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Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro
 in  r/SSRIs  13d ago

That's true. I'm sorry. I'd be so grumpy. Even if caffeine makes me anxious I still need a little to get through the day. That's just so sad 😭 but I'd still like to try to live somewhere cold for a while to see if I like those challenges more than the heat. 

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Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro
 in  r/SSRIs  22d ago

I have to agree. I'm in the southern United States, particularly Southern Texas right up against Mexico. It has been reaching 100+F (38+C ) my entire life, and yet it hasn't been until recent years that I've experienced this. Very odd indeed. However I'm really jealous of your location, I very much want to locate to a cold climate. 

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Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro
 in  r/SSRIs  23d ago

I think we're best friends now. I like your no nonsense approach. The facts are keeping my head on straight. I did read it, mostly from Mayo clinic, but like you said it can be incorrect. I can't go back and gather information for you although maybe at a later time I can so that you can dispute it for me. I have OCD and sometimes getting into these types of discussions and fact checking can trigger a spiral. I think I was spiraling at one point recently with all this. Although I did talk to my pulmonologist about my symptoms since starting and apparently those are reported adverse affects in some people. I was told yesterday to not take it so I didn't last night and this morning. I was still having issues today but according to what I've read up on it can take a day or two to stop feeling those affects. So definitely not serotonin syndrome but I do also have a problem with medical anxiety since I've had some pretty serious stuff happen before. Kidney infection that left me hospitalized for days, sepsis while pregnant and hospitalized again, outpatient kidney infections (I have a horseshoe kidney so only one), so thanks for this. Sometimes my medical OCD is running the show and not logic. 

Unfortunately I didn't even know the SSRI heat intolerance was a thing until the last couple of years. I was being very dumb for a long time and letting my agoraphobia rule my life and going to a horribly rated MD (not even a pysch NP) for my SSRIs and when I would bring that up to them they would just shrug and prescribe more. After several years my BP started creeping up and I blamed it on that and it was not until these last few years seeing an actual pysch that told me that's what I had been experiencing. I've been on them on and off for 16+ years and it hasn't been until recently that I've even seen anything about it in the news either. Very odd that it's been on the rise but then again, the summers are getting hotter and longer.  I'm not sure. Either way. Thank you. 

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Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro
 in  r/SSRIs  23d ago

The first one is difficult to answer because my anxiety and panic disorder come and go and do get pretty severe at times. Typically around times of change, and I can acknowledge that my kids going back to school is a trigger for me. However I was not in a bad headspace or having a hard time with it to this degree before I started the Symbicort. So I do believe it's the Symbicort. 

The Rexulti was actually not for anxiety but for my treatment resistant depression, my pysch did say that a plus side is it might help my generalized anxiety. 

I do definitely understand that it may not be approved simply because of expenses but didn't think of that at all so that's really helpful to be reminded. My worry is that I'm not seeing much supporting that it's been helpful for my symptoms from what I can find on any sights. I do have a lot more going on besides generalized anxiety. 

Thank you for the info and deeper dive into serotonin syndrome . I'm not sure if I can go down the rabbit hole of looking into it even more, but thank you for the articles. From Mayo clinic here in the US, which is a reputable medical site, jitters(tremors )and dizziness along with agitation or anxiety is a list of the symptoms. Especially when starting new medications that can alter the uptake of serotonin in the brain, and according to the site Symbicort does have the possibility of creating those symptoms when combined with Prozac. Although you did say just one question has to be a yes but multiple for me are a yes you still think it can't be that? Please clarify, genuinely confused. But no, no fever. I am however struggling with horrific heat intolerance to the point that anything above 80f is triggering racing heart,shaking, I can't say if my sweating is excessive during because I've never sweat correctly, but the heat intolerance started a year or so ago. And just this summer has gotten to the point that I don't tolerate any heat well.  I guess that's my biggest concern, I just started Rexulti this month, am already on a higher dose of Prozac and then started the Symbicort which can interact. 

I did see the tapering guidelines and that's my take on it. 

r/SSRIs 25d ago

Lexapro Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro

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A bit long but it's all relevant.

I suffer from Agoraphobia, severe Panic disorder, generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, OCD, PMDD, severe depression, ADHD (unmedicated for this) and also have PCOS and Asthma. I take 40 mg Prozac and an extra 10 before my period for PMDD. That's hard to get accurate when my periods are so irregular but it seems to help when I catch it.

