taking them as prescribed for at least a month or more as they take that long to get fully into your system.

I have no idea what you mean by half life? All I know is they won’t work properly for you until you take them. Here and there is a waste of time so decide to either stop them or take them. x