Anti-depressants and Mood Stablizers

I don't think it is unusual as you were feeling that way before. The medication is going to change gradually. It is probably too soon for the increased dosage to start showing, but it shouldn't be long either. You have been on the Prozac for a little while now and I suspect that you are going to keep feeling better a little bit at a time. I bet tomorrow will be a better awakening for you.

Try not to think about it so much, that way it will be like a nice surprise when you are feeling better. Focus on the up coming gig you have. I hope that it goes well. But don't worry about it....

Take care and have a good restful night...

Hugs, Karen...

Hi Sean,

I'm sorry to hear that you woke up today feeling anxious and spaced out I'm hoping that feeling went away little by little and I know how hard it is to have trouble sleeping, it does make your body feel restless. I'm hoping you're able to get some sleep tonight and I hope you feel better in the morning.

Sean, are you getting out of your home as much as possible? I know that can seem brutally difficult when we are not feeling ourselves but almost every time I do, I feel better. That disconnected feeling is rotten. It's not permanent though... I have it in the past w/depression/anxiety & have had it recently too as I am also 2.5+ weeks on a new med. Mine seems worse in the morning. I've read numerous places many peoples symptoms are worse in the morning.

I'm a social person so when I'm struggling, it realllllly helps me to get out & chat with others, even my neighbors. I've been told and read so many places that, try and do what you used to even if it seems insurmountable. It sometimes feels painful almost like darned if you do, darned if you don't, I know.

Do you have a friend or family member close that you can hang with or at least be in regular contact with via phone etc? How about therapy? I can't remember if you said you were doing therapy or not.

Getting in fresh air is good too. Can you walk around your neighborhood or take a few moments to put your bare feet in the grass somewhere?

I'm rooting for you. I'm in a similar boat. This will end soon enough, I assure you (and myself) lol. I loved where Skitt mentioned her current? theme song is Katy Perry's Firework, particularly the line "if you only knew what the future holds, after a hurricane, comes a rainbow."

Best wishes!

Lisa

Hi Sean,

I'm sorry you're feeling scared and I'm glad that you were able to take your meds and I hope they make you feel a little bit better. I know what it's like for everything to feel really weird in your head and to not know how you're going to make simple decisions. The more anxious and depressed I am the harder it is for me to make simple decisions and I get really confused and don't know what to think and I always feel like I'm the only one feeling this way. It scares me when I don't feel like I have control over things, especially my emotions.

I'm hoping you're feeling a little better.

Hey Sean,

Sometimes I do feel like I am unreal or just a little disconnected. Each med and increased dose affects everyone differently and for a different amount of time. Usually the side affects go away in a couple of weeks and if they don't you have the choice to try a different med. I have a lot of anxiety about taking new meds, I worry a lot about the side affects so I tend to not want to switch or be honest if something is not working for me, I allow my fear of taking new meds to sometimes hold me back from getting the right med for me or I want to give up on it as soon as I get a side affect that I don't like but I know that everyone needs to give new meds or med increases a chance.

I'm glad you are giving the meds a chance and taking your meds to help with your anxiety and I'm hoping they will help you to feel better.

Hey Sean,

I'm so glad you are trying to think positive that is such a good thing and that is why you won't lose touch with reality because you are positive and you're being proactive and taking your medicine and giving your medicine a chance.

You had your gig tonight? That is AWESOME! I'm so proud of you for making it through even though it felt uncomfortable at times you did it! That is GREAT! You don't want to sleep until you're normal again, you can't do gigs in your sleep :) you gotta be awake. I bet you did such a WONDERFUL job! I'm happy for you that you made it through.

As for me I'm trying to hang in there.

It's okay for it to be all about you this is your thread and I was wondering how you were doing, plus sometimes it helps a little if you can help someone else, if that makes any sense at all. That's good that your proud of yourself, try to focus on that feeling a little.

As for me I'm hanging in there I think that's what I call my safe answer to the question how are you doing...

hey there sean. i hear ya with the anxiety. mine has been thru the roof. it immobilizes me totally, and the chaotic doom thoughts just keep revolving. i clean, this is the best thing for me at the moment as it takes my mind off things. music and relaxing is not at the moment. sorry i have not said g'day in awhile. a lot happening. will be away for a bit. see ya when i get back. keep strong, try and use the coping skills that are best effective for you.

Sean, the thing with anxiety is it does make us feel disconnected. There is a commercial about Pristiq that uses a wind up doll, just going through the motions. That's how I feel when I feel bad. I feel like I'm going crazy and think if I could just disappear or go to sleep and wake up when this is over! My mornings are the worst for me.

It's like you don't even feel comfy in your own home, like everything is "foreign." I believe this is called disconnected or depersonalizations, disassociation. It's real. It's scary & rotten but not deadly or permanent.

How old are you? Have you ever been through this before? I have before but was lucky to just take a med & get better. At least that's what I recall. I'm realizing now that God takes the sting outta tough times so really, unless I had a journal or recording of my past bad times, I can't fully recall the pain. I suppose it's like women who have more than one child after painful labor. They do it again, forgetting the pain etc lol.

What I also know is that every panic attack or moment of anxiety feels rotten not matter if it's the first time or the thousandth. Our brains/ego? like to think it's worse than ever.

If I were you, I'd call your doc & tell them your concerns. That's what they're there for. Prozac 40mg may or may not be the answer. If it is great, if not, the good news is there are manyyyy other meds and Prozac is the only AD that you can just "stop" if you're going onto another one. (I'm not telling anyone to just stop lol but I do know it's the only one that doesn't have typical SSRI withdraw symptoms.

Do you feel better or less unreal after the lorzapan?

You WILL get outta this seemingly desperate pit. You certainly aren't alone or the first or last person to go through this & get better! My friend called it "twilight zone feeling." I thought this was a perfect description. Sound familiar?

Hi Lesweet,

Sorry for late reply, I been sleeping most of the day. I woke up feeling really anxious so I took a couple of Lorazapan and then my two prozac and have pretty much slept since.

I have had a couple of really bad anxiety attacks in my life before the one I had in Feb and after both of them, I felt weird and disconnected for a week or two but then I went back to normal but after the one I had back in Feb, I have felt almost constantly disconnected but I have had to try 3 different anti-depressants before coming on to Prozac so I dont know how much of me feeling weird was caused by swapping tablets and the side effects they cause.

The consultant put me on prozac because it has worked for me back when I was 16 and its still early days on it really so I have to try be strong and get through it.

My anxiety feels better after Lorazapam as it just numbs you and that helps with the disconnected feeling. I think it was worst last night because the side effects from doubling up the prozac have started to kick inn but hopefully it will be worth it in a week or two.

How are you feeling today?

Thanks again for concern all of you.

Hey Karen,

My consultant gave me a slip for Xanax but my chemist would not give it to me because they said it is not available on the NHS so I would have to pay for it. What does it feel like when you take it?

Before I had the bad anxiety attack back in Feb, I was drinking lots of caffaine in the shape of red bull but I have not had any in four months now.

How are you feeling today?

Sean

Thundercloud you legend,

You are the strong person, you have been through so much more than me so you are my inspiration along with all of the other people on here so I am thankful for all of yours support.

The Prozac are going to kick in, I know it they just have to and then I will get my life back and it will feel like a second shot at life.

Hope you are okay Thundercloud