Is it normal to have the side effects start all over again with an increase in prozac?

wow,you sound like me,when i have panic attacks,they are the same way,i feel like im going to go crazy,or do something horrific,lose control,on and on,and the thoughts scare me so bad,its like i've even tried running from myself,that sounds crazy i know,but i have went running through my house and ended up in a corner,they are the most horrible thing i have ever experienced in my life,now,i've never taken prozac,but i have taken alot of different anti depressants,and they never did help me out with panic attacks at all,Im on xanax for that,and it truly is my miracle drug,im not kidding at all,when they put me on that,i felt relief with the first pill,after time they had to up me,and im now on 2mg 3x a day for 2years and havent had one attack,thank god because i have the kind you do,i mean,i get afraid of what i might do,what if i go crazy and kill someone,or myself?

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thoughts like that,and there is not a mean bone in my body,but all those symptoms are normal for panic attacks,my therapist told me to tell myself that,and to try and keep calm,after all freaking out makes it worse,so when i would feel one coming on,i would tell myself "this is normal,it's going to pass,just go with it" et cetera,taking deep breaths. I was afraid to go in public because of it,one time i had one in a store and had to sit down right where i was and talk myself down,omg,that just made me avoid places,so when they put me on the xanax,honestly i didnt have another one,i weaned myself off once because i thought it was over,feeling good and i could go without,my doctor told me no,it was only due to the pills,but i did it anyway,and sure enough they came back,but worse,so back on them i went,and like i said,havent had another attack. I take zoloft now,was on celexa,but the celexa wasnt working for my depression. Sorry i wasnt of much help,i just wanted you to know your not alone and i understand completely,and also that no anti depressant worked for panic attacks for me,but that's because i have the really severe kind,and when they introduced the xanax,i was finally free,that's exactly how i felt. You may want to talk to your doctor about adding a med just for severe panic attacks,i would because i know how debilitating they are. hope this helped some,and i also wanted to welcome you here:) good luck!

Every time you go up on any med, you will, indeed, experience the same side effects all over again. Sometimes, more side effects that you didn't experience before. Sorry for the disappointing news, but it's happened to me with every med I've ever been on.

As for feeling like you're going crazy, that's not the prozac, that's a symptom of panic disorder, which I've had for 10 years. I always feel like I'm going crazy when I have a panic attack. It's horrible and scary, I know, but you're not going crazy.

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My deeper concern for you is that you're on prozac. I've never heard of it being prescribed for panic disorder. Furthermore, it is known to cause suicidal thinking, homicidal thinking, and actual suicides. (It made me suicidal.) So it you're thinking those thoughts on prozac or when you're having a panic attack, then you need to see your doc and get off the prozac PRONTO because my experience has shown that suicidal thinking is NOT panic attack thinking but BAD DRUG thinking.

Healing thoughts,
Elizabetta