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Posted by SuzieWong on June 11, 2004, at 15:54:15
I have been on a low dose of Prozac for about 7 weeks and am noticing alot of changes since I first started taking it.
I took it at first because I was getting horrendous rebound anxiety after withdrawing slowly from Celexa. Never have I experienced depression as such at least not the type I have experienced since starting on the Prozac. I gave it time and went through insomnia, agitation, weird perceptions, nightmares (when I did sleep) and obsessive thoughts.
I still suffer with insomnia, the depression is still underlying a little and I'm scared it will come back because it was the most awful hopeless, despairing, helpless kind. Also lots of stomach churning anxiety. What worries me the most is the obsessive thinking. I have gone through and come out the other side of thinking that I had every health ailment under the sun and that I was dying, to obsessing about my nightmare.
Now I seem to be obsessing about side effects, particularly sleep. I keep ringing the doctors and looking on here and I hear myself telling people and my poor husband who must be sick to death of it about how I'm feeling at any given moment. Its like I'm aware of every feeling in my body. I'm certainly hoping that will go away soon.
Funninly enough I used to worry all the time about having panic attacks and driving. These things don't seem to bother me at the moment. I just keep obsessing that I'm going mad.
Do you all think this is a bad reaction to the Prozac or is it a fairly normal stage to go through.
Posted by tampagirl70 on June 11, 2004, at 16:03:55
In reply to Prozac and obsessiveness, posted by SuzieWong on June 11, 2004, at 15:54:15
what were you originally taking the celexa for? i take that & wellbutrin for OCD and depression. that combination seems to work very well for me, and i tried lots of meds before settling on this combo.
Posted by SuzieWong on June 11, 2004, at 16:08:24
In reply to Re: Prozac and obsessiveness, posted by tampagirl70 on June 11, 2004, at 16:03:55
I originally took Celexa because I was under alot of stress following a bad car accident. That included having panic attacks when I was driving which led to some agoraphobic tendencies.
As I said I never as such suffered with any form of depression and while I've always been a little obsessive in my thinking I now seem to have been turned into one of those mad people who are scanning everything for symptoms and talking about it all the time.
Posted by tampagirl70 on June 11, 2004, at 16:18:36
In reply to Re: Prozac and obsessiveness, posted by SuzieWong on June 11, 2004, at 16:08:24
i went off celexa about 3 weeks ago and last week i started obsessing, then went into a depression. i never wondered if my relapse was a side-effect of going off the meds...hmmmm. i started taking the meds again last week and i'm doing much, much better, although monday through wednesday of this week were complete torture and hell. i can relate to all of the feelings and events you've described; i've had most of them at one point or another.
have you talked to your doctor about what's happening? i'm sorry i don't have any advice or news to offer you, but i can relate to what you're dealing with.
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