So I am on day 4 of Prozac - decided to give it another try and suck up the side effects for as long as possible, but I feel absolutely terrible! More depressed, can't sleep even with clonazepam. I am so confused now and don't know if I should keep taking it or just say forget it. I have been in an ongoing anxiety state and somewhat depressed for many months so my doctor kept pushing me to try Prozac, which I did and quit on the 3rd day last time. I just feel so unbelievably bad, like I couldn't even go to the grocery store today and no way I can make dinner. I'm just sitting here or laying in bed wishing I could sleep, but I am to nervous. I just don't want to get worse taking this drug than I was before. I'm in a complete fog and my bowels are not happy (TMI). No way I could take these side effects more than maybe another week if that. I have no idea how people can feel like this for a month or more waiting to feel better, which isn't even guaranteed! How do you get through the days like this?
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No but I'm really thinking about it. He is so stuck on Prozac for some reason. He doesn't want me on clonazepam for anxiety so he want me on something else. I think I should go see someone else just for another opinion. My anxiety is pretty bad right now, so I thought well maybe I do need something else, but I've tried SSRIs in the past and I could never get past a week or so because of side effects so I should have known better, but he almost gets mad or acts like I'm difficult if I don' agree with him!
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You always need to get more opinions. Most docs automatically put people on SSRIs because of the rigged studies the pharmaceutical companies published. I've gotten banned from other forums for saying that. I don't know what happens here. I think people shouldn't be taking any psych drugs until they've tried a year of cognitive behavioral therapy first. The drugs can make people worse . I saw it all the time at the psych hospital. If you must try a med then old fashioned MAOIs might help. Some docs still prescribe those.
Well I went through a similar flare up many years ago and only used xanax for a while to keep the anxiety down some, but it did take a good year and a half to 2 years to let up, so when I felt it coming on again I figured if I tried an SSRI I could end it sooner. I saw a counselor for a couple years and then just kind of stopped but had a stressful spring and summer this year which is what I think brought this on so I started seeing a different counselor - a really experienced psychologist - but have only seen him like 5 times and all he says is until I stop my fearful thoughts the adrenaline will keep me in this anxiety state. I think it would be easier to work on that, though, if I would have been working on that before it got so bad this time. It's hard to stop or change my thoughts when I feel so bad.