sophaaa
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- 6y
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 6y
Is that because you start to have panic attacks? Like does your body start shaking and stuff?
bsparksbsparks
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- 6y
Hi Sophaaa, starting an SSRI can be a tough process. Prozac gave me bad night sweats, but that doesn’t mean it won’t work for you!
ladyeladye
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- 6y
When starting SSRIs you need to give them about 4-6 weeks to see a difference in mood/anxiety, so try to stick it out! Unfortunately, the side effects are felt right away, and your depression/anxiety might actually feel worse in the beginning. It gets better tho! But if it doesn’t after taking it for at least 4 weeks, or if you really can’t tolerate it, then talk to your doctor about switching you to something else!
anna!anna!
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- 6y
I’ve been taking Prozac for about 4 months, and it might just be me, but it’s genuinely not working for me?? I’ve been way more anxious and just like— angry, I guess?? It’s made me worse than before I started the Prozac, and before then I was on lexapro but that was a different problem in itself. But, meds work different for everyone! You may need an increase, or an entirely new prescription. Hope everything goes well ☺️
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Ms77
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w
Starting medication
I’m a few days in on starting 10 mg of Prozac, my anxiety has definitely been heightened and it’s making it really hard for me to eat :( also sleep has been very hard when the intrusive thoughts fill my head. I want to stick with the medication and give it a good shot as I know it could really help me. Any suggestions or some encouragement to help me get through this time
Anonymous
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- 17w
Who is on Prozac and likes it?
So I’ve been off sertraline 50 mg for a couple months now after being on it for 3 years. I got off cuz I was getting bad side effects from it like gaining hella weight and low libido. My anxiety has been so bad so I’m considering trying Prozac since apparently the side effects are less. What’s your experience with it/does it help your anxiety from your intrusive thoughts? I mainly have just somatic ocd
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 15w
Day 9 on Prozac. Trying to stay hopeful/patient:(
I hate that it takes so long for ssris to kick in. And I have a long way to go because I’m not even up to 10mg(my doc has me going up very slowly to have less side effects) yet. I know with Prozac specifically you get heightened anxiety which I’ve had here and there but it’s more so the tiredness and almost depressive mood that’s bothering me as well as loss of appetite. I know to stick it out but just sucks cuz I more so deal with anxiety not depression so it’s a weird feeling like not feeling motivated etc. just hope I’ll feel better in a few weeks :(
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