Over the last year, I have lost one friend to an accidental prescribed drug overdose, another friend had a stroke and is now bedridden, my husband and I have financial problems, I am in a job, that has no advancement, my boss is lazy and doesn't value his employees. I have been there 9 years. The only reason I stay is because I have to work and I only go into the office 2 days a week and I work at home the rest of the time, my husband is very negative and always complains. I just lost two pets, have an older horse that I worry about. My doctor increased my prozac from 40 mg to 60 mg. He also prescribed buspirone. I have only been on the increased prozac for about 4 weeks. I feel worse. My doctor said to give it more time. By worse I mean now I worry that the increase won't work. I just worry about everything. Then when I get really anxious is when I think about dying. Could all this thinking about dying and it scaring me have to do with the recent deaths and losses? Has anyone else felt like this?
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Hey Missy!
I am sorry to hear that you are feeling that way but yeah it's very natural to feel overwhelmed after all things you experienced. And financial problems don't help, I know I am also going through that right now.
But if you have means to get therapy help I say that would be amazing. Sometimes meds won't help alone. Especially you have heavy emotional distress. It would solve most of it if you only had for example panic disorder.
Can you ask for therapy help from your dr? Talk therapy would be awesome, or even CBT alone would make you focus on learning new coping skills. Would keep your mind away from your problems.
If I was in your place then I would have my own unique ways of dealing with those you described above (some call my ways unhealthy tho) of course I will absolutely not tell you what to do here it's not my place, but I hope you have a chance to take action for the ones you can control, and for the ones you can't control in your life you get the chance to have outside support like therapy.
I hope you feel a bit better soon.
I am sorry to hear that you are feeling that way but yeah it's very natural to feel overwhelmed after all things you experienced. And financial problems don't help, I know I am also going through that right now.
But if you have means to get therapy help I say that would be amazing. Sometimes meds won't help alone. Especially you have heavy emotional distress. It would solve most of it if you only had for example panic disorder.
Can you ask for therapy help from your dr? Talk therapy would be awesome, or even CBT alone would make you focus on learning new coping skills. Would keep your mind away from your problems.
If I was in your place then I would have my own unique ways of dealing with those you described above (some call my ways unhealthy tho) of course I will absolutely not tell you what to do here it's not my place, but I hope you have a chance to take action for the ones you can control, and for the ones you can't control in your life you get the chance to have outside support like therapy.
I hope you feel a bit better soon.
Belizz, thanks so much. I am practicing CBT. I have seen a therapist. I just have to calm my anxiety down so that I can think rationally. Expressing my feelings verbally really helps. It stops the repeating loop.Hey Missy!
I am sorry to hear that you are feeling that way but yeah it's very natural to feel overwhelmed after all things you experienced. And financial problems don't help, I know I am also going through that right now.
But if you have means to get therapy help I say that would be amazing. Sometimes meds won't help alone. Especially you have heavy emotional distress. It would solve most of it if you only had for example panic disorder.
Can you ask for therapy help from your dr? Talk therapy would be awesome, or even CBT alone would make you focus on learning new coping skills. Would keep your mind away from your problems.
If I was in your place then I would have my own unique ways of dealing with those you described above (some call my ways unhealthy tho) of course I will absolutely not tell you what to do here it's not my place, but I hope you have a chance to take action for the ones you can control, and for the ones you can't control in your life you get the chance to have outside support like therapy.
I hope you feel a bit better soon.
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You got this! Life is tough, but you are tougher.
Thanks mollyfin. I have seen my doctor and he increased my fluoxetine, which I have been taking for years, from 40 mg to 60 mg. and also added buspirone 5mg twice a day to take as needed when anxiety gets bad. My problem is I then start reading about drug interactions and it says not to take the two together, which my doctor assures me that it is safe. I then start to wonder if my doctor is right. Thus the spiral down the rabbit hole begins. Any thoughts?Totally normal to feel overwhelmed with everything you have happening in your life, and totally normal for it to make your anxiety worse. It's been a rough few years.
I have done both and have been assured that it is fine.Usually I trust my doctor on those if I've asked specifically and they've said it's fine, but you could talk to a pharmacist as well, they're usually pretty knowledgeable about drug interactions in my experience.