Well, it’s been a hell if a couple of months.
Around new years I decided to start tapering myself off of 50mg of sertraline. I got down to about 25mg around March when I went down a huge health anxiety OCD spiral over rabies. Made me re-think how I was approaching my mental health care.
Unfortunately I also had to see a different prescriber about 4 weeks ago,
Who cross tapered me off Zoloft on to 10mg of Prozac for two weeks and then up to 20mg week 3 as well as guanfacine(?). I didn’t make it 1 day passed 20mg before I had some of the worst activation anxiety of my life. I could smell colors and see sounds, I was crawling out of my skin, sent me to the ER with some of the worst panic I’ve ever had. It took 1mg of clonazepam to knock me out. Naturally I was told to stop Prozac but I’ve been shaken up ever since. Last night was one of the first nights I made it through the night without clonzepam, I didn’t sleep great, but I guess that’s a win.
My brain is scrambled eggs right now, I’m not sure if I’m exhausted or still having some symptoms from the meds but, my prescriber is recommending I go back on Zoloft.
Has anyone tried Prozac before? It was pretty awful for me.
That’ll teach me to try to taper off on my own before I was ready. Sheesh.
u/Alone_Jackfruit_411
Hi everyone, I’ve been on Prozac for about 21 days now(as well as guanfacine and NAC) ,after discontinuing 25mg sertraline.
It’s been giving me trouble with my sleep, appetite, waves of anxiety I’m losing a little bit of weight
Yesterday on my way home from work started to feel
Weirdly “clear” which turned into a panic attack that lasted for the better part of 10 hours. Ordinary panic attacks for me are usually more “freeze” that I have to ride out in one spot but this was different, I felt like it lived more in my body than my head. I was weirdly energized.
Put me in the ER unfortunately because I was so confused on my symptoms, was checked out and told I was fine and given a Klonapin and sent on my way.
Even hours after that my heart wouldn’t stop pounding, the best thing I could use to describe it is like I pounded a bunch of Red Bulls and couldn’t come down.
Either way I’m pretty upset and confused about last night. I’m not really sure where to go from here, I still feel a little jittery and anxious and it’s taking every cell in my body to not go back. I have a follow up with my psych today. Btw I’ve only been on 20mg since the 21st. The rest of the time was 10mg
Thanks in advance for any insight