Anxiety or Depression?

Question

I've been on Prozac (10 then 20mg) for about 3 months. However, for the last month I haven't been taking my medication regularly. Today I found myself feeling so...on edge. I felt like I was about to explode with this creeping anxiety. I haven't been able to sleep easily and I've been getting very angry at the slightest things. It's like a perpetual cycle of crappy feelings! Sometimes I get overwhelmed with anxiety. And sometimes I get so unhappy I just want to die. Then, whether I'm anxious or depressed, I feel like I'm crazy for feeling that way. Is it really just the medication? Am I on the wrong stuff? I have an appointment in September with my therapist.

Answer 1

If you're not on top of making sure to take your meds as your psychiatrist planned with you, then you're bound to end up in the shape that you are in now. start back on your meds, and you'll stop feeling so crappy, or at least you'll know if it's your meds that need to be changed, and to what degree. but if you're not taking your meds as prescribed, then your therapist will have a hard time determining whether the meds, as prescribed is working or not.

Answer 2

Medication to me gave me crappy feelings every time . Even after getting off them it was crappy for a long time . Then life returned one day almost unnoticed.

Answer 3

prozac can treat anxiety. many of the medicines out there treat anxiety and depression. People are often diagnosed with one when they have the other because the symptoms appear so related. I was misdiagnosed with depression when I had anxiety but it took five years for them to figure that out. Not taking the medicinee could give you those symptoms. You should talk to the doc.  

Answer 4

not taking your meds on time and daily will affect the way they work. sometimes your body also build up immunity for that drug. you need to take the meds on time and daily to make sure they work properly. If after a couple of week make sure you tellyour doc that there is a problem and what is going on good luck

Answer 5

Talk to your doctor tell him what you've been experiencing. I went through all of that maybe try a different medications