First days on SSRI

Hi,

I've been prescribed by my phsycatrist multiple medications for my anxiety and mainly the fear of going crazy including a SNRI and bromazepam and anti pysycotic. I felt really better and progress in my condition while being on those medicines. Stupidly I decided to abrupt both and as expected my condition got really worse.

I visited my doctor again and for some reason he prescribed this time an SSRI (solotik) + an Anti phsycotic again. After being on this medicine for a couple of days am feeling much worse. The anxiety is increased and the fear of going crazy had overwhelmed me again to an extent that I started believing am already losing it. I feel really like a retarded and can't focus on anything and afraid to communicate with anyone. My body is shaky and trampling and I feel really hopeless.

The problem is that today is my birthday and many people are planning to see me, so I won't be able to avoid this and at the same time I don't feel well at all and don't want anyone to notice it.

Is this a normal thing to happen as a result of changing the medicine? am scared to death and uncertain about the future anymore. I wish anyone can help or relate here.

Thanks

But what is about the feeling that am acting weirdly and ok like retarded people, is this part of the anxiety? I can't stop questioning every single thing am doing it feels really wierd!!!

Hi

First of all I would like to wish you a happy birthday but sorry to read you are having high anxiety at the moment unfortunately it is quite common for your anxiety to increase when changing medications but as the others have stated this should pass in a couple of weeks.

I know that when my anxiety is bad I worry that I am acting weirdly but that is because anxiety can make you become very self conscious so I use the skills I learned in CBT and Mindfulness to help me through.

Hibee

Unfortunately the thoughts of going crazy are very strong this time that is preventing me from communicating with people. As I couldn't handle this I took a bromazepam to help easing up my situation, it made me feel a bit better but these thoughts are very hard to fight this time and I feel that I can't resist them. I can't find a way to reassure my sanity it's horrible

Mortif.,

You have been advised well above...

I just wanted to wish you well...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I hope that you are feeling better and able to celebrated soon.;)

S.C.

Thanks everyone for the support and the nice wishes this is so much appreciated.

To be honest this time I feel am becoming hopeless fighting these thoughts, I feel that am afraid to do anything in my life because of this and despite all of the reassurance in the world I feel that I will still end up losing it. What's making it worst is that i feel sometimes that I lost the ability/ desire to communicate with people and when I do I can't feel that that's me.

Really suffering because of this and wish I can find a way to get rid of these thoughts and get the anxiety to it's normal levels again.

and today i feel worse than any other day, i cant stop worrying about the change of my behavior and can get rid of this idea that am goings nuts.

I feel really like a dumb person who just wanna hide and not talk to anyone, emotionless and overwhelmed by feat. Even when i try to talk to people i feel that am disconnected and cant follow conversations and just talk for the sake of proving that nothing is wrong to myself.

It seems no reassurance in this world would help me now and really starting to lose hope.