Jill28: Prozac severe anxiety

[pinkfairy]

Make sure your eating little but often & drinking plenty of water as well...💕

[Jill28]

@pinkfairy

my nausea is mostly in the mornings. Is that the same for you?

[pinkfairy]

Mine just appears at random times of the day gill.But yea mornings are worst for sure.But ginger calms mine down quite abit...

 

since this chest infection I have been having hot water,lemon,honey & ginger it’s been such a soothing drink.Its honey off a farm such a massive difference to the shop ones 

💕

[Snowyowl16]

Hello, I  have been reading your Posta Jill 28 and pink fairy as I too suffer from terrible nausea and anxiety. It is by far my worst symptom. Ginger chews and tea help. I also sometimes take antihistamines. Meclizine or claritin. I reserve the benadryl for night time. Meclizine seems to help most. I do take zofran when nothing else works. I suffer from irritable bowel on a good day and the withdrawal just makes it worse. I am trying a FODMAP diet as it seems many of the high FODMAP foods affect me the most. It really helps me to know I am not alone so thanks for being here.

Nausea for me is also worse in the mornings.

Snowy

[Jill28]

@pinkfairy

@Snowyowl16

did either of you try to reinstate the meds?

[pinkfairy]

25 minutes ago, Snowyowl16 said:

Hello, I  have been reading your Posta Jill 28 and pink fairy as I too suffer from terrible nausea and anxiety. It is by far my worst symptom. Ginger chews and tea help. I also sometimes take antihistamines. Meclizine or claritin. I reserve the benadryl for night time. Meclizine seems to help most. I do take zofran when nothing else works. I suffer from irritable bowel on a good day and the withdrawal just makes it worse. I am trying a FODMAP diet as it seems many of the high FODMAP foods affect me the most. It really helps me to know I am not alone so thanks for being here.

Nausea for me is also worse in the mornings.

Snowy

 

Hi snowy 💕

what a beautiful picture on your profile

 

so sorry you get it as well.I think it’s very common in with drawls to feel so sick.so your definitely not alone 💕

 

no thank you too its good for the support just knowing we’re not alone while going through this.xxx

[pinkfairy]

Hi Jill 

 

when i was CT off the 3 meds 

I only reinstated the one sadly...I was 9 month out (I think)before I found SA not quite sure now as everything is jumbled up.so I had to go through & AD CT & a z drug CT plus was tapering the benzodiazepine as well..

 

it was the diazpam I only reinstated but double the dose.To be honest my med history & CTs & reinstatement’s are so crazy.

 

But if I had of known early on I would of tried to reinstate with out a doubt as I had been on for many years.xxx

[Jill28]

@pinkfairy

@Snowyowl16

i know y’all probably read my story, but I was at the tail end of withdrawal from zoloft and my dr prescribed me prozac 10 mg. On third day, my world turned upside down. It was just too high of a dose. Now I have severe anxiety, akathisia, and nausea. Any thoughts on recovery? I’m 31 days from that 3rd dose of Prozac. 

I feel worse now than when it all started. 😔

many advice is deeply appreciated.

[pinkfairy]

@Jill28

 

every day your recovering Jill 

apart of you is getting fixed even as we speak...the thing about WD is that it’s none linear 

waves & windows nobody knows anybody’s recovery sadly.But everybody does heal in time...The body wants to heal,we just have to stand out of its way & let it do its job.

 

Its the hardest thing any of us will ever have to go through.But you will reap the rewards after when you get through this.Nothing will ever phase you again 💕

 

as baylissa says “titanium”

 

hang in & just keep putting one foot in front of the other 

xxx

[Jill28]

@pinkfairy

were you ever suicidal?

Also, did Zofran work for nausea for you?

[pinkfairy]

Yes very....

no I didn’t take anything for it Hun.

only reason I am having to take antibiotics now is because of the chest infection.I won’t take anything now unless I have too.

xxx

[Snowyowl16]

My system is hypersensitive to as over the years I have gone up and down on my celexa dose. I even went off once for 4 months and ended up going back on because of symptoms I now know to be withdrawal. I also ct off effexor about a year and a half ago which I think started all of this mess for me. I am hypersensitive to smells like perfume and foods, I am unable to eat and living on crackers and low residue foods which are in turn bad for my IBS. The only thing that really helps is zofran for the nausea but I use it sparingly like today when I have to go to work😕.

 

Anyway, thanks for responding. I pray we all get through this and there is peace and beauty on the other side. 

 

Snowy

[Jill28]

 @pinkfairy

so are you off everything at this point?

[Snowyowl16]

I have also up dosed a couple of times which you have to be careful of as well. Too much is just as bad sometimes as not enough.  I did increase back to 13 mg this am. We'll  see how I feel. I also panic and take meds to try to help. It is a never ending cycle. Thinking of stopping the taper until I retire which is years away. Too hard to function nm like this.

