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I've been on Prozac for 5 weeks and having weird symptoms

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kourtneyrae1
kourtneyrae1

I've been on 20mg Prozac for 5 weeks now for panic disorder. It has helped with my panic attacks but has given me awful side effects. I feel like I'm just going through the motions, I don't feel real. I'm very forgetful now and I hate it. I also get muscle jerks, like my arm or leg will randomly jerk. I get dizzy spells as well. Do you think this is all from the meds? Should I change meds,dosage, or give it more time?

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  • jesika28180
    jesika28180 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    Im on day 5 and i feel good except that I feel more anxious and  get all panicky, sometimes i have like a rush of panic or a wave hit me and i have to try to relax. I get dizzy, i guess im sord of out of it. I take it at night and helps me sleep. In the day i have to take a xanax .25mg when i cant take the anxiety anymore because it almost feels as if my panic will make me pass out, weird to explain.
  • jo91394
    jo91394 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    I would give it more time, I was advised by several people that it takes about 8 weeks to settle down. I'd say it took me about 10 weeks to stop feeling any obvious side effects.
    • jo91394
      jo91394 jesika28180

      Posted

      my anxiety seemed to get a little better at first but I was really emotional, returned to work after 2 weeks but then my anxiety got worse than ever. couldnt sleep at all which didnt help and my thoughts were racing. evenyually i had more good days than bad, it took me the full 8 weeks to start feeling normal again. I had started to worry that it would never get better, although i had taken fluoxetine before i didnt remember it taking that long to kick in. I could barelyn leave the house this time, i finally returned to work after 10 weeks and feel like me again xx

       

    • kourtneyrae1
      kourtneyrae1 jo91394

      Posted

      I'm having a hard time leaving the house too. Unless I take an ativan, which I try to avoid. It's been five weeks since I started these pills and it feels like a life time. I just want to feel normal again
    • jo91394
      jo91394 kourtneyrae1

      Posted

      it does get you down and feel like its endless, you just want to start feeling better and get on with things. Especially when you read that other people feel better quite quickly after taking them but we're all different and get different side effects. just give them more time they will work eventually xx
    • kourtneyrae1
      kourtneyrae1 jo91394

      Posted

      Yes exactly, I've read so many posts where people have felt better within a couple weeks! Not me unfortunately. I definitely will give them more time, thank you!
  • Lee1993
    Lee1993 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    Fluoxitine is Prozac? I just started today
    • jo91394
      jo91394 Lee1993

      Posted

      yeah they are the same thing, I meant that I had taken it previously, didnt mean to make it sound like it was something different sorry xx
  • jesika28180
    jesika28180 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    Doc told me to give it max 4 weeks ,,,and he said it would be normal my anxiety would get worse before it got better,,, so im trying to hang on...
  • jane02535
    jane02535 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    Yes hang on in there . ! I have been on florexatine now for 8 weeks , people kept telling me it would take time , and they were right. Everyone is different .I am on 20mg.And I am beginning to feel slowly better. !
  • jesika28180
    jesika28180 kourtneyrae1

    Posted

    Did you have nasty side effects too, mine are mostly more anxiety and panic.... like if the meds arent even working....
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