Idk what to do.

I'm completely unsure of what to do at this point. I have been on Prozac for a little over a week, and the really only side effects I get are occasional headache, and every night I can't sleep. No problem falling asleep really, but I can't stay asleep. I'm awake every 2 hours. I did some research online yesterday and I read that a lot of people do take Melatonin (a natural sleep aide) with Prozac because of the insomnia Prozac causes. So i decided to take it last night and I had a horrible feeling. I remember laying there freaking out even though it WAS working, I felt very tired, even my mind felt tired, but I was STILL anxious. It felt like my heart kept skipping a beat also...I called my husband in there and I was even convinced that I might have to go to the hospital...But my husband was like Babe you are fine. I don't know when, or how I finally fell asleep but I woke up around midnight and felt like something sharp was in my throat. I kept getting up out of bed and going in the living room where my husband was trying to get him to lay down with me. Finally we both laid down and I was up every couple hours after that. I woke up at 8:30 ish for good and I felt drowsy all day. Not sure what to do. I know people experience side effects with anti depressants. Should I just hang in there? Honestly, no matter how CRAPPY I felt before, I STILL felt better than I do NOW!!!

I think you should talk to your Doctor. I finally started to feel better from my crazy four days on Lexapro just yesterday, and I stopped taking it last Wednesday. I think its finally out of my system. Those were the scariest four days of my life! If you are having trouble sleeping, I'd recommend Remeron (Mirtapazine) sp? You sound like me on the Prozac as I was on the Lexapro. Remeron had no side effects for me, you take it at night you sleep well and anxiety reduces a GREAT amount. I remember being so happy and carefree on it. Only side effect is you feel sleepy in the mornings for a week or two. But I would get home from work late, so I'd have to take it late so I figured that took big part in how I felt in the mornings as well. But when I started upping the doses then going back down again I think that's where I messed up and it seemed to confuse my brain and not work as well as it did. I did the best on the 15 mg the lowest mg, took half for a week/week in a half and went to whole dose. Since I think the Lexapro is totally out of my system now, Im thinking about starting the Remeron again within the next day or two. My body went through so much shock on Lexapro I was a TOTAL mess! Like you said no matter how crappy Ive felt before, I still would rather feel that way that I did before, than how I felt on the meds, because it wasn't as bad as it was on the meds! I hope you figure it out soon because I know how you feel and it's totally miserable!

I really hope you find something that works for you!

Good Luck!

Lacey

Hi guys and gals, the word that describes what we do to ourselves is "Predispose" when we are given a new
medicine or anything we tend to over research the side effects, (we tend to forget that our doctor and the
pharmacist have computers that screen for side effects and drug combinations) then if there are any bad
things in the list of ingredients we "predispose ourselves to acquire these problems", In all honestly we are a
little to smart for our own good, give yourself a break and let the doctors and pharmacy people do their jobs.
Peace.

Larry ***