Medicine Induced Panic Attacks

[Madysen019]

So I am currently taking Latuda. I just upped my dosage back up to 60 mg and am having awful panic attacks. I think about horrible things and can’t stop it along with my body twitching and shaking. Does anyone else experience this? Any advice? My psychiatrist said it’s just my body adjusting.

[ferris2424]

I dont know about that medication, but I do know it takes time for the body to adjust to all medications. I am learning to take those negative thoughts and try to let them pass, not fight them. Deep breathing and meditation are helping.

[Mrsalwag]

I was put on 75mg of Zoloft 10 days ago for panic disorder, anxiety & some depression. It has been horrible!! It was half a pill for 5 days & then a full pill. It was def worse after I took it... panic was more, anxiety was more, lost my appetite, had dry mouth, insomnia - couldn’t sleep & would wake up in a panic attack, super depressed & because of loss of appetite I lost 5lbs in a few days and got really weak. It felt like I had the flu really bad. I will say I def debated stopping the medication but as I researched & my family researched more... almost everyone who wrote something about the medication I’m on had the same experience I was having & also had the positive outcome though saying if you stick with it, it will be worth it! Just stick with it! Also I did call my psychiatrist about day 5/6 to tell him what I was going through (maybe for peace of mind) and he suggested going back to half a pill for 5 days again and then full pill saying seems ‘my body seems sensitive to the meds’. I just started to feel a tiny bit better yesterday (day 9) and I mean very very slowly getting less dry mouth, getting some appetite back, panic & anxiety still there but not waking in panic in the middle of the night, very very slowly getting little more sleep at night. So makes me feel like there really might be light at the end of this tunnel... just gotta stick with it & I am also continuing to see my therapist once a week to talk about my struggles during this which helps. Be honest with your Dr. but if others on the same med say they go through the same symptoms as your body adjusts then maybe you gotta just stick with it? Hang in there, I know how horrible this process is!! We are ALL stronger than we think!