starting Prozac anxiety

[Icedmochalatte]

has anyone experienced anxiety when starting Prozac. It’s supposed to help anxiety. I know everyone reacts differently. Please let me know if you have experienced this and that it gets better. How long does it take? Need encouragement. Thank you!

[LoveforAll41]

Hi Icedmocha, how long have you been taking it? I think that it is very very common to experience a spike when going on to a new med. I think mine was pretty mild going on to prozac, but with my current med my anxiety was nuts when starting out. Recognizing that it was just my body adjusting helped me get through it and gave me perspective and patience. Of course you want to be in communication with your doctor. My doctors always told me to give it at least 6-8 weeks. It can seem like a long time but I was on prozac for years so it is fairly short in perspective. I wish you peace, hope, and strength.

[Icedmochalatte in reply to LoveforAll41]

Thank you for your response! I started on 10 mg for 2 weeks while coming off Lexapro. Started 20 mg 2 days ago. This is torture. I’ve been on Prozac before and don’t remember this happening. Maybe it is partially from coming off Lexapro.

[Icedmochalatte in reply to LoveforAll41]

Upped my dose to 20 mg. Feeling like I’m going crazy. It’s been 6 days. Am I not reacting to it appropriately and need to stop it? This is terrible.

[LoveforAll41 in reply to Icedmochalatte]

Have you talked to your Dr? I would imagine switching while coming off of another med would add all sorts of stuff to the process. Have you searched for posts on a similar topic?

[LoveforAll41]

There is a screenshot of my search results

screenshot of search results for "switching to prozac from lexapro"

[operalover12]

No I find it great, it really helps me, I am 100% better with it, much better than escitalopram. It saved my life, with doctor support, I found happiness, I wanted to enjoy life, I couldn't do without it, hope u start to feel better soon