Posted by glove on December 15, 2003, at 23:26:28
In reply to Re: Prozac dosage, posted by Bill LL on December 15, 2003, at 10:25:59
Guys- thanks so much for the reassurance. I quit Paxil because I was already taking 50 mg with no GREAT relief, plus my pdoc doesn't like it and says that they are putting warnings on it in Europe now about addiction. I knew about the whole Paxil scare when my GP put me on Paxil but ignored it because I remember people fraking out about Prozac when it first came out. Also, I took Prozac about 5 years ago and it was successful. Also, my pdoc has had me on 1 mg a night of clonazepam because I still find it hard to take a full breath during the day...the clonazepam got rid of that for about three months until finals started. My pdoc told me that I can take an extra 1/2 mg if I want to during exams but I declined. I am really working on controlling my anxiety with exercise, meditation, etc. Everyone freaks me out about benzos. Clonazepam was like the best med I ever got but my doc says that I will eventually have to taper off of it so that I don't become totally dependant. Hope that won't be for a while! Winter is my hardest time so hopefully he'll keep me on it until Spring. In terms of Prozac side effects I've been good except that it may be contributing to my anxiety a little though. BUT, one thing that I know for sure is that you have to hang in there when it comes to all these meds. The side effectd may be killer at the beginning but eventually they subside, that's been my experience at least. My pdoc also mentioned Zyprexa but I thought that Zyprexa was for manic depression?
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