Posted by Paul on Long Island on May 14, 2006, at 9:42:44
In reply to Re: Starting Prozac tomorrow, posted by Bonnie_CA on May 13, 2006, at 21:49:36
> Day 3... I'm having mild withdrawals from the Effexor (tremors and mild shocks), and I have no appetite. However, I'll eat whatever is put in front of me, I just can't decide what I want. Then, I get all freaked out because I feel so yucky. I don't think there's enough Prozac in my system yet, so it's minor hell so far. I've taken a little Xanax every now and then to help take the edge off, and I've slept a lot. I've had weird vivid dreams, where I wake up wondering if it really happened. My husband has been really great and supportive. Well that's all so far.
> - Bonnie
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> > I just can't take the Effexor anymore. I get headaches a lot that persist, and I feel like I'm out of my head most of the time. So my pdoc gave me Prozac, and I will start in the morning. He said I shouldn't have to taper off of Effexor. I hope he's right! I'm supposed to start with 10mg and then after 6 days go on 20mg. I was reading another post in here and other people say that 20mg was too high. I'll keep everyone posted on how that is going. - Bonnie
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>Bonnie, Please keep posting to let us know how it's going. I used to take prozac 20 mg. and it worked very well for me. Been off it since October for stupid reasons. Tried the Emsam patch in the meantime, which was a total disaster! You have to wait 2 weeks from going off Emsam until you can start an SSRI like prozac. I'm starting back up tomorrow. There's no reason to believe it won't work like it always did, but of course fear is a very big issue right now. How are you making out so far? Of course, everyone is different, but I can tell you that Prozac was literally a miracle drug for me. I hope and pray you have the same results! So, how's it going???? Paul
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