homebound

[Mssassyjo]

hello, my friends call me Sass. I’m having a lot of anxieties and major depression. I was doing good until the discovered a major lung infection that requires long term antibiotics. One of the antibiotics doesn’t mix well with SSRI’s which I need. They just recently took me of of Effexor and put me on Prozac. I waiting out the 6 weeks to increase the Prozac and it’s been very ruff. I fill like I’m going to have a nervous breakdown. Need to make connections with people because I’m pretty much home bound

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Sending a hug. I'm stuck at home most days too.

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[Dolphin14]

Sass

Welcome to the community. I'm sorry about your health. I hope things settle for you.

Is there a reason they switched from Effexor to Prozac or was that prior to the lung infection?

Prozac did not agree with me. It made me worse in so many ways. Have you reached out to your doctor?

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[Astro_potato]

Hello and welcome, Sass. Sorry you are having to go through this, but I wanted to reach out and let you know I went through something very similar earlier this year. I developed a pretty rare post-op infection from a surgery and due to extended powerful antibiotic use, I had to switch from Effexor to Prozac. I had previously been on Effexor for 20 years, so the withdrawal and adjustment to the new medication was hell. I had never experienced such agony before. Between the infection and withdrawals/side effects, I lost a total of 57lbs.The most important thing I want you to know, though, is that you WILL reach the other side of this. You WILL feel peace and happiness again. You are ALWAYS braver than you believe, STRONGER than you seem, smarter than you think, and MORE LOVED than you will ever know (can't take credit for that quote, someone shared it with me during my darkest days, and I've held it close ever since).

Bless and keep you 🙂