Today is my 8th day and I’m worried whether I should keep taking it or not. I have been getting increased anxiety so bad this last week since I’ve started, it has been almost crippling at times especially at work. I had some increased anxiety in the past on Lexapro (didn’t end up helping my anxiety), but this has been a lot worse than I remember. 

I see a lot of people have had success with Prozac for anxiety, but I’ve also seen a lot of people say it made their anxiety significantly worse. During periods of the increased anxiety I experience chest tightness/heaviness, my heart feels like it’s beating out of my chest, and I also have a dissociative feeling. It’s a really weird “on edge” feeling. It’s been getting in the way at work, making it hard to do my daily tasks. 

I have been taking 5 mg, today is supposed to be my first day on 10 mg, but I just don’t know what I should do. I understand increased anxiety is common in the beginning but I just wonder if this is normal? 

My anxiety had gotten bad before Prozac but since starting, it seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Should I try to push through and keep taking it? It’s a struggle to keep taking, especially after trying Lexapro for 3 months and it never helped my anxiety. I don’t want to be dealing with all of this increased anxiety just for it to never get better. Is there a chance SSRI’s just aren’t going to work for me?

I know this is a long post, thanks to anyone that takes the time to read this ❤️‍🩹