I was in the hospital for a couple days because of a massive panic attack. With my agoraphobia and amaxaphobia we all agreed it would be best to admit me there and get me started on some meds. I was on 1mg clonazapam 2 times a day 60mg propranolol extended release and Prozac 10mg. Now I just saw my doctor today after being out for a few days and she wants to lower my clonazapam to .5 3x a day and my Prozac to 20 mg once a day. I’m worried about the increase in the Prozac cause I haven’t been feeling the best. No appetite, depressed feeling not wanting to do things I normally do which isn’t much because of my agoraphobia. I guess I got a little sidetracked, would upping my Prozac dose be a good idea after only being on it about 10 days? She said my body should be used to it by now. But I don’t think that is true.
Personallly I would wait for side effects to settle a little more before upping them but we are all different and react in different ways x
Thanks for your reply. I ended up taking the extra 10mg last night, had very strange dreams and kept waking up all night. I just now got out of bed in the middle of the day because I didn’t feel like moving. Idk what to do should I call her and tell her this?
If it was me I would give it a little longer these meds take a very long time to settle Hun and it will be a rocky journey at the beginning I'm on 6 weeks now and still feel dizzy weak but I'm doing more than I was able to so I'm hoping things get better we have to be patient with these meds they don't work over night and have horrible side effects x
So you’re saying I should try riding out the 20mg for a little bit? I don’t get dizzy or anything like that just feel lethargic and bleh all day. Or were you saying I should go back to the 10mg for a bit then up later on.
I would stick with the 10 till your side effects settle I'm nearly 7 weeks on 20 and mine have gone better but still not settled takes different time for different people looks like I'm sensitive to meds I wish i would of started on 10 because side effects for me have been hell still feel crap but better than I did ultimately it's up to you and how you feel Hun x
HI what are you on, prozac
So I ended up taking the 20mg last night and pretty much panicked for an hour and a half but was able to calm down once my klonopin kicked in, but really today I woke up feeling so much better I’m not sure why. Maybe it was the good sleep or maybe the 20mg was exactly what I needed.
So happy your feeling a little better sounds promising keep us updated on your progress x
I’ll make sure to do just that, still feeling semi decent today. A little restless but that isn’t too hard to handle. Hope yours gets better soon as well!
I use the Klonopin as well when the anxiety simply gets too much. It does work, albeit slowly, but if I do the .5mg pill, the next day I am dead tired.
Are you going to try and get help for your agoraphobia Hun it's a horrible thing to live with and there is loads of ways to help you get out and about maybe when your meds settle a bit more x
I’m trying but getting out to go to a therapist is the hard part. And the meds aren’t doing me any justice either, I woke up today having horrible dreams of people killing me and leaving me and just bad things. I didn’t get a restful nights sleep that’s for sure so my anxiety is extra high today. I’m to the point where I’m starting to get scared of taking my fluoxetine and just want it to stop. I’m overwhelmed.
Yeah I have done klonopin off and on for a few years. Makes me feel a little tired but it’s needed for me right now to take daily because of how much anxiety I have. It’s rough.
I have had a terrible time with anxiety and unfortunately that's one of the side effects of this med that's hit me hard and I mean hard it's been horrendous I'm just about hanging in myself but things have settled a lot better than they was but I'm still really struggling with the anxiety side of things plus the weak feeling and feeling unsteady on my feet is not helping as for agoraphobia I have been there myself and struggling to keep it at bay at the moment but it's baby steps even just standing outside your front door is a start sometimes where better and more capable of things than we actually think I'm here if ya need to talk it's not nice at all I completely sympathise with you x
From what I have read here plus elsewhere, the anxiety is part of going on prozac and/or going on it after stopping cold turkey. Once it settles into your system, then the anxiety goes away slowly. Katecogs has posted a lot about this very thing.
So turns out the doctor wants to see me tomorrow either about switching my meds or the dose, they said it wasn’t safe. Now I’m super worried about that. Especially if they start me on a new medication and I have to start the whole process over again.
Yeah they are taking me off the Prozac and want to put me on effexor. Not sure how I feel about that but I have to taper off this stuff now and hope everything goes ok. Hope you’re doing well.
Yeah they are taking me off of the Prozac and want to put me on Effexor so I have to go through a small weening process to get off the prozac then start the Effexor.
Happy times,
i was on 5mg for 2 days, then 10mg for 2 days, then up to 20mgs for 28 days now. The anxiety is rough and I hope to even out over the next couple of weeks. I take 50 Trazadone at night which really helps my sleep. I also break a .5 Klonopin in half and take .25 in the am when the anxiety is the worst. Doctor’s don’t know what you are feeling inside. 20mgs is what they like you to be on.