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5mg prozac

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mrs_susan74280
mrs_susan74280

I have been on 10mg 3 weeks two nights ago anxiety hit the roof , could not sleep, every time I tryed to bad thoughts and music none stop, plus cold band around stomach and back, gone down to 5 mg, has anyone else tryed 5 mg, thanks

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  • julie92859
    julie92859 mrs_susan74280

    Posted

    This takes a long time you have to be patient potter on with your day every day it can take months you just have to keep on doing stuff and live with it until it is ready to leave I have been on fluox 6 months so far a year once before it works but takes ages and practice at keeping calm xx
    • mrs_susan74280
      mrs_susan74280 julie92859

      Posted

      HI what mg did you start at, frightend to sleep most nights , incase I wake up with panic attacks, also have a coldness around stomach, before a panic, I will keep going , but on 10mg I had bad thoughts in the night which didn't help, would love to hear more of what you have been though, from 58 year old, also menopausel , fantastic

    • julie92859
      julie92859 mrs_susan74280

      Posted

      Mrs Susan you are not alone anxiety has come and gone in my life I think it all initially starts with a shock mine a traumatic time on the day my second son was born I think it is like our bodies get our of balance too much adrenaline and cortisol look it up if you have not heard of it I think hormones make us more vulnerable and once we get it we become afraid of it and can't stop thinking about it keeping our bodies over sensitised I suffered in bouts I have 4 sons the fear of it brought it back and hormones after the birth of my 4th son , I recovered never took anything and was fone until I was 56 and it kicked in again after mthe menopause a struggled my doctor persuaded me to take flyoxetine it took another year to really get right back to normal it was great to feel no problems til Jan 2017 I suddenly got it back I had been really busy and got the dear back started taking fluox again in Nov I feel like I start to get better and go back again but I keep trying to do normal stuff go to work visit my 92 year old mother but it has spoilt things I dread things I normally love to do seeing my gran children I love them all so much and hate to feel like this around them so I want to hide away I keep on but I have a deep sadness just now that I am robbed of my confidence by anxiety which is really an over sensitised body sending out too much adrenaline etc but I know I am still the same happy person underneath and wait for it too slow down and hopefully the fluox to help it is v hard mornings like now in the UK at 7.30 is am àre so so bad mt mother suffered this too at 92 she is fine and tells me to be patient carry on as best we can for now

    • julie92859
      julie92859

      Posted

      Sorry about the typos again fone should be fine etc do chat it helps to share our feelings as family can't really understand that dreadful feeling we suffer with

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