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I was on Prozac for the last year. Turns out it's amazing stuff. I'm feeling a lot better now. But I think it's time antidepressants and I parted ways. I'm in a pretty good place in my life and I think this is a good spot to go off it and practice other coping methods to deal with depression/anxiety.
Also I ran out a while ago and I was too lazy to go renew the prescription and get another batch. So it just kinda seemed convenient that way.
Turns out that when you wean yourself off too fast there are a load of side effects, including:
1. Irritability
2. Agitation
3. Tiredness
4. Trouble sleeping
5. Trouble staying asleep
6. Dizziness
7. Confusion
8. Tingling or numbness in hands and feet
I've been feeling exhausted, it takes an hour for me to fall asleep, I wake up every couple hours, and I've been getting waves of dizziness. I've also been a little confused. If someone asks me a question it takes a lot of effort to find the words. I'm okay with writing or with talking to children, but the moment I have to think on my feet and answer questions I stammer and lose track of my thoughts. The other day I was trying to sew a button onto a cowl I had knitted and I couldn't figure out how to do it. It was so simple but I was just staring at it having two thoughts at the same time: 1) "Where does the yarn go?" and 2) "Seriously? I can't figure this out?"
But yesterday I did really well. And this morning I was grand, too. But then I had a medium caramel latte then a small caramel latte. And then I was jacked up on caffeine! And I'm sensitive to caffeine. So apparently mixing fluoxetine withdrawal and an upper results in exacerbated symptoms. I'm so dizzy right now. I feel drunk. But a happy drunk. I wanna go out and party and I'm alert and perky. It's great.
Prozac was always supposed to be temporary. If I think I need to go on it again I will. But I've been off completely for two weeks and I'm doing fantastic. A year and a half ago my default was sadness. The spectrum was "crippling depression" to "slight malaise." On Prozac the default was neutral, the spectrum was "slightly sad" to "excitedly happy." Dunno what I'm like off it yet, but all of a sudden I can feel "very sad" and "very happy" and a larger range of more emotions so that's nice, even if the emotions aren't always pleasant.
But yeah! Energetic! Buzzed! Jittery! Excited! I basically feel like a Fratellis' song!
Also I ran out a while ago and I was too lazy to go renew the prescription and get another batch. So it just kinda seemed convenient that way.
Turns out that when you wean yourself off too fast there are a load of side effects, including:
1. Irritability
2. Agitation
3. Tiredness
4. Trouble sleeping
5. Trouble staying asleep
6. Dizziness
7. Confusion
8. Tingling or numbness in hands and feet
I've been feeling exhausted, it takes an hour for me to fall asleep, I wake up every couple hours, and I've been getting waves of dizziness. I've also been a little confused. If someone asks me a question it takes a lot of effort to find the words. I'm okay with writing or with talking to children, but the moment I have to think on my feet and answer questions I stammer and lose track of my thoughts. The other day I was trying to sew a button onto a cowl I had knitted and I couldn't figure out how to do it. It was so simple but I was just staring at it having two thoughts at the same time: 1) "Where does the yarn go?" and 2) "Seriously? I can't figure this out?"
But yesterday I did really well. And this morning I was grand, too. But then I had a medium caramel latte then a small caramel latte. And then I was jacked up on caffeine! And I'm sensitive to caffeine. So apparently mixing fluoxetine withdrawal and an upper results in exacerbated symptoms. I'm so dizzy right now. I feel drunk. But a happy drunk. I wanna go out and party and I'm alert and perky. It's great.
Prozac was always supposed to be temporary. If I think I need to go on it again I will. But I've been off completely for two weeks and I'm doing fantastic. A year and a half ago my default was sadness. The spectrum was "crippling depression" to "slight malaise." On Prozac the default was neutral, the spectrum was "slightly sad" to "excitedly happy." Dunno what I'm like off it yet, but all of a sudden I can feel "very sad" and "very happy" and a larger range of more emotions so that's nice, even if the emotions aren't always pleasant.
But yeah! Energetic! Buzzed! Jittery! Excited! I basically feel like a Fratellis' song!
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