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Q: Will birth control help with stress of getting off prozac?
asked by: jchartr1 on June 21st, 2009
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I got off of prozac about 2 months ago, and ever since I have been having extreme anxiety but only at night. For a few weeks after I got off of the drug whenever I would try to go to sleep I would have terrible thoughts and I would get scared that I might lose it and hurt someone or myself. I don't feel that so much anymore but I still get anxiety at night, and every night after I fall asleep I wake up about an hour later with my heart beating nearly out of my chest. I have things that aren't going so well in my life right now and I know they are the cause of the anxiety, but I feel like my body is making me overreact a bit more than it should. I was thinking about taking birth control because I seem to cry at least once a day. Sometimes the crying is because I am sad, other times it is because I saw something cute on tv or read something beautiful and the tears just start pouring down my face...I hate that, it's so stupid. I am not sure if birth control would have any effect on my anxiety but I was hoping it could help me with the whole pointless crying thing.
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replied on June 22nd, 2009
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i got on prozac because i felt so bad, sad, depressed and i couldnt pull myself out of it. it destroyed my libido, and i really didnt like the way it made me feel. like a zombie, then when i got used to it, it seemed like it wasnt doing anything to me at all.
i couldve asked for a stronger dose but i was okay by then.
i also started getting anxiety attacks when i get really upset. i force feed myself positive thoughts and it goes away in a matter of seconds.
i also had my heart beat out my chest. my doctor asked me did i drink coffee, did i have a bad dream. he couldnt figure out why.
i have high blood pressure and high cholesterol and i take medication for both. so i thought that the medicaton was doing this to me.
i blamed my anxiety on the point that i got out of an mentally abusive relationship. i've been hurt so much, now when i get upset, you can fry an ege on my head.
i used to cry because i was always sad for no reason at all, just unhappy. but that was before the prozac.
i m on birth control pills now, it will balance your hormones, but im not sure if it will make you stop crying.
no it wont have any effect on your anxiety because i still get them on birth control.
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