Posted by blueberry on September 9, 2005, at 15:14:29
In reply to Can Prozac cause more anxiety, posted by rubenstein on September 9, 2005, at 13:47:25
Prozac can be overstimulating to the point of anxiety and/or agitation. For me it was fierce, almost like paranoia, couldn't sit still, scared, couldn't sleep, very jittery, awful. I absolutely need an antipsychotic to calm it down. Prozac works so much better with an antipsychotic.
When the prozac dose is too high and causing overstimulation, the problem is that it takes days for it to fade out of your system. Its half life is about 7 days, so if you took 20mg today there would still be 10mg of it left a week from now. It takes forever with prozac to adjust doses up or down.
I just switched to seroquel instead of zyprexa, and am letting the prozac wear off. But even two days after my last prozac dose, I can still feel it as if I took a dose today.
But yes, prozac can be extremely activating to the point of terrifying uncomfortableness.
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