Nothing wrong with that. The medication is designed to ease the symptoms so that I can get a grip on what's happening. So far so good. It takes a few weeks for it to really kick in. I have been on generic Prozac for over 2 years but at the 20mg dose. This kept the panic attacks at bay but apparently isn't helping much with the depression. I got it upped to 60mg. Am on 40mg right now as I ease into the dose.
Funny thing: at 20mg, the worst side effect I felt was muscle and leg cramping. I was rather nervous about upping the dose because I didn't want these muscle cramps to increase. I was visiting a Nurse Practitioner last week and she called in a psychiatrist (yep, I've now got one of those), a very nice chap with a , what do you call it, serene demeanor. Not monk-like. Just not over agitated. He explained to me it might be the anxiety that is causing my muscles to tense up rather than the medication causing that side effect. Upping the dose might actually relieve the muscle aches. I figured, what the heck.
Soooooo...
It's friggin' workin'! I can put up with the side effects of night sweats and insomnia but the leg and muscle cramping (even when I tried to stretch) got in the way of trying to exercise and just relax. Believe it or not, 40 friggin mgs is working to relieve it! I never in a million years would have thought the anxiety was causing it as I am not aware I am that anxious (yes, even though I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder. I guess I'm still in denial after all these years).
A step in the right direction.
TAP
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Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! Thanks for reading mine. I'm on 20mg of prozac at the moment, and it seems to be doing something good. Hope yours continues to help!
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