Posted by amandatush on November 3, 2005, at 13:04:14
Hi, I have been on 20mg of prozac for 9 years now.
I have tried to come off them in the past but gone back on them.
The last time i cam off them was 8 months ago 3 weeks before my father died. I thought i was having a nervous breakdown, i felt like hell, so i went back on them.
About 2 months ago i started tapering till i was taking only 1 a week and i felt fine, i thought i was ready to pack them in altogether.
It has been 4 weeks now but the last few days i feel so down. I seem to be angry all the time, shouting at my children for no reason and i hate myself for being like this.
Will i ever be normal again? will i have to take them for the rest of my life? am i feeling like this because they are coming out of my system? i dont know anymore. I ask myself is this the real me, am i doomed to be depressed for ever.
i feel so frightened and wish to god i didnt go on them in the first place.Is it not better to stay on them then have to go through this everytime. Last time i came off them i felt suicidal and i am scared of feeling like that again. Sorry this is such a long post but talking to my doctor is useless, he just tells me to stay on them or wants to change them for something else.
Amanda
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thread:574990
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