I have suffered from Panic n anxiety attacks for over 30 yrs. My dr. Put me on Paxil n was on it for over 30 yrs. now dr. Retired n my new doctor has me on Prozac . It’s been 1 1/2 months n I’m starting to feel anxious every day! Has anyone been on Prozac over a 6 months n did you have Side effects
Like I’m starting to ????
I was on Paxil for 7 years and did well on it but gained a lot of weight. My doctor switched me to Prozac and i was on it for a month and a half and it did not work for me. It made me extremely depressed.
I am now on Effexor. It helped me a lot with depression but not so much with anxiety. But I’ve only been on it for a month.
I hate having to try different meds to figure out what works. Hoping the best for you!
Like you I have been on Paxil a long time, 25 years for me. I've had to increase my dosage from 20 mg/day to 40 mg/day recently, owing to anxiety/depression caused by two family members dying and a nasty probate battle with my sister ongoing. But Paxil is OK by me, it's always worked well on my clinical Depression and is a little less effective for Anxiety.
I would not want to change from Paxil, I'm used to it, I like it and as long as it's effective why change? I've heard other criticism of Prozac.
What mg are you on, I can't get above 10mg I am week 8,
I have been on and off Fluoxetine for years. I tend to feel worse for the first 3 weeks when I begin taking it but i then feel much better and don't suffer any side effects. I take 20mg each day.