Posted by BLPBart on May 8, 2002, at 1:54:17
In reply to starting prozac- avoid side effects?, posted by glenn on May 5, 2002, at 7:43:00
> hi there, i am just about to start prozac and i was just wondering if anyone had any ideas tips or experience in avoiding or minimising side effects especially anxiety , restlessness nad akathisia.
> I have tried paxil and zoloft at the full doses and they both made me very restless and in zolofts case
> i was shaking so much i couldnt walk properly.
> i take a bit of xanax occasionally which mellows me a little but does nothing for low mood, at the moment my anxiety is well under control with exercise and meditation and a low dose of propanolol, i think prozac may help my mood if i can tolerate it for long enough- any ideas , anything at all would be helpful.
> thankyou in advanceNot sure I could help. I guess I'm just a strange case because I took prozac and wellbutrin together which are both supposed to be very activating. I went into a state of extreme fatigue so debilitating that I couldn't get out of bed and would sleep entire days away. My doc took me off the prozac and I'm now on wellbutrin and dexedrine SR. He still thinks I need to be on some type of SSRI, but I'm very reluctant after my prozac ordeal.
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