If anyone with experience switching ssri’s would be willing to read this I would really appreciate it. I have one week left on Zoloft before I completely stop it. At that time, I will have been on 20 mg of Prozac for two weeks. I will have to decide if I should try to increase the Prozac at that point. I’m having a hard time telling what side effects are from going off Zoloft and what are from the Prozac. The last three days I have noticed my anxiety has increased and something just feels…off. It’s like something about reality is different. I know that makes no sense and sounds odd. I wish I could explain it better. It’s like how I absorb stimuli around me is different in a uncomfortable way. Sorry I’m rambling. Has anyone felt anything similar to this with their medication? I’m not sure if it’s from going off the Zoloft or if it’s the Prozac. I would really appreciate any advice I could get. Thanks!

I’m sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience! Medication can be so tricky.

I haven’t heard of this but I’m sorry you are struggling!

@Have a sunflower🌻 I realize I'm replying to this three days late, but I used to take Zoloft too. In my first few months of taking it I had some side effects, jitteriness being one of them. My mind was super active for awhile and my nerves were super active too, so it caused me to twitch a lot, like my hands would be tingling a lot of the time. My mind also still had a lot of anxiety at the beginning, but once I was pretty well established in taking the Zoloft my anxiety died down a lot. I've never taken Prozac though, so I don't know much about any of it's side effects it can have on the mind. I think my mom used to take Prozac though at some point in her life, she takes Zoloft now though, but if you want I could ask her about what kinds of side effects she remembers having from it? But yeah, because of the fact that you're in the process of switching medications right now I'm not really sure either if what you're experiencing is because of going off the Zoloft or if it's because of the introduction to Prozac... you know it might actually be because you have both medications mixed together at the same time right now? Maybe the fact that they're mixed together is creating other side effects that wouldn't normally be there, like maybe they're working against each other in some way. I don't know if I've been very helpful, lol, but I hope I have helped at least some. How are you today Have a sunflower? :)

@Drew777 Thank you for the information. You are probably right about it being from having both in my system. I’m hanging in there! I hope you and your family are having a good day!

@Have a sunflower🌻 Yeah, you're welcome. I'm just glad to help in anyway that I can. Yeah, we're having a good day, I have some family visiting from out of town this weekend. :) I'm glad you're hanging in there and just doing the best you can. You have any good plans this weekend? :)

@Drew777 That’s great! It’s so nice to visit family. I’m glad you are all enjoying yourselves! I’m pumpkin carving this weekend with my family? Do you have any big plans with your family?

@Have a sunflower🌻 That's cool! I can't remember the last time I did pumpkin carving, definitely years and years ago though. I hope you had fun with your family doing that! :) And we didn't do much, just sat around talking and watching football (even though I don't like football), and later we all had a nice dinner together, so all in all we had a good time. :)

@Drew777 That’s great!