i know there are similar posts but just looking for some reassurance. i have posted in the panic attack section to explain what has been happening to me but basically my anxiety has been so high over the last 3 weeks i have been taken up to casualty for psychiatric assessment and have made several desperate calls to the out of hours gp too plus seeing my gp every 2 days. my mum and husband have not been able to leave me alone for a minute i have been that bad and i am no stranger to anxiety but i have never experienced fear on this level before - it has been HELL.
What finally tipped me over the edge 3 weeks ago after coming off citalopram plus a lot of family tragedy was a bad reaction to a stomach drug which left me unable to sit still for 24 hrs - the doctor simply put it down to anxiety and gave me citalopram and 14 x 2mg diazapam. when i made the connection to the stomach drug - i had to take valium to stop the terrible restlessness which did leave me the next day. Over the next few days i then spiralled into a big black hole but was absolutely terrified about re starting medication due to the reaction i had had to the stomach drug.
2 weeks ago i was persuaded to take prozac and these 2 weeks have been HELL with side effects - hence the trips to out of hours/assessments etc. even though i have been climbing the walls - i have taken the 2mg diazapam sparingly and not every day. the psychiatrist who carried out my assessment gave me 7 x 5mg diazapam - however - i was only still 4-5 days into taking prozac and so still had some terrible days where i literally spent all day sat crying my eyes out with my mum holding my hand.
this was only on tuesday - so very recently i have been in a dire state. my gp prescribed me some more 5mg diazapam and told me to take 2 a day for two days and then one today and then see how i go until i see her next wednesday. i am also on zoplicone to help me sleep.
she has reassured me that i do not have an addictive personality and is confident that the more the prozac kicks in - the less i will need anything else to take along side. all in all i have had 14 x 2mg diazapam (of which i still have a few left) and 21 x 5mg of which i have taken 7 - all over the space of three weeks. my gp says that i am in such crisis that it is a case that i need this at present to get me through.
has anyone else been in the same situation?