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Hello, first post here. 18 Years old, from North England, nice to meet you all :)
I have bipolar disorder and general anxiety disorder, and after a long time trying not to take medication I have finally given in and have been put onto prozac/prozit/fluoxetine (whichever name you'd like to use!). I'm currently on a small dose of about 10mg, and they are planning to highten the dose in a couple of weeks.
The thing is, I'm really anxious. I've read that prozac doesn't do a world of good for manic depression, and whilst the depression is crippling as is the anxiety, I'm really scared that it's going to make the illness that much worse before it makes it better or that it will have no effect at all.
I have vicious panic attacks when I leave the house and my depression/manic episodes are horrible. I can't get a job because of the panic attacks/depression, I can barely go out and enjoy myself and worst of all (as petty as this sounds), I can't have a relationship - at my age, i would like to have a relationship.
I'm just really scared of trading one set of problems for another and I'm scared of losing my personality by taking prozac. I want to be normal. I really want some hope in my life.
Sorry, that was really whiny! Thanks all the same.
I have bipolar disorder and general anxiety disorder, and after a long time trying not to take medication I have finally given in and have been put onto prozac/prozit/fluoxetine (whichever name you'd like to use!). I'm currently on a small dose of about 10mg, and they are planning to highten the dose in a couple of weeks.
The thing is, I'm really anxious. I've read that prozac doesn't do a world of good for manic depression, and whilst the depression is crippling as is the anxiety, I'm really scared that it's going to make the illness that much worse before it makes it better or that it will have no effect at all.
I have vicious panic attacks when I leave the house and my depression/manic episodes are horrible. I can't get a job because of the panic attacks/depression, I can barely go out and enjoy myself and worst of all (as petty as this sounds), I can't have a relationship - at my age, i would like to have a relationship.
I'm just really scared of trading one set of problems for another and I'm scared of losing my personality by taking prozac. I want to be normal. I really want some hope in my life.
Sorry, that was really whiny! Thanks all the same.