u/smberry18

Hello everyone! I've been on Prozac before and it's worked very well in the past. I went on Escitalopram due to pregnancy and I've been on it a couple years and had 2 babies. My last baby was just weaned and my anxiety was never 100% controlled on Escitalopram, and has gotten worse, so my provider and me decided I should go back on Prozac. I did 10mg of each medication for 1 week and I've been on 20mg of prozac only for about a week and a half. I'm having horrible side effects. Jittery, slight headache, nausea but the anxiety is the worst. It is not presenting like my typical anxiety, it is worse.I feel it right under my sternum. I thought at first I was having withdrawals but no brain zaps and I have gotten off SSRIs several times and I always have those brain zaps, but besides that the feeling is very similar to withdrawals. Then it occurred to me that Im probably having initial side effects from the prozac. I dont remember if I had them before(its been years), but I did have them when starting Escitalopram but not this bad. I thought since I am coming off another SSRI, initial side effects wouldn't be this severe. But maybe this is a sign it will eventually work better? Do I keep toughing it out? Anyone else switch from another SSRI and still have rough initial side effects?

Location: Tennessee

My mom and disabled sister have been living in a condo with her elderly male friend who has terminal heart failure and requires a continuous infusion of heart medication amongst other health hardships. She is a retired nurse and helps take care of him. Recently, the elderly male friend quit claimed ownership of the condo to his 3 adult children, although he is still living at the condo. My mom is visiting me(3 hours away) and Male friends kids are wanting to come into the condo and "clean" and my mother is uncomfortable with them being in her area where she lives and has valuables etc. She has no ownership of this condo whatsoever but obviously has established residency there. They are attempting to tell her she can only access the condo at certain times so they can "clean". The male friend is currently hospitalized and may not ever get back home as his health has declined rapidly.

Has anyone started propranolol and felt worse? For context I've been on it just a few weeks. But I'm experiencing insomnia and worsening anxiety/depression and an overall disconnected/ depersonalization type of feeling. Its hard to explain. I just found out it causes insomnia, so I will be adjusting the time I take it to be way before bedtime. But the other side effects are very hard to manage and I'm not sure if its from propranolol or worsening mental health in general. I do have an appointment with my provider tomorrow, but i was curious if anyone else started it and felt horrible at first, and if so, did it get better or did you need to come off the medication?

In particular, ND children. Son is 7, diagnosed with severe combined type ADHD and GAD. Also has traits of ASD, but does not meet requirements for diagnosis. It dawned on me yesterday, he never feels bad for mean things he does. He does not appear to know how to feel empathy. He's not a mean kid, but definitely has challenging behaviors, especially when coming off stimulants. Yesterday was particularly bad, he was told he could not watch TV at his grandparents and proceeded to start breaking toys and throwing them. My MIL was very shaken up/upset. But when questioning my child, he speaks about these situations very matter of fact: yes i did that etc and when questioned why it will be something like because it's fun and he will just Crack up laughing. I will try to explain that we don't treat the people that love us like that, and about making his grandparents sad. He very obviously does not understand or feel remorse. Then I thought well maybe he doesn't know how yet. Im just wondering because I want to have reasonable expectations of what he actually comprehends.