[pinkfairy]

Noooo 4mg of diazpam left & 7.5 mirtazpine 

 

I was CT off Paxil (AD)then came the Benzo 

Then was CT off the Z drug 

Then doubled my dose of diazpam 

 

have got rid of 50% of the diazpam 🙏🏻

So thats 50% less in my body xxx

[pinkfairy]

@Snowyowl16

 

It is it’s a big circle 

but you will beat this I have no doubt ♥️

[Leo1983]

So pink do you think you will be unwell until you have got off all the drugs and then recover from them all?

 

Pink are you from the UK?

[Leo1983]

Yes i see you are. Are you from up North by any chance lol.

[pinkfairy]

3 minutes ago, Leo1983 said:

So pink do you think you will be unwell until you have got off all the drugs and then recover from them all?

 

Pink are you from the UK?

 

No I think I will heal on the way down & hopefully step off with a slow sensible taper 👌

 

yea from up north  

 

 

[Altostrata]

17 hours ago, Jill28 said:

@wantrelief

@Altostrata

@ChessieCat

i have severe anxiety as the worst symptom.

even when I’m on klonopin, I still feel unsettled. 

I used to be so social and love people- now I don’t wanna leave the house. Everything feels so off. I can’t explain it. 

Nothing feels right anymore. I’ve seen 4 psychiatrists and none of them really know what to say. I feel I’m at the end to be honest.

 

Yes, Jill, we understand. Many of the people here are in the same boat. You're going through a rough spot, hang in there. I need your daily drug and symptom notes.

[Leo1983]

Jill.

 

If it helps i was cocky confident and the mouth of the work place before meds. I cud not leave the house on meds or go shopping etc etc.

 

Now that i have stopped i have the same symptoms as you. I have to carry that anxiety were ever i go now.but guess what.... i will wait to recover, but it aint keeping me a prisoner no more.

 

Stay strong.

 

Make sure you go for help if you become suicidal. 😉

[Jill28]

Saw my dr yesterday who wanted to adjust my klonopin to 3x a day instead of 2.  Also, I was mistaken on my original klonopin dosage. I’ve been so frazzled that I thought I was breaking 1mg tabs in half, but it was originally.5 that I was breaking in half. I have updated my signature. This nightmare has me so unable to focus clearly.

 

Yesterday

7:00- woke up nauseous- took .25 klonopin and nausea never subsided until around noon

3:00- took .25 klonopin. Very tired and just generally unsettled. Around 7:00, anxiety was coming. Face burning. Did soothing tech to counter it to wait for next dosage. 

11:00- took .25 dosage and went to bed. Fell asleep fast

 

Today

7:00- woke up very nauseous. It is 2:16. No anxiety yet but the nausea hasn’t subsided at all. Trying to drink a shake. Face is burning.

next dose is 3:00. Hate to take it when there’s no anxiety 😔

 

does this sound normal for withdrawal? The nausea is debilitating.

 

will update again tomorrow. Still wondering  if reinstating Zoloft is an option you would consider. Still can’t take supplements.

thanks again❤️

 

 

 

[ChessieCat]

2 hours ago, Jill28 said:

Still wondering  if reinstating Zoloft is an option you would consider.

 

I can understand that you are feeling confused about what to do.  That is entirely normal.  When we are feeling desperate we want to do something to stop the problem.  Reinstating Zoloft may be an option, but NOT NOW.  Please do not add Zoloft into the mix.  The mods are assessing your symptoms journal to work out if adjusting your dosing times of current drugs might help.  Adding Zoloft at this time will confuse the situation.

[Jill28]

@ChessieCat

thank you. 

Is it normal to have severe nausea ALL day?

[Altostrata]

Did you just increase clonazepam?

 

It's best to minimize clonazepam, increasing the dosage means you'll get adapted to more of it. What times of day do you take each of your drugs, and at what dosages? When does the nausea start? When do you get any other symptoms?

 

Jill, you've run up 4 pages in this topic without post daily drug and symptom notes. You might have been able to avoid the clonazepam increase.

[Jill28]

@Altostrata

I’m so sorry. I will post daily drug and symptom notes every single day. I’m just so scared 24/7 and honestly am at my wits end😔. Please, please stick with me.

My dr increased the klonopin to every 8 hrs to try and stabilize me. I honestly don’t agree with this.

 

 

Not it sure if you saw today’s earlier post as I forgot to tag you😔. See below:

 

Saw my dr yesterday who wanted to adjust my klonopin to 3x a day instead of 2.  Also, I was mistaken on my original klonopin dosage. I’ve been so frazzled that I thought I was breaking 1mg tabs in half, but it was originally.5 that I was breaking in half. I have updated my signature. This nightmare has me so unable to focus clearly.

 

Yesterday

7:00- woke up nauseous- took .25 klonopin and nausea didnt subsided until around noon

3:00- took .25 klonopin. Very tired and just generally unsettled. Around 7:00, anxiety was coming. Face burning. Did soothing tech to counter it to wait for next dosage. 

