Im taking this medicine right now for panic attacks. Is anybody else taking it... Im having most of the symptoms from the medicine, i just wanted to know if anybody has taken it and got the same ; shaking , not being able to eat, a little nervous, flu symptoms *mainly sweating and chills* I dont know if I should go to another doctor, or get off the medicine, Im having continuous shaking and i dont think its from the panic attacks either.... I havent been able to eat which is probably the biggest reason why i am shaking but... i dont know what to do..
Have you tried calling your doctor? From what I understand of those types of drugs (actually, many types of drugs), there's no reliable way to tell who will get what reaction to it. I've never used this type of drug, so the doc may say this is normal in the first however long (couple of weeks?). But, if it's not normal, the doc should know of some other drug that tends to work well in people who have had similar reactions to prozac. How long have you been having these symptoms -- especially not being able to eat? If you don't feel your doc gives you a reasonable response (gets all condescending or something), try another doc. There should be a way to treat your problem without you suffering. Are you in any kind of counselling as well, or just the drug treatment? I know that for treating depression, I would be highly suspicious of any doc that wanted to prescribe drugs without also giving a referral to a good counsellor, but I don't know much of anything about dealing with panic attacks...
i had the same reaction to it. it's a pretty strong med. ask for something else--as soon as i got off it i felt better and was able to switch to a different med
Shaking, chills and sweating? Loss of appetite? Flu symptoms... babe it is time to call your doctor. A year and a half ago I was experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression. I went to a psychiatrist, and after talking to me for twenty minutes at the most, reading questions off of a sheet such as "Are you concerned about your weight?" he recommended a drug called Celexa, which is an anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drug. I took it, because I didn't trust myself, and I thought that he must know myself better than I did. One night, two months after taking Celexa, I smoked pot for the first time in months and months, and I began to cry. I cried and cried and discovered that these pills had frozen all potential of a healing process. I discovered that the drug had stopped my emotions in their tracks. They lay stagnant. They numbed me. That I night I poured the pills down the toilet (my poor septic system) and decided to heal. I've been on a searing and ardent healing journey ever since and it's taken me to places inside of me that I never knew existed. This is my story, peach, and if I may make a suggestion, sit with these anxious feelings. It's important that you don't try to fix them, and don't judge them in any way. Just feel them. These feelings often are there, not for a logical reason, or because they're out to get you, but simply because they want attention. So treat them like crying children, and pull them up onto your lap, and give them your full attention. The first time it is likely that they'll cry and hurt for a while, yet eventually they'll fall exhaustedly yet peacefully asleep in your lap. If you start regularly to giving them your attention when they ask for it (look for the anxious feelings), they will begin to transform into peaceful ones. What kind of panic attacks do you get? Namaste
I'm also having panic attacks but mostly in social situations as going with the bus,tram and metro, it get's even worse when it's very crowded. I'm avoiding to go with the tram back home because it's on a time when it's very crowded in the tram, i'm taking the bus instead because it's more quiet. I'm also seeing a psychologist for a few months now to get over it with all kinds of therapies. I requested for medicine myself because I was getting very depressed over it and my psychologist suggested that it's better not to give them to me. When you are taking medicines the problem may go away and then the treatment I'm having now will not help anymore because there's nothing to be treated then. I'm also having a very self low image about myself with that and the depressions that come and go away makes life pretty fucked up. But what I see from you is that with the medicine the problem is still there you should do something about it for sure, the last thing you want is to dry out.
I was on Celexa before too and it did the same thing to me. Made me a zombie, but not as bad as Paxill did though. Please never take that even if your doctor says it is ok. Please look up the info on the net about people who have taken it. Not all drugs do that though, you might have to find the right ones for you, and therapy will help you with the emotional side. Anyway, regarding this particular drug I've never been on it, but when I did start my Welbutrin I had some side effects at first that scared me (it amped me up a bit) but after a while I got used to it and they weren't severe like yours sound. If I were you I'd call your doc because that doesn't sound normal. Not only may this not be the right drug for you, but there are a lot of fake (knock off) drugs going around. Pharmacudical companies are even having trouble distinguishing and have to do extensive tests, so depending on where you got the script filled, and where they ordered it from, you never really know. So that could be something to think about and maybe have your doc check into. Hope it all works out and you feel better.
