Trying to get back on an antidepressant...major stomach issues and anxiety. Any advice?

The medical community is all jacked up! I am a nurse and a patient. I was on Prozac for 30 years. For months your brain will be trying To RESET to normal from discontinuing almost any antidepressant, especially if you were on it for the previous year or more. And, the side effects of a drug is the same as withdrawal symptoms (from that drug). No matter what drug. This is all based on my own experience. If you will track how you are feeling and compare that to side effects caused when taking that drug I think you may see what I mean. If you go back onto a similar drug (in your case and mine, antideppressants) your symptoms may subside. What you have to consider is how bad your brain could be affected in the long term. My body has been in RESET/WITHDRAWAL MODE for 5 months now. I have been to the hospital twice for symptoms of a heartattack, only to be told that my body was withdrawing and my brain trying to reset. In fact, just 5 weeks ago I was feeling suicidal because I was (and am) sick of being sick. They diagnosed me as Bi-Polar and put on Lithium. Within 3 weeks I was a walking dead zombie. Then I started withdrawing from that. If there is anyway at all that you cannot go back on an SSRI you and your brain will be better for it. I also have severe anxiety and feel a constant state of panic. The E.R. doctor told me last Friday that I could experience these feeling for a year or so. Stomach issues are huge with these drugs. My stomach and intestines have been permanently damaged. To me, knowing what I know now, the relief is not worth the long term damaging effects. Find a good support system. Get busy helping others if you can. That's the only thing that has helped me! Good Luck and God Bless.

The medical community is all jacked up! I am a nurse and a patient. I was on Prozac for 30 years. For months your brain will be trying To RESET to normal from discontinuing almost any antidepressant, especially if you were on it for the previous year or more. And, the side effects of a drug is the same as withdrawal symptoms (from that drug). No matter what drug. This is all based on my own experience. If you will track how you are feeling and compare that to side effects caused when taking that drug I think you may see what I mean. If you go back onto a similar drug (in your case and mine, antideppressants) your symptoms may subside. What you have to consider is how bad your brain could be affected in the long term. My body has been in RESET/WITHDRAWAL MODE for 5 months now. I have been to the hospital twice for symptoms of a heartattack, only to be told that my body was withdrawing and my brain trying to reset. In fact, just 5 weeks ago I was feeling suicidal because I was (and am) sick of being sick. They diagnosed me as Bi-Polar and put on Lithium. Within 3 weeks I was a walking dead zombie. Then I started withdrawing from that. If there is anyway at all that you cannot go back on an SSRI you and your brain will be better for it. I also have severe anxiety and feel a constant state of panic. The E.R. doctor told me last Friday that I could experience these feeling for a year or so. Stomach issues are huge with these drugs. My stomach and intestines have been permanently damaged. To me, knowing what I know now, the relief is not worth the long term damaging effects. Find a good support system. Get busy helping others if you can. That's the only thing that has helped me! Good Luck and God Bless.