Posted by Paul on Long Island on May 20, 2006, at 9:59:16
In reply to Re: Starting Prozac tomorrow » Paul on Long Island, posted by Bonnie_CA on May 20, 2006, at 1:11:21
> Well, I'm glad you are feeling better! I'm sure as you get more prozac in you, you'll feel better and better. I'm on day three of 20 mg of Prozac, and for the most part I feel better. Prozac makes me sleepy, so I might start taking it in the evening when it's more stable in my system. I didn't take the Effexor yesterday, but I took one today, but I won't take one tomorrow... I'm going to go every other day on the Effexor for awhile. I didn't feel bad, but I have a gig tomorrow and I don't want to have a repeat of last Saturday... I CAN'T have a repeat of that! LOL Last night, I had to conduct at the high school concert and I was freaking out so bad I almost considered not coming. I took .5 mg of xanax, and I got through. The music was really hard for the kids, and it was hard for me to conduct, but it didn't fall apart, so that is all that really matters! Isn't it weird how sometimes, the most anxious person can just pull it out and make it work? Thank goodness for xanax though, because otherwise I would not have made it through last night. I think I would have had to take some xanax anyway, but I wouldn't have been freaking out so far ahead of the concert. The concert was at 7 and I was freaking out starting at . That was unusual for me, and tomorrow I will dose myself with plenty of xanax again. However, I usually don't get THAT nervous when I play in an ensemble, because I play trumpet and I'm in the back! :D Anyway, so far so good, we shall see how it goes. At least I feel a lot better than I did exactly a week ago. Keep me posted on how you are doing. Hopefully as you build up the levels of prozac, you'll feel a lot better. that's a good thing about the long half life. Hope to hear from you again!
> -BonnieVery strange, Bonnie. I was feeling so much better yesterday. Last night, I was downright cheery (and surprisingly, in a sexual mood, which with prozac is kind of amazing). This morning, back to anxiety and kind of down. As the dar progresses, I usually get better. I was just hoping that it would all somehow be right right way. I guess it's two steps forward and one step back. Funny that the prozac makes you sleepy. Always had just the opposite effect on me....although the very first time I took it, for a few days, I yawned a heck of a lot. Anyway, looks like we're both on our way, just not as quickly as we'd like. Keep me posted on how you're doing. Paul
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