prozac-5 weeks in.....

[pete69]

and still i feel the same as when i wasnt on em-is it worth carrying on as i cant see a sudden change happening now....my anxiety is just the same,my mixed up thoughts are just the same and i may as well be taking placebo.
cipralex i knew i was on it from day 1-horrible stuff and seroxat also gave me bad shakes ...im kinda thinking if im not having bad side effects should i stick with it but on the other hand bad side effects mean your body is getting used to the drug so i think im wasting my time on it-i am prescribed it for social anxiety and im thinking a anti-psycotic might be better.....thoughts anyone?

pedro

[joy]

I have heard that prozac takes much longer to kick in than other a/ds or maybe you are on too low a dose. Back to the doc I should think

Joy

[jo61]

I've neve been on Prozac but a lot of antidepressants take several weeks to kick in. As Joy said, maybe a trip to the doctor is in order. You might need a higher dose or something else.

[trac67]

Stick with them for a while longer honey, the one good thing is your not getting any bad side effects whilst taking them :yesyes:

Now stop being impatient mister lol

Catch up with you soon

Love

Trac xx

[mirry]

Im concidering taking the prozac, have a packet sitting here.
Ive been too afraid to, but I have a friend who is on month 3 and shes feeling alot better on them. What does are you on ? 20mg is recommended for anxiety, and are you a Big person ? maybe you need a stronger dose?

[nomorepanic]

Prozac helped with my depression but never touched my panic or anxiety.

It takes a long time to get the effects though. I was on it nearly a year I think.

[nomorepanic]

Try these....

Prozac/fluoxetine
Prozac / Fluoxetine questions (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1518)
Prozac (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=778)
Fluoxetine 20mg (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3989)
Prescribed wrong meds?/ Prozac (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3363)
fluoxetine/prozac (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1958)
has anyone ever had success on prozac ? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8381)
prozac (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14168)

[Keep going]

Took 3 months to feel any benefit, you also have to use them. As in do things that prevokes your anxiety.

Stuart:D

[pete69]

Prozac helped with my depression but never touched my panic or anxiety.

It takes a long time to get the effects though. I was on it nearly a year I think.

nicola,
i think a year is probably long enough to know they aint gonna work!!
i stopped taking them after 11weeks of not feeling any help,as a sufferer of social anxiety i can tell if a drug is helping,i.e eye contact with people may be easier,walking into newsagent and not shaking at till etc etc..prozac also didnt touch my anxiety and i think 11 weeks on 40mg is plenty of time to know ...good luck to others who it has helped but not me..seeing shrink next week,gonna try for nardil an older type anti/d makes you quite hyper in a matter of 48hours,me thinks gps and the like dont want you to get the best drug and just feed out the same ole same ole....i notice since the panorama programme on seroxat that gps are pretty reluctant to give that out now.

anyways heres to tues 8th and my 20min chat with a shrink who has never met me and reads my notes 5mins before i enter the room and just writes out another script....do these morons actually get paid?????

[danniboy]

Hi
I've been on it around 4 months now and it is helping. I don't feel 100 per cent but it has certainly kept the panics and anxiety at bay. I would go back to docs and push for a change in meds, maybe it is not the one for you but some people say it has taken three months or so to feel positive benefits.

[bex.d]

If you really feel they are not helping go back to your gp, i was on 20mg for anxiety and depression and i'd say it took about 3 months before i felt myself again, i was on them for about a year and to be honest i dont think i could have coped without them, but each person is different. I hope you get the help you need. xxx

[pete69]

mmm,kinda kicking myself now cos if i had stuck with em i may now be feeling some improvement.
will see what the shrink offers me on tues and if he thinks they are the best around for sa then i will have to go back n try all over again.

update:seen shrink today he said he would of stopped them after 8 weeks if no sign of any improvement,so im now back on my first ssri seroxat which helped me back in 2000,he said its by far the best to treat all anxiety disorders,starting low(10mg)and will see him in 4 weeks so i can up dose to 20mg if i feel up to it.
feel like it was a positive appointment and also booked myself in for resource therapy on a 1to 1 basis..kinda anxiety management.
prozac wasnt for me,if it helps you good luck on it.
pete

[selfscript]

Been on fluoxotine for 4 weeks , think they are doing good , keeping me away from street class a and alchohol anyway , which is great since stopping the drink made me feel down so went overboard on street powder . The meds are not even mine but i self diagnosed and went on flouxotine , really think there doing the trick but am i just swopping one habit for another .