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Stopped prozac after a week, still having withdrawls still after 2 weeks

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jade95748
jade95748

I took prozac for a week, 10mg from my doctor and they wanted me to take 20mg after 2 weeks. It started with a panic attack and i believed it was from the prozac, so I just stopped taking it and never contacted my doctor. The symptoms started 2 days later, my left side felt numb but it wasn't i was so miserable and i couldn't sleep for days, I had to go to the ER that saturday and they said that it was anxiety. Im scared now..its been 2 weeks and im still having these anxiety episodes and now they precribed me Lexapro. Right now is 4:34am and woke up with full of anxiety and panic..whos had numbness on the left side of the face feeling like? i was soo sick to my stomach all the time so i barley ate for days. Sleeping problems too..ever since this happened my sleeping has never been the same..and sometimes it feels like i cant breathe either...who knows how long this can go away??

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  • lookingonwards
    lookingonwards jade95748

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    First off you never should have stopped.. you were just getting nasty side effects which is totally normal on these tablets. But since you have stopped then you will also get some withdrawl side effects as well.. even if you have only been on a short time. Nobody can tell you how long side effects will last as our body chemistry is all different. Maybe you need to go see your Doctor and see if they have anything for the anxiety. But please do not just stop something again.. you always need to seek medical advice so they can guide you properly. It is very normal when starting prozac to have loss of appetite.. strange sleep and dreams and extra anxiety.
  • cristan70584
    cristan70584 jade95748

    Posted

    How are you doing? I had to stop celexa at about four weeks due to adverse effects. I am off now 9 days today and still feel awful, can't sleep, anxiety, low moods IT'S AWFUL :-(

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