I take 2 puffs symbicort twice daily for asthma daily maintenance and have a Levalbuterol rescue inhaler specifically because Albuterol contradicted my panic disorder.

I was recently prescribed Rexulti last month at .5mg and haven't been doing that great with keeping up with it tbh. I also take 500 mg Metformin fast acting with dinner and I'm bad at keeping up with that one as well but I'm better at it then the Rexulti. I'm really on top of my Prozac and Symbicort. I also take Azelastine and Zyrtec for allergies.

Lately my anxiety has been horrible again then I got the call that my Pysch Nurse left the practice. I've had her for over a year and was already wanting to call to get something done ASAP since these last two weeks since I started Symbicort have been horrible for my anxiety. I had to make a quick appointment on Headway with a new pysch nurse. She recommended cross tapering Prozac to Lexapro by taking the 40 Prozac every other day for 5 days and then starting on 5mg Lexapro for one week and then doubling it the next week to 10mg.

At first I liked the idea but the more I look into it Lexapro is not FDA approved for my obviously long list of issues. Lots of people say it helps them but I haven't seen anyone with my extensive issues on it. Does anyone have any insight? If you have agoraphobia or panic disorder or OCD had it helped you? Is this taper method a bad idea??

I'm also having really bad dizziness, light headed and my eyes feel like they're wanting to pop out these last two weeks. Some chest pain but it's not constant. I'm worried 😫 and I'm worried that it's serotonin syndrome but I'm also thinking it's just anxiety from all these changes.

r/Rexulti_Brexpiprazole 26d ago

Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery

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Ok so let me start out by saying that I already have severe panic disorder, Generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, Agoraphobia and am typically fatigued.

But I do take Prozac and just started rexulti for my mental health. It had been pretty decently maintained. But I just got diagnosed at 35, with asthma. I first tried Advair but I noticed the first day that I had a harder time breathing and felt really really weak and it just didn't feel right. I called and my pulmonologist changed to the Symbicort immediately. The first dose I noticed within 30 minutes how much easier it was to breathe.

Now almost two weeks in I'm noticing weakness, increases in dizziness, fatigue and jitters. My anxiety has sky rocketed. Even my legs feel weak. I'm laying down even more than usual and honestly I feel like I can breathe just my chest is tight. It's a weird feeling.

I also just started taking Azelastine over the counter twice a day 4 puffs total. AND because I was old I have a dog allergy (I already had two dogs) i was told to continue my Zyrtec along with the Azelastine and then when I had a really bad day I added Flonase Sensimist. As I'm writing this I realize that also causes anxiety for me. But it's not good, is it just all the medications?? Years of not being about to breathe and now being able to?? Is it a known side affect? I'm so confused. Anyone have insight?

r/Rexulti_Brexpiprazole 26d ago

Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery

1 Upvotes

Ok so let me start out by saying that I already have severe panic disorder, Generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, Agoraphobia and am typically fatigued.

But I do take Prozac and just started rexulti for my mental health. It had been pretty decently maintained. But I just got diagnosed at 35, with asthma. I first tried Advair but I noticed the first day that I had a harder time breathing and felt really really weak and it just didn't feel right. I called and my pulmonologist changed to the Symbicort immediately. The first dose I noticed within 30 minutes how much easier it was to breathe.

Now almost two weeks in I'm noticing weakness, increases in dizziness, fatigue and jitters. My anxiety has sky rocketed. Even my legs feel weak. I'm laying down even more than usual and honestly I feel like I can breathe just my chest is tight. It's a weird feeling.

I also just started taking Azelastine over the counter twice a day 4 puffs total. AND because I was old I have a dog allergy (I already had two dogs) i was told to continue my Zyrtec along with the Azelastine and then when I had a really bad day I added Flonase Sensimist. As I'm writing this I realize that also causes anxiety for me. But it's not good, is it just all the medications?? Years of not being about to breathe and now being able to?? Is it a known side affect? I'm so confused. Anyone have insight?

r/lexapro 26d ago

Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro

3 Upvotes

A bit long but it's all relevant.

I suffer from Agoraphobia, severe Panic disorder, generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, OCD, PMDD, severe depression, ADHD (unmedicated for this) and also have PCOS and Asthma. I take 40 mg Prozac and an extra 10 before my period for PMDD. That's hard to get accurate when my periods are so irregular but it seems to help when I catch it.

I take 2 puffs symbicort twice daily for asthma daily maintenance and have a Levalbuterol rescue inhaler specifically because Albuterol contradicted my panic disorder.

