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I feel like I am going backwards. More nausea. Panic is back like it was before is this normal. I know to expect ups and downs but this feels really a huge step back.
Anyone have words of wisdom for me? This is agony
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DomM Mell9876
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Urgh day 34 here and woke up anxious then felt totally depressed. Definitely a backward step too and as usual - insomnia.
I know they say "hold the dose" when you feel like this in week 4/5 but I really feel I need to up it. Has anybody upped in week 4/5? How did it go? Did the insomnia go?
Sending love out to all the people in week 4/5 ... the living nightmare continues.
katecogs Mell9876
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Throughout recovery on these meds you'll go through many setbacks / blips where you will feel like you've gone backwards. Its always 3 steps forward and 2 steps back all the way. Its perfectly normal for these meds and seems how it works. It can be months before you even start to feel the beginnings of recovery and you can't hurry these meds whatever you do. Try and go with it and know that you're heading in the right direction.
Took me 6 months to recover.
K x
Mell9876
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Its reallly bad today
tina_78570 Mell9876
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tina_78570 Mell9876
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karen_35868 Mell9876
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I've been exactly the same Mel , just starting my 4th week on 20mg. Had 2 good days , thought i was making some progress......then bang! Last 2 days have been awful, anxiety through the roof racing heart Feeling light headed/dizzy. Just hoping it settles . Totally understand how youre feeling, it's so hard . Take care Xx
DomM Mell9876
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Urgh just started week 6 and last night was horrendous, Total depression followed by insomnia as usual. Makes a change from anxiety I guess. Was feeling good until 20:30 then crashed. Find it hard to believe that this is "normal" when starting Prozac for many. Just doesn't seem right.
Painintopower Mell9876
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I promise there is light at the end of the tunnel and you will one day wake up and this will be a distant memory and you’ll be sooo happy you survived. My only advice to everyone would be don’t do what I did, I felt better reduced with the drs support and then stopped (without her, I know I’m a plum!!) don’t do that it’s horrible on your body and worse on your emotions.
I tell anyone that gives me a hard time
‘Diabetics can’t produce enough insulin to survive so they have to take some, I can not produce enough chemicals to be happy so I take some to assist me’ it’s a good way to help people see mental illness in a different way.
tina_78570 Painintopower
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Where r you at on Prozac?
I got so anxious tonight. I think maybe knowing my sister goes back to work and life is going back to normal and I feel pressured to get better soon is All coming at me today. Naseuous and anxty. Neck pain.
Start to week 6. With a 10mg increase 4 days ago. (WS at 20 now 30). I am so hoping I don’t back track . Anyhow happy new year All!
karen_35868 tina_78570
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Happy new year Tina. Just going into week 5. The last 5 days have been pretty good , anxious in the morning but it soon passed . Today's a different matter, really anxious fuzzy headed and a little dizzy again. Hoping it's just a blip, still on 20mg . X
DomM karen_35868
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I had a crazy bad anxiety day in week 5 after a few good days Karen. I'm in the middle of week 6 and that bad day never came back. Get through today and you may not see a day like it again. They are always blips.
karen_35868 DomM
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Thanks for that Dom , it's helpful to know that others have experienced the same . Fingers crossed it's only a blip and tomorrow will be better , it's just so scary when it happens.
Painintopower karen_35868
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karen_35868 Painintopower
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First 3 1/2 weeks were rough for me , as i said really hope this is just an off day . Know it's still early days , but it's still hard to cope with
tina_78570 karen_35868
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Started 30mg 5 days ago and had good days and now I am back tracking a little. Same symptoms. Hoping it’ll pass.
karen_35868 tina_78570
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Yes it's strange Tina , my Dr did say it would take time . I was hoping to start back at work this week , but he has advised me not too he thinks it's too soon and could make things worse. So I'll take his advice, and fingers crossed ......as always things will start to improve for us . Take care Xx
Mell9876 Painintopower
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Painintopower Mell9876
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tina_78570 karen_35868
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DomM Painintopower
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You are worried about the med that is all. It is a safe medicine, and it wont even start to work straight away. I had exactly the same thing when I started an anti depressant. I had a panic attack and thought it was the medicine. Try and focus on things around you. Name them. Listen to them. You are going to be okay I promise x