taking 10mg prozac for 11 wks , moving to 15 mg last night feel awful

thank you so much for your supportand kind words!  I have dealt with  and overcome depression before, 19 yrs ago with the loss of my  newborn.  The brain injury makes everything so difficult because i now have severe visual and spacial impairment along with  hihger executive functioning(mutitasking, ect)  and I have lost the ability to use my ''minds eye'' so to speak....to visualize  things such as being at he ocean, or my children when theuy were young, or a walk in hte woods.  I have  this ''out of body '' feeling all day long because of where the lesion in my brain is...and the prozac only adds to this...my doc tor wants to add a small amt of zyprexa and I donot want ot do this becuase i havent felt stable with the prozac.  I fell like i am jumping out of my skin.  This has been going on for almost 4 yrs.  The pacing is due to a psychomotor damage in hte brain and nothing seems to help it.  THANK YOU for you support !!  i wish you well also!!!!

also, I forgot to mention,when I was on prozac the first time, I had such tiredness also, the docotr added a small amount of concerta and that helped tremdously....I also had  heard of others who have had a small amount of adderall added and that helped them....just have to be carfull it doesnt increase your anxiety...sorry for the typos...hope this helps!

thank you so much foryour support!  I do try to relax but somehow my cenral nervous system has been damage bc of the brain injury so its been a long 4 yrs trying to find things to help me....thank you for your kind words and i wis you well also!!!

thank you SO MUCH vix 167!!  I  cant tell you how much this means to me.....it si rough, i am so dizzzy and restless and feel like im jumping out of my skin.  I feel like im starting all over agian with the side effects.

Dont know if this has happened to anyone else....i just cant seem to feel stable....hope you are ok!!!!!!  

Oh dear, wish i could say itll all be ok tomorrow but from all the advice on here its gonna take a while isnt it. But also people say "you will get there".

 Its really strange how this makes us all feel so different.  I cant comment on dizziness as not had that but sounds yuk.

Im ok, got the sick feeling that stops me wanting to eat but I did need to lose weight so ill take that as a silver lining if an extremely unpleasant one. I wonder if my jitters are what you describe as jumping out of your skin??? If so I know it drives me crazy n gets me down so can sympathise completely.

I seem to have settled on a dull low feeling today but thats better than randomly bursting into tears and not being able to make it out of bed so will look on it as a good thing.

Heres hoping for the good days to come sooner rather than later. :-)

Take care n keep posting, youre not alone x

I was on 15mg 3weeks and 20mg for 2weeks and since 20mg I feel dreadful. Foggy/dream like state. I didn't think a 5mg increase could do this? I was just blaming the anxiety and the meds not working 

thank you so very much vix167 for thinking of me!  this means somuch!  i still have what you call hte jitters, hits me randomly, and also that low dull feeling, cant shake that hopelessness, but not the crying as before,,,,,my understanding as  asocialwotker and one who was on prozac several years ago before nmy Brain Injury is that the crying splees are the first to go, improve.   

It is just so diffiuclt.  I hope you are feeling much better!!  Thank you again for your kindness!!

Hi crayola

Like you im up n down, mostly down today.  Feel sick n on verge crying all day :-( 4 wks tomorrow on flu,  n 8 wks on citalopram before that feeling crap so getting bit fed up now.

All we can do is trust in what people say on here,  it will get better n hopefully thats not too far away.

Hope youre having a good day? Sure ill have a better one tomoz.

Take care

Vix

dear vix 167

i hope you and rachel62244 are getinga long better!   I want everyone here to have their suffering ended and have some peace and happiness!

I am sending good thoughts....things are the same with me,,,,jittery feeling, processing issues, and fogginess with down  in the dumps

I hoep others are doing better!  take care!

Hi crayola

Nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear youve not made much progress, what does your gp say? I guess your situation is far more complicated than mine due to your bi. You have been waiting a long time for the meds to settle though.

I hope you feel some improvement soon! Im ok, nauseous still which is getting me down and undergoing tests to rule out various possible physical causes which between them are wearing me out.

We'll get through this in time. Take care of yourself and keep in touch.

Vix 

Its nice to have support of people going through the same thing and really knowing what its like as u can't know if u haven't been through this awful illness. I just what to feel nornal , this fog is awful I feel like iv not woke up in over a month the meds have worked clear my head I can now take in the TV etc and not just stuck in my own head but everything else still the same. Still feel like I'm turning crazy and might wake up not in control scary x sending support x 

Very true, I had no understanding of how physical anxiety and depression could be. It helps to know someone out there understands and although I wouldn't wish this illness on anyone else its a comfort to know thru this site that im not alone. Ive not had too much "fog" but am constantly distracted by feeling sickly so struggle to focus. 

Support very much appreciated everyone, sending big hugs. Keep in touch as its good to hear other peoples progress (oddly both good and bad, even knowing youre not the only one having a bad day sometimes helps :-) )

Xx