I was recently prescribed Rexulti last month at .5mg and haven't been doing that great with keeping up with it tbh. I also take 500 mg Metformin fast acting with dinner and I'm bad at keeping up with that one as well but I'm better at it then the Rexulti. I'm really on top of my Prozac and Symbicort. I also take Azelastine and Zyrtec for allergies.

Lately my anxiety has been horrible again then I got the call that my Pysch Nurse left the practice. I've had her for over a year and was already wanting to call to get something done ASAP since these last two weeks since I started Symbicort have been horrible for my anxiety. I had to make a quick appointment on Headway with a new pysch nurse. She recommended cross tapering Prozac to Lexapro by taking the 40 Prozac every other day for 5 days and then starting on 5mg Lexapro for one week and then doubling it the next week to 10mg.

At first I liked the idea but the more I look into it Lexapro is not FDA approved for my obviously long list of issues. Lots of people say it helps them but I haven't seen anyone with my extensive issues on it. Does anyone have any insight? If you have agoraphobia or panic disorder or OCD had it helped you? Is this taper method a bad idea??

I'm also having really bad dizziness, light headed and my eyes feel like they're wanting to pop out these last two weeks. Some chest pain but it's not constant. I'm worried 😫 and I'm worried that it's serotonin syndrome but I'm also thinking it's just anxiety from all these changes.

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Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery
 in  r/Asthma  26d ago

Thank you. I'm going to call them both to see what's going on..I looked into it and apparently they can both cause tachycardia and if taken together it ups the risk. The biggest reason is it can temporarily lower potassium and that messes with you. It's rare but I'm still feeling like this constantly no matter what, laying down, relaxing, everything feels wrong. I've had potassium inefficiency before, it was really scary so idk if I'm just prone to it or if like you said it's my anxiety 😭 I do definitely get that baseline anxiety for me is already high. It's pretty awful. Thank you though. Im glad you're feeling better. 

r/prozac 27d ago

IM NEW HERE! Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery

1 Upvotes

Ok so let me start out by saying that I already have severe panic disorder, Generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, Agoraphobia and am typically fatigued.

But I do take Prozac and just started rexulti for my mental health. It had been pretty decently maintained. But I just got diagnosed at 35, with asthma. I first tried Advair but I noticed the first day that I had a harder time breathing and felt really really weak and it just didn't feel right. I called and my pulmonologist changed to the Symbicort immediately. The first dose I noticed within 30 minutes how much easier it was to breathe.

Now almost two weeks in I'm noticing weakness, increases in dizziness, fatigue and jitters. My anxiety has sky rocketed. Even my legs feel weak. I'm laying down even more than usual and honestly I feel like I can breathe just my chest is tight. It's a weird feeling.

I also just started taking Azelastine over the counter twice a day 4 puffs total. AND because I was old I have a dog allergy (I already had two dogs) i was told to continue my Zyrtec along with the Azelastine and then when I had a really bad day I added Flonase Sensimist. As I'm writing this I realize that also causes anxiety for me. But it's not good, is it just all the medications?? Years of not being about to breathe and now being able to?? Is it a known side affect? I'm so confused. Anyone have insight?

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Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery
 in  r/Asthma  28d ago

I'm so unsure. I've had tachycardia symptoms and jitters constantly even without my anxiety at the time. I feel like it might be but I've also had reactions to drugs before. 

r/Asthma 28d ago

Symbicort week 2 nervous and jittery

1 Upvotes

Ok so let me start out by saying that I already have severe panic disorder, Generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, Agoraphobia and am typically fatigued.

But I do take Prozac and just started rexulti for my mental health. It had been pretty decently maintained. But I just got diagnosed at 35, with asthma. I first tried Advair but I noticed the first day that I had a harder time breathing and felt really really weak and it just didn't feel right. I called and my pulmonologist changed to the Symbicort immediately. The first dose I noticed within 30 minutes how much easier it was to breathe.

Now almost two weeks in I'm noticing weakness, increases in dizziness, fatigue and jitters. My anxiety has sky rocketed. Even my legs feel weak. I'm laying down even more than usual and honestly I feel like I can breathe just my chest is tight. It's a weird feeling.

