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6 weeks Prozac and still feeling bad

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caz7761
caz7761

Hi. Just would like some encouragement! The forums suggest that 6 weeks is still early days but everyone around me keeps saying why am I not better as nhs websites say 4-6 weeks. It’s really not helping! I am waking around 4am with panic attacks. My head feels so tight and I have waves of nausea and dizziness. By the afternoon tho I do start to feel a bit more positive , then I go to bed and it starts again. I am trying so hard to just stick with it but everyone around me is losing patience. Can anyone advise please. Thanks so much 

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  • dawn70425
    dawn70425 caz7761

    Posted

    Hiya caz.. sorry to say but yes still to early for Prozac to settle down in your body... your know different to any one eles who wants this med to work as soon as we pop the first tablet ( me too) but it’s a very sloooooow working med, but once it does kick in it’s great, Iv been on it now for 8 months and build up to 60mg ... and mine didn’t start to settle down untill around 3+ months sorry!! B4 then st your stage I felt the same, I had good days as well as bad, also the morrin seem to be my worst, then I’d take my Prozac and the day got better... now days I’m fine all day long now, I can actually smile again, and not worry if tomorrow will be a good day, or bad, as it’s always the same for ME .. good... 

    as any of your family/friends ever taken Prozac b4?? If not then they can’t say how you should be at this stage, we all react different on this med... Iv been on two other antidepressants and they were easer then this one with side effects... BUT Prozac as been the best ( for me) I’m making me feel good again.. as for what the NHS sites say, take it with a pinch of salt as like them, and docs they read it in there book to say when we should feel ok, and unless they’ve been on Prozac it’s hard to say..

    We are all different in the way that we react to meds.. you will get there, and you’ve come this far that you will turn that corner don’t worry, and defo don’t listen to what people around you say, as no one understand what it’s like.. good luk, keep intouch on here, we are all here to listen big hug 🤗x

    • caz7761
      caz7761 dawn70425

      Posted

      Thanks dawn! It helps so much to talk to people who have positive things to say and that understand. Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. 
  • nancy76309
    nancy76309 caz7761

    Posted

    All I ca say is this is bad. I am at 38 days at only 10 mg.  I have had very few good days. I feel sick, depressed and anxious. When will it end?

    I let my husband read some of these post just so he can see what we are all going through. 

    Soon I start at 20. That mean I start all over again? 

    Can, sorry I can’t be more positive right now. 

  • Stacey29819
    Stacey29819 caz7761

    Posted

    I been on these before and it takes 12 weeks to get rid of side effects. Some people may be good at 6 weeks, but everyone I’ve seen it takes around 12 weeks.  I’m in week 8, and it’s just starting to get better.  It is not a quick fix by any means unfortunately.  I have over 20 years experience with these.  
    • Painintopower
      Painintopower Stacey29819

      Posted

      What made you stop taking them? And how long were you ok for before relapsing? 
    • Star586
      Star586 Stacey29819

      Posted

      Hi stacey i am week 11 and my anxiety is the worse it has been. I am only on 10mg is this normal? Hope i dont mind me asking u just seem to onow about the meds. Im thinking of tapering off xxx
    • Stacey29819
      Stacey29819 Star586

      Posted

      Hi Star,

      I don’t think 10 is enough to do much.  My Dr started at 20, now at 40.  He wants me to be on 80 eventually.  The problem with going off is you would have to start totally over with side effects.  I still have anxiety at 8 weeks, Dr says to be patient.  I know from past it takes a really long time for side effects to go away.  

    • Stacey29819
      Stacey29819 Painintopower

      Posted

      I was on Effexor (Venlafaxine,) for 20 years, the last few years I started having bad depression, so I wanted to try something else.  I tried natural options first, which didn’t help.  I forgot how long it took to get stabilized on it in the first place.  It took months.  It is not a quick fix by any means.  It is a very slow process, in my opinion.
    • Star586
      Star586 Stacey29819

      Posted

      I dont really want to i creasecas i am hoping to have another baby this year and ideally dont want to be on meditation when pregnant. I hooe this anxiety goes soon. Iv just got into bed an feel scared to go to sleep because i know whats coming during the night. I feel so tired of the constant fight to be well xxx
    • caz7761
      caz7761 Star586

      Posted

      Try to relax. I have just got into bed and I know that I will wake by 3 feeling terrible and having to go to work but each day is a day closer to feeling better. If I give up now I still have to go through withdrawals from Prozac and then be left how anxious and depressed I was before so no choice really! Just know when you are awake and going through it you are not on your own x
    • Stacey29819
      Stacey29819 Star586

      Posted

      I know it’s very hard.  I took a high dose of Effexor when pregnant with both children, and they are healthy 12 and 15 now.
    • Star586
      Star586 caz7761

      Posted

      Thankyou caz i hipe tonight is better last night i nearky woke my partner to take me to hospital because i honestly felt like i was having a heart attack xxx
    • Star586
      Star586 Stacey29819

      Posted

      Thankyou for your repky stacey. Did you have these horrible side effects on effexor xxx
    • Stacey29819
      Stacey29819 Star586

      Posted

      I remember it took a long time to stabilize.  Pretty much same as this.  I forgot it took so long.
    • Stacey29819
      Stacey29819 Star586

      Posted

      The anxiety side effect is awful, but it won’t hurt you.  I would have been gone a long time ago.  I’ve dealt with it for over 20 and still here. 
    • Star586
      Star586 Stacey29819

      Posted

      I had a better night last night so hoping for the same tonight but i had too galf of a diazapam. How r u today xxx
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