Posted by inthegloaming on November 13, 2006, at 16:10:32
Hi all,
So I've been on 40mgs of Prozac for the past... 4 years. 20mgs for about a year and a half before that. All for anxiety, which stemmed from the death of my mother at age 8. Over the years, my anxiety ran rampant to different degrees until, at 17, I decide that I wasn't going to subject myself to it anymore and went on the meds.
Now, five years later, I'm sitting here, miles from home, finally out on my own with my own job/apartment/kitten, freaking out. Can barely eat--have just stopped crying in the past couple of days, panicking, etc. I think it stems from realizing that I don't have a support system here and feeling intensely lonely. But these meds are suppose to work! I can't do this anymore and I want to renew the pledge I did at 17--this is going to STOP.
But I'd like to know--Does this happen? Can you really build up a tolerance to your meds or have them suddenly cease to work? Is this normal? I don't have a pdoc here yet--insurance reasons which will be resolved by December--so my hands are tied in that respect at the moment. Does anyone have any suggestions? Been in my shoes?
Thanks for letting me rant.
--g
poster:inthegloaming
thread:703182
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061110/msgs/703182.html