Originally Posted by
lauragcam
hi i was prescribed these and i could only take them for 2 days. i was prescribed them for panic attacks and agoraphobia, and from the evening of the day i first took one (10mg) i was seriously depressed, didnt stop crying once, was lying in bed trying to think of who i could give my children to cause i couldnt be here anymore!..i wasnt exactly planning my suicide but i had this terrible feeling of despair. and that i just couldnt go on...i have never ever felt that way in my life, and have never felt that way since, it was terrifying and i would never touch anti-ds again after that..i told doc i didnt even want to try another one becasue i was so scared of what happened to me. panic attacks didnt seem so bad after i had experienced what it feels like to be seriously depressed.
the gp and the pharmacist both agreed i should stop taking them straight away and it was a side-effect that this might happen, even on such a low dose and even only after 2 days.
my doc did say that i must be sensitive to them, so i dont think what happened to me was all that common x