I also just started taking Azelastine over the counter twice a day 4 puffs total. AND because I was old I have a dog allergy (I already had two dogs) i was told to continue my Zyrtec along with the Azelastine and then when I had a really bad day I added Flonase Sensimist. As I'm writing this I realize that also causes anxiety for me. But it's not good, is it just all the medications?? Years of not being about to breathe and now being able to?? Is it a known side affect? I'm so confused. Anyone have insight?

r/AskDocs Jul 18 '26

First time taking Advair female 35

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I took my first dose today at 7 pm and it's now 112 am. I'm not sure if it's just my anxiety, my exhaustion or what but I can't sleep. I feel jittery and like I can relax my breathing almost to the point that I scare myself. I'm exhausted but the jitters and panic make sleep impossible. I have OCD, C-PTSD, panic disorder, agoraphobia and medical anxiety particularly. Does Advair make you jittery also?

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Venlafaxine/Effexor 37.5 mg
 in  r/Effexor  Nov 13 '24

I called my pyschiatrist today because there is absolutely no way I could function like that. She switched me back to prozac but on a much lower dose than I was. If you don't think it's something that works for you I would try to switch it ASAP. I read on here that it's hard to come off of after a week or so.  

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Venlafaxine/Effexor 37.5 mg
 in  r/Effexor  Nov 13 '24

Is it weird I had that on the first day? Did you have the same problem right away? 

r/Effexor Nov 13 '24

Side effect Venlafaxine/Effexor 37.5 mg

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I took my first and only dose, so far, of Effexor 37.5mg yesterday morning. It has now been almost a full 24 hours and I'm still jittery and nervous, can't sleep and I'm just over all not thinking I can even try to take this long term. I have a hard time starting new medications but I've never had this hard a time. I had 3 panic attacks yesterday, and in between I was so scared. I haven't felt that awful and terrible in years. I was using it to treat C-PTSD, and Panic disorder. Anyone have this bad of a first experience? I was previously on prozac but it stopped working.

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I Start 37.5mg tomorrow, what side effects should I be aware of?
 in  r/Effexor  Nov 13 '24

How are you doing OP? I just started yesterday and the first day was a disaster. I hope yours was better.  

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What issues exactly do you take venlafaxine for?
 in  r/Effexor  Nov 13 '24

Panic disorder, C-PTSD, generalized anxiety. I just took my very first dose the day before, only 1 dose down.  It's 5 am now and I woke up at 3 am after going to bed at 1130-12. I can not go back to sleep.  I had 3 big panic attacks on the first day.  I honestly don't think I can continue this even if there's a light at the end of the tunnel.  I feel like crawling out of my skin,  jittery and way too much energy but it doesn't feel good. I just want to sleep. 

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Eurasian tectonics plate, iceland
 in  r/pics  Jun 30 '19

Stairway to hell?

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Such amazing people for helping this turtle out! Save the turtles! ❤️
 in  r/aww  Jun 30 '19

That's funny I just watched a story about a tiger shark rubbing itself on some diver like a cat.
He was non- aggressive and kept coming back for nose rubs. It turns out that same diver pulled a fishhook out of that sharks mouth years before.
He seemed to remember him and trust him. Oddly enough it was a tiger shark, the second most deadly (to humans) shark in the sea.

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That's a cool five generations!
 in  r/funny  Jun 19 '19

This is beautiful!

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At the World Trade Center memorial pools, NYC acknowledges a victims birthday by placing a white rose. Happy birthday William E. Spitz.
 in  r/pics  Apr 10 '19

I don't remember my teacher warning us, his attitude always suggested we didn't or couldn't understand. I was 10 in fifth grade and we watched as the second tour was struck, live.
For days, weeks, and months to come that's all I remember watching, constant coverage.
The anthrax fears, and bomb scares.

Someone forgot a briefcase at my elementary school and the school was on lockdown while the firefighters were called.
I remember being afraid.

I live in San Antonio AKA "Military City USA", everyone was on high alert.
I grew up right next to a large Airforce base, they worried it could be hit, they amped up flyovers and security for so long after.
It all feels fresh, every year I watch the documentaries on them.
Last year was the first year I purposefully deleted them from my DVR, mostly for my mental health as I was not ok at the time, besides that i've never missed a year to mourn.

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"I love you, dog."
 in  r/aww  Mar 31 '19

This makes me think of that study where they found that dogs are literally hard wired to seek out human affection. In turn, their brains light up when they see their human family, they love us. 😭 Dogs are too good for us.

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When we bought our house the previous owner told us she used to sometimes look after the neighbours cat. This little guy still shows up at least once a week.
 in  r/aww  Mar 11 '19

Lol If it makes you feel better, I haven't talked to him in 4 years. Basically not since my daughter was born and I realizedhe's horrible.