11:00- took .25 dosage and went to bed. Fell asleep fast

 

Today

7:00- woke up very nauseous. It is 2:16. No anxiety yet but the nausea hasn’t subsided at all. Trying to drink a shake. Face is burning.

next dose is 3:00. Hate to take it when there’s no anxiety 😔 so I just didn’t.

7:00 pm- anxiety coming. Took .25 klonopin 

face is burning and very unsettled.

 

does this sound normal for withdrawal? The nausea is debilitating. 

 

will update again tomorrow. Still can’t take supplements.

thanks again for your patience ❤️

 

 

 

[Jill28]

@Altostrata

@ChessieCat

hi guys- I’m a in such a state of panic and torture. I just don’t know where to turn or what to do or who to believe. 

I sit here in my room with my face on fire, emotionless, can’t cry, scared to death. I’ve been on and off Prozac for years. My mind is very dark. Today is 30 days from the 3rd dose of Prozac that turned my world upside down. I understand reinstating is a crap shoot but I’m honestly at a loss. Under 100lbs now. 

The 5 psychiatrists I’ve seen are all clueless and I’m desperate for relief......

[Altostrata]

Jill, stop about the Prozac, please.

 

Suggest you get liquid Zoloft prescription from your doctor, reinstate 0.5mg. Please let us know how you're doing.

 

[pinkfairy]

Jill 

stopping by to check in...how are you doing ♥️

Hope your coping as best as you can 

much love 

pink xxx

[pinkfairy]

Thinking of you Hun 

♥️

[ChessieCat]

On 9/23/2018 at 4:17 AM, Altostrata said:

Those daily symptom notes are essential. Please post them using a simple list format with time of day on the left and notation (symptom, drug and dosage) on the right.

 

Please remember to post them here in your Intro topic so the mods can assess your situation.

[Jill28]

@ChessieCat

@Altostrata

hi everyone- Hope it’s okay to post several days. If not, let me know and I’ll get on here daily.

Please see below and offer thoughts. 

Sept 26

6:00 am- woke up very nauseous 

10:00- klonopin .25- felt ok but never settled 

7:00- klonopin .25- felt ok but never settled

12:00am lunesta 

 

sept 27

same as above

 

sept 28

same as above

 

sept 29

6:00 am- woke up more nauseous than normal 

10:00- klonopin .25 - felt ok; horrific anxiety from 2:00-5:00

7:00- klonopin.25- felt ok

12:00am- lunesta 

 

sept 30

same as sept 28

 

oct 1

5:30- woke up nauseous as usual

10:00 klonopin .25- felt ok; never great

7:00 klonopin .25- some anxiety even after taking it

12:00 lunesta

 

oct 2

6:00 wake up nauseous 

10:00 klonopin.25- felt decent- never great

7:00 klonopin .25- felt fine

 

oct 3

6:00- wake up VERY nauseous 

10:00 - klonopin.25- still nauseous, tired, and anxious

7:00- klonopin- feel ok- never great

 

evening are alway the good part of my day. 

Mornings are hardest- especially with the nausea. 

Cant cry to save my life.

 

 

[Altostrata]

Is the nausea any better than it was a month ago?

 

If not, how about this:

 

On 9/26/2018 at 8:24 AM, Altostrata said:

Suggest you get liquid Zoloft prescription from your doctor, reinstate 0.5mg. Please let us know how you're doing.

 

[Jill28]

@Altostrata

thank you. 

Nausea isnt any better. 

my doctor refuses to give it, but then again, she and my psychiatrist just want me to start seroquel or a different AD. They really have no clue as to what’s going on. I even went to a neuropsychiatrist for “expert help” and he said I was just depressed. I couldn’t believe it..... 

 

i do have left over zoloft here that I could crush and make my own .5

is there any easily accessible info you could send for this method?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 6, 2018 by Jill28
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[Jill28]

@Altostrata

also, my akathisia has returned.... inner restlessness and pacing. Just wanted to add that.

[SkyBlue]

2 hours ago, Jill28 said:

 

my doctor refuses to give it, but then again, she and my psychiatrist just want me to start seroquel or a different AD. They really have no clue as to what’s going on. I even went to a neuropsychiatrist for “expert help” and he said I was just depressed. I couldn’t believe it..... 

 

i do have left over zoloft here that I could crush and make my own .5

is there any easily accessible info you could send for this method?

 

Doctors do not understand withdrawal. If it wasn't for this site, most of us would think that, yes, our underlying condition has come back and we are just depressed-for-life people.

 

Please see the Tips for Tapering Zoloft/Sertraline thread, and this info on making a solution: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/2693-how-to-make-a-liquid-from-tablets-or-capsules/

 

I hope the nausea gets better soon.

 

What self-care/coping strategies are you using, and which ones are helpful?