I am going down hill again

[BodaciousTatas]

I came of fluoxitine about 8 weeks ago, the last week I have been feeling scared, paranoid and anxious. No reason for it everything in life is supposedly ok.

I nearlt had a breakdown in the supermarket tonight, my heart was thumping and I was fighting back the tears. Why the fuck do I feel like this?

Sometimes it's down to something as 'simple' as a chemical imbalance in our brains....whatever the reason it's through no fault of your own.
Now is the time to do some real self-care. Go and see your GP. Talk to someone in real life - partner (if you have one), family or friends if possible. Don't bottle it up. Try to reduce any stress factors. And forgive yourself that you feel this way.
Try to think of it as a temporary blip....and seek support.
Best wishes x

how quickly did you come off of your ADs? Did you come off them slowly? I woudlnt take this as an idication that you are slipping again. I think this does happen sometimes. Maybe talk to your doctor? I suspect this will be transient, so think of some coping strategies? maybe get some bachs rescue remedy? i did need to do this when i came off citalopram which is a similar drug.

I cut down to 10mg a day (in a syrup solution).

I didn't feel like this when I started getting depression, this feels completely different, am definitely seeing my GP asap. I am so tearful it is stupid.

oh honey, 10mg is quite a high dose to come down from. I had 10mg tablets (my main dose was 40mg it took me a while to get to 10mg) that i would cut in half and take half a day for two weeks, then took them every other day, so that was 5mg every other day, then i went to every three days - (strangely, when i got to this stage i felt shit on the days i was taking so that is when i stopped) I still get the anxiety - im just about to start CBT. I think your GP is best to advise you what to do next. Don't take any pills, see what your doc says.

I think I am going to try counselling, i have not been right for years. Almost forgotten what normal feels like.

What, if you dont mind me asking, don't you feel right about?

That is the thing I don't know, I just get these horrible feelings that things are going to go wrong or bad things are going to happen. I feel like people are talking about me or are thinking badly of me. Its just a feeling of constant dread.

You could be me!! really you could - i am just about to start a course of CBT, i am hoping that it will help me to get to the bottom of things. I wake up scared and often don't know why. I do have stress in my life just now, but i do exactly what you do, that sense of impending doom is so wearing :( I sometimes wont even clean my house because i think if i make the house nice, we will lose it

I would say you've come down off the Prozac way too fast. I've done this many times in the past and is something I know a lot about. Some people get off AD's relatively easily, many others struggle (like I did) and doctors do not have the correct information on how to taper properly off. The good news is with liquid prozac you can taper off really slowly. I'm currently tapering off Prozac myself. This is my blog which may help you, on the right hand side of it there are some pages with lots of info about tapering properly and other links which may help. The withdrawals can feel very much like depression/anxiety returning but as you say a bit different and you can feel like you're going mad, you're not, it is withdrawals, you may need to go back on fluoxetine to clear the withdrawals and start again:

prozacwithdrawal.blogspot.co.uk/

Sounds like you may have anxiety mixed in with your depression. Look into CBT - cognitive behaviour therapy - is can be really effective for both depression and anxiety. GPs can sometimes refer for it.

Thanks for that link Strawberry I will have a read.

Just wanted to come and say thank you, I am seeing the doctor tomorrow so hopefully will get some help.

Good for you Bodacious. Hope things start improving for you soon. Just keep taking one step at a time. Wishing you well. x

I have been referred for CBT, have decided to go back on the tablets in the meantime for my own sanity. Hopefully they won't take too long to kick in.

Hi Bodacious, glad about the CBT I did that years ago and found it veru useful. I also think you would be sensible to go back on the tablets and get yourself stable, you can always at some later point switch to equivalent dose of liquid and taper down very slowly when you're in the right place to do that.

That's really good to hear, and a positive move - well done.