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I was on Prozac (fluoxetine) for about 8-9 years starting when I was about 14 years old. I'm 23 now and for about the last two-three years I started getting weird side effects and feelings that I never had before. I would feel spaced out, disoriented, out of body, dizzy, angry, light/visual disturbances and really wishhy washy, like bi polar feelings and suicidal feelings. I had never had these ever before. I was on the Prozac for severe anxiety and panic attacks. I never had depression or bi polar feeling ever in my life. And I always would get dizzy spells and just feel SOOO spaced out and out of body literally so freaking weird. So when these symptoms started happening I went to numerous docs and they all found nothing wrong physically. Blood tests, check up all normal. So I decided that I needed to get off the Prozac. It was the only med I was taking nothing else. Previously perfectly healthy.I felt it was starting to "kill me" or hurt my body or brain. I felt not right mentally and physically. I just wasn't feeling right at all. So I slowly started to taper off as the doctor told me I could. I was on Fluoxetine liquid 10 ML at first.( which equals about 40 mg) So I tapered off 2ml( 5 mg) every two weeks. It was horrible. I got the worst throat infection and was coughing up weird gunk. Strep was negative and again blood tests normal. But I felt so sick like the flu.. And I kept tapering and it was horrible. Anyhow its been 2-3 years later now and I'm finally off of the medicine. After tapering then getting so sick and having to go back on. And getting sick and going back on again numerous times. I would feel so sick and then take the Prozac again and feel a little better and then sick again. Like my body/brain was used to it and needed it. Every time I would try to taper I would get sick and feel out of it so spaced out. Then take it and feel a little better. So after 2-3 years I'm finally off of it. It's been about one week of no Prozac after 9 years. And Im starting to DIE.. Literally D.I.E..

My blood pressure is abnormally low really low like 80/40. My heart rate is very low. I'm freezing cold.. Cannot get warm. Im SOOO spaced out can like hear my voice outside myself. Really dizzy head feels so pressurized. Shivers wont stop. Random pains all over my body. I have been to my doctor and the E.R multiple times over the last like couple months with these symptoms.. and all tests come back fine. Blood normal. Heart EKG fine. They say oh its anxiety go back on med or take another ssri. I'm so scared to take anything else. This medicine has ruined my body and brain. It is not right! I'm having trouble doing simple tasks. And I'm shivering and my blood pressure is so low and I'm so spaced out. I was a functioning member of society and was doing great. The Prozac ruined my life. I feel like my body/brain like I need the Prozac to live. But when I take it, it kills me and makes me spaced out and dizzy and sick, and when I don't take it, it kills me too. I can't live while on it and I cant live while off of it. I'm scared and I'm basically dying because of this horrible evil medicine. And also my lymph nodes are huge over the last 2 months of tapering and won't go down from being swollen. Their not protruding just really swollen. I keep getting weird things happening to my body. Shivers one day, lymph nodes one day, random pains one day, throat sore one day. Been to docs and E.R. numerous times. Again all blood tests are normal strep and mono negative. Please help anybody with their ideas remarks or opinions. Please help me. This medicine has ruined my life. It is the most evil drug. It has absolutely ruined my life. Please help. I'm at the end of my ropes physically and mentally. I'm losing the battle. This medicine has ruined my brain and body. I don't know what to do. If I take it I feel spaced out and sick with numerous problems. If I don't take it I'm spaced out and sick with numerous problems. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Re: VinnyD (# 5)

Yes me Prozac, detached my head from my heart I made terrible dessisions left my family and fell into a very bad relationship I made an attempt of suicde.
This was yearsa ago. But the effect of this on my daughter lives on to this day. Thank God I am now sorted and have a wonderfully supportive husband.

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Re: Victim (# 2)

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Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. I took Prozac for seven years. I made a lot of bad decisions while on this drug, but didn't relate my crazy decisions to the drug until after I was off of it a few years. I normally weigh about 125-135 pounds,it fluctuates. But in 2006 I had reached 175 pounds. The doctor told me that it was a side effect (one of the MANY potential side effects) of Prozac. I immediately stopped taking it. No weaning off of it,just cold turkey. I would not recommend this to anyone as I was going completely psycho for about two weeks.I have been off of the Prozac for 8 years now and feel much better. Prozac made me numb but now I have my feelings and emotions back. I read a book some years back that described taking Prozac as the equivalent of a chemical lobotomy. I do not trust the pharmaceutical industry because their main concern is profit, not our health. So I do my best to stay away from any prescription drugs. I know that it is hard to get off of Prozac but the withdrawl symptoms do eventually go away. Hang in there! I wish you the best of luck!

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Hi there. I am really sorry to hear about what has happened to you. It might be a bit late but please try taking something called Curcumin. It's available on Amazon.

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That is a study showing the benefits of Curcumin in depression. Try this with 5-HTP if it doesn't do enough on its own, but don't take the 5-htp for more than 6 months. Meditation, prayer, etc, all help. I wish you the best of luck. God bless.

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I'm so sorry that you are suffering and miserable, that's just awful.

It has happened to others, with Prozac and similar medications.

I was on Zoloft for a number of years, which I later found out was never needed, so I stopped taking it without tapering and I was messed up for several months, before things finally went back to normal.

And that is probably what you're looking at, it will most likely take several months for your body to balance things back out on its own.

These medications work on brain chemicals and after you've been on them for a long time, your body basically forgets how to handle them on its own. Then when you stop taking it, even if you taper, it can still take awhile for things to get back to normal.

Check with your doctor to see if it's safe for you to up your fluid intake. That's a good way to elevate your blood pressure a bit, so it's not so dangerously low. You don't want to go too crazy with it, since that could also be dangerous, but adding an extra glass or 2 of fluids each day could help.

Your lymph glands may never go back to normal, sometimes they just don't. I have several that have stayed up after I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic last year and my ENT said they aren't anything to worry about. It just happens sometimes. If all your tests are normal, then there's really no need to worry about them.

Rather than trying another medication in this class to help you get by for awhile, something such as a low dose benzodiazepine like Ativan may help. You could ask your doctor about trying one. Its something you can just take as needed, rather than all the time.

Learn more Ativan details here.

Benzodiazepines do have the potential to be habit forming, so if you want to stay away from them, you could discuss some natural remedies with your doctor.

St. John's Wort and Ashwaghanda are both possibilities that are known to help with anxiety and depression. The Ashwaghanda is also known to help your body better adjust to and cope with stress.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

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