Posted by bleauberry on December 1, 2007, at 18:23:43
In reply to Duplin and Prozac are killing me, anxiety city!, posted by your#1fan on December 1, 2007, at 12:24:51
Seems like things got out of control with addition of the new supplement. Might want to take time away from that and restabilize. Synergistic action of prozac + D, or a bipolar tendency sparked by the combo...one of those things probably happened. Nervousness, anxiety and akathisia are not uncommon with prozac, especially when given a trigger like a new supplement. The whole time I was on prozac I was borderline hyperthyroid. Now off it a year I am low normal thyroid. The fluoride in prozac affects your thyroid gland which is good for some and not good for others.
It is not uncommon for people with underlying bipolar tendencies to sense it or suspect and yet deny it or shrug it off. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between anxiety, akathisia, and a mixed state of mania. Just a thought, but depakote of lithium, even in small doses, might be good longterm additions if you even remotely suspect bipolar. To go the natural less pharmaceutical way, and sometimes actually fixing the problem instead of just treating it, consider taurine and or magnesium supplements.
For immediate relief...
Call the doctor and ask him to call in a prescription on the phone to your pharmacy for a few days worth of xanax, klonopin, or zyprexa. That will crush the anxiety in its tracks immediately. Or you could go to the emergency room and request the same thing. Both of those strategies have worked for me. There is fast relief at the health food store too. A tincture of passionflower herb has brought me from raging anxiety to relative calm in about an hour several times. It doesn't last but a few hours, but still, in an emergency it is there. GABA works for some people. I used it several times and it did indeed calm things down real fast, despite debates that it doesn't cross the brain barrier (most of those tests were on rats, which have a much more permeable brain barrier than humans). Now Foods brand makes a supplement with glycine, gaba, and magnesium...all rapidly calming natural bodily substances.Zyprexa goes well with prozac for depression and bipolar and will knock out anxiety immediately. 1.25mg to start (half a tab), maybe up to 2.5mg, maybe later up to 5mg. It will also boost dopamine and norepinephrine function, despite partially blocking dopamine receptors.
Just things to consider. You gotta knock out that anxiety fast. It is not only horridly uncomfortable, but devastating to your adrenal glands, immune system, and brain chemistry, setting you up for worse problems. Kick in the butt right now.
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