I've had anxiety and panic attacks for many years. During mid 2020 things got a bit worse because so many things were going wrong in my life that were out of my control. So I was having more frequent attacks. I decided to go back on anti depressants as I haven't had them for a long time and the doctor prescribed fluoxetine because I hadn't tried it yet. Problem is everything is 100 times worse, I'm having more frequent and more intense attacks and if I'm not having them I feel on the verge of having one. I also feel kind of weird, it's hard to explain.

I'm on day 7 now and I know people might say it'll get worse before it gets better but these meds can take up to a month to work and I don't think I can cope at the moment. I was thinking about changing it to citalopram as that was the first anti-depressant I tried and it seemed to work and I don't remember having side effects. Just wanted to know what people here think.