Random bruising—Prozac?
Hi all — looking for opinions/insight because this has been stressing me out a bit. I’ve recently started getting pretty severe random bruising, mostly on my legs at first, but now I’m noticing some on my arms too. Some of the bruises are definitely from scratching/itching my skin pretty aggressively (I just had my wedding and have acrylic nails right now, so I absolutely tore into some itchy spots without realizing how hard I was scratching), but there are also a lot of bruises that seem to appear out of nowhere or from very minor contact.
The main thing that changed recently is that my Prozac dosage was increased from 20 mg to 40 mg. Around the same timeframe, the bruising started getting noticeably worse.
I was also under a pretty insane amount of stress the past few months planning my wedding, and the bruising seemed to worsen toward the end of all of that. My eating habits and weight changed some during that time too from stress. Because the wedding was so close, I really didn’t want to mess around with changing SSRIs or adjusting medications right before such a major event, especially since I was already anxious/stressed enough, so I stayed on the increased dose through the wedding.
I went to my doctor and had a pretty extensive blood workup done, and everything came back normal. My doctor’s conclusion was basically that the Prozac is likely the cause, but I’m still anxious because the bruising looks intense and now seems to be spreading to my arms.
Has anyone experienced severe bruising from Prozac/SSRIs, especially after a dosage increase? Did it improve after lowering/stopping it? Also wondering if anyone experienced itching beforehand too.