So the good news that I don't THINK the prozac gave me a reaction. I started taking it two days ago and felt fine. I even had a great day yesterday! Very minimal paniic. All of a sudden, after I took the prozac at around 7, I started to get really hyper and nervous. This has happened before I was on the prozac but now Im scared the prozac did it. I took my xanex to calm me down but I was still nnervous. I had been fine all day and I got really upset that the panic came back. I kept trying to tell myself that it was okay, it's not all gonna go away at once. Iwas up all night feeling like I couldn't breathe and thinking I was gonna die from the meds. I had a terrible panic attack but got up, madee tea, read a bit and finally fell asleep fror two hours before waking up again at 6:30 and now, here I am at 7am. Im still very anxiety ridden thinking about my normal negative thoughts that replay in my head, but get a lot worse when I'm nervous. Im afraid of dying, Im afraid of death iin general, I'm afraid the meds are going to kill me, I'm afraid I'm gonna wanna kill nmyself (but I don't..but I'm still scared that i'm gonna want to), I'm just really insecure and that bothers me..I notice I feel almost like my body doesn't even want me to feel better because I feel almost undeserving or something. Im really moody in general ( I think it's from my anxiety) and I'm insecure, so I never feel completely happy. I'm really joping thats all caused from chemical imbalance and anxiety so the meds will help to improve it. Now I'm afraid the meds are giving me this reaction again so I'm getting more upset! I always have ups and downs and I'm just scared now thhat the prozac is causing this bad anxiety now. I'm SO upset if it is because i thought I finally found something. I just wanna cry.
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It takes 30 days for a medicine such as an anti-depressant/anxiety to stay in your system & cover all areas needed. So taking it for the first few times, you might find that you are a little edgy or nervous around the time that you first took it. Medicine works better for you when you take it at or around the same time every day. & you are not undeserving! We all deserve to NOT deal with this mess anymore. & the whole thing about killing yourself..I used to stray away from knives because I had this mental picture of slitting my throat. I knew I wouldn\'t want to do it, I was just scared that I might..so just know that by doing that, it doesn\'t accomplish anything. You\'d be another suicide, and life would have to go on for the rest of the world. (harsh, but I just want to make ya think a little!) lol You deserve life..and seeing yourself beat this mess..& you shouldn\'t be insecure you are a beautiful young woman! All of us girls have some insecurities, some bigger than others. But I think when you learn to accept some things (w/e that may be!) & find who you are..you\'ll be unstoppable. I hope this med evens out for you soon! ( :
as skinnyjo said it will take sometime to fully kick in, your anxiety and fear are just in overdrive right now, what you can do is tell yourself that, YOU WILL NOT DIE FROM PANIC OR MEDS, think of it as someone confronting you, you can either talk shit back and further aggravate the situation or breath and walk away, that\'s exactly what the anxiety is doing, you can choose to let it scare you or you can just walk away, anxiety/fear feeds on your attention
LOVE to you!
Thank u guys so much..and I agree with u tia, I know that suicide is not the answer..id never do it..I have the SAME fear with knives! I always get mental pictures likethat..id never act upon them tho..its so scary! And I don\'t know why I\'m insecure, honestly..I kinda had a rough childhood..my dad was a major alchoholic..I\'ve been told that leadsto insecurities in girls somehow.I don\'t think I\'m ugly or anything, I really don\'t..but I obsess over the most ridiculous little things about myself and compare myself to everyone else..it gets tiring after a while..and I KNOW its ridiculous but I can\'t seem to control it...maybe the meds will help with tha once it kicks in..well..at least help me rationalize it since I know ill be able to rationalize more easily all together! And thanks for letting me know about the side effects..I do hope its just in the beginning..I thought I wouldn\'t get any at all! It could have been just a panic attack anyway..might not have been the meds..I don\'t know! Thank you divine star, I just have this ridiculous fear of dying and always think I\'m gonna die from things..since I\'ve been obsessing about death lately..taking the meds adds to it. I\'m always like \"what if I get addicted?\" \"What if they kill me\" its SO hard not to think it and I tell myself over and over its not true so I try lol. I\'m vicky btw, what\'s your name divinestar?
I just started taking Zoloft and the side effects for me so far are anxiety/tension/migraine BLAH, so I\'m kinda in the same boat as you right now ... You can call me Star most ppl now me by that name (((HUGS)))
kk and yea same side effects..love how the things the meds are supposed 2 treat are the side effects. hopefully they subsside