Hoping this means I'm getting better
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so I had a another post about how I was bad about taking my medication (once every 3-4 days) and have been experiencing major panic attacks, like full on body shakes and extreme panic and some disassociation. This morning after taking my medicine as I should have for the past wee I started to have a panic attack, I could feel it coming on and pushing at me in waves, each time I thought it was going to take over me I managed to control it and calm myself down. could this be the start of my medicine starting to work again after taking it regularly again?
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BrokenHusband clairem128
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Yes it could be the start. It does seem like it could be the most possible outcome as you seem to be getting better a little by little. Remember the NHS say it'll take 4-8 weeks for it to "fully" work. It's not case at all. Depends on the severity, length of the depression anxiety or OCD etc. I can take 6-9 months to fully benefit your brain. I myself am on prozac for anxiety and MDD. 2 months in and i seem to be getting a little better each day too, it doesnt happen instantly and takes alot of your own willpower 😃
clairem128 BrokenHusband
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I was on sertraline before this for 15 years. tried to wean off (albeit the wrong way) and had a major panic episode and dissociative episode. I started seeing a pdoc and was prescribed prozac instead because of my OCD. I was good about taking it for 2 years and then the past year I've been really bad. like once every 2-3-4 days (honestly just when I felt like it) and I just moved (drove 8hrs in a uhaul on 3 hrs of sleep, slept 5hrs and then unpacked and then went back to work the next day.) during this move I had a major panic attack. and have been back to taking my medication regularly for a week now. I hope I'm getting better. not sure if this is a combo of withdrawls all the stress or getting back on my medicine regularly but it's been really hard 😦 I'm tired often and have little to no appetite and I still need to be careful about what I do when it comes to my mood. hoping this gets better.