Posted by KarenRB53 on August 25, 2007, at 8:31:58
In reply to Re: Can Prozac cause more anxiety, posted by blueberry on September 9, 2005, at 15:14:29
> Prozac can be overstimulating to the point of anxiety and/or agitation. For me it was fierce, almost like paranoia, couldn't sit still, scared, couldn't sleep, very jittery, awful. I absolutely need an antipsychotic to calm it down. Prozac works so much better with an antipsychotic.
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> When the prozac dose is too high and causing overstimulation, the problem is that it takes days for it to fade out of your system. Its half life is about 7 days, so if you took 20mg today there would still be 10mg of it left a week from now. It takes forever with prozac to adjust doses up or down.
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> I just switched to seroquel instead of zyprexa, and am letting the prozac wear off. But even two days after my last prozac dose, I can still feel it as if I took a dose today.
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> But yes, prozac can be extremely activating to the point of terrifying uncomfortableness.Are you still taking the Prozac with the Seroquel or are you on a different antipsychotic?
Thanks,Karen
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