Mental Health Anxiety, depression and Prozac.

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Last week I was prescribed Prozac for anxiety as I've having the occasional anxiety attack (I used to have them really bad from the age of 16 to 18 and was prescribed Citalopram when I was 18, it gave me hypo-mania which I thought was great and eventually wore off.)

Anyway I've never told a doctor I've felt depressed, even though since the age of 11 I've attempted suicide. I've only told 3, maybe 4 people this.

The doc's know it's there but I've never said anything and they've not said anything, the reason being is because in Dec' 2009 I took 30 ibuprofen, around 15 10mg Valium's, about 600mg methadone and 100mg propranolol and went to bed. I thought if the ibuprofen didn't kill me, I'd either stop my heart or stop breathing. At some point in the night I got out of bed, obviously mashed and slipped and banged my head, I wasn't found for 3 days and when I was I had pneumonia and was in a coma as you'd expect. Thankfully my parent's at the time didn't and still don't know it was a suicide attempt, they think it was an accidental phenazepam OD.

The second time was 7 months later. I been with friends out at a local festival and with this girl who I'd known for a few months and was close to (People were saying to me leave it, it's not gonna happen and one friend had even told her I later found out to stop fucking me about and messing with my head.)

Anyway the festival finished and we'd planned (The girl and I, as we'd traveled there together to meet our friends) after the music fest' to either go back to her's and we'd split the taxi money.. Anyway the music finished and she jumped in a taxi with other mates without saying bye to me and I didn't have enough money to get home (Over an hour's walk.) I was really pissed off at this time and also I was drunk (Alcohol generally make me suicidal) and had taken Valium.

One of my closest friends could see straight away I was upset and was telling me "I told you she's not worth it!", anyway I said fuck it, I'm going home and she knew (My friend) what I was gonna do, she followed me about 3/4 mile but I ran off. I got home and spoke to my friends gf on the phone, told her goodbye and sorry and what I was doing. I took 30 paracetamol/apap, I washed them down with whiskey and cola, took about 15 Valium and around 600mg methadone.

The next day I woke up in bed, surprised I was alive. I decided to take a shit load of Milk Thistle (Very good for the liver). I felt fine all Saturday, but on the night my friend phoned and was begging me to go to hospital, I told her I felt fine and what I'd taken, she said she'd taken less paracetamol/apap in an OD attempt before and the hospital told her that if she had gotten there later she would have died. Because my friend was crying on the phone I said ok, I'll phone NHS Direct and see if I have to go to hospital.

They said yes, I told'em I'd walk as the hospital is a 10min' walk from mine but they said don't you may not make it and got me an ambulance. This was around midnight.

I got to the hospital and because I'd hardly drank any fluids they had a hard time getting a vein and I even over heard them questioning whether the lolly I had was a fentanyl lolly (I laughed at that and told them it wasn't!). It took over an hour and half for them to get a vein, that was 3 nurse's and 1 doc'. Within the hour and half I started to feel pain in my abdomen and began to throw up. When I first went in I told them I felt fine and they said "It'll be the painkiller's!", they were all surprised at the dose of Meth' I'd taken.

Anyway they put me on that NAC which is an anti-dote to apap toxicity and once again I had to see 4 people, a nurse, a psychiatrist, social worker and someone else. They were asking why I did it, I said it was the alcohol (Which it was!) and they recommended that I go back on daily pick up so I couldn't take all my meth' at once, I'd actually bought the meth' so daily pick-up was just a fucking inconvenience. I saw the girl a few times after that but never once went to her house and only saw her at other people's, she thought I was being funny with her. My friend and her gf never told her I'd tried to kill myself because of her!

Anyway back to now and I've been given Prozac for 'anxiety' but for the last few months I have been having suicidal thoughts and I'm scared to take them cause I know that in the first few weeks there's the possibility of suicide. I'd rather just have some MXE, at least that works straight away but I can't afford it right now.

I don't know why I'm posting this, if it's a rant or a question as to whether or not I should take the Prozac.:\


Anyway now
 
It's a really tricky question and I don't think the answer is that simple either. If you want to dedicate yourself getting better, I think you shouldn't drink or partake in other recreational drug use either while taking a medication that's supposed to stabilize your mood, such as prozac. From my personal experience, that just messes up your brain chemistry even further. Suicidal thoughts are a common side-effect in the beginning of SSRI treatment though. How much and how often do you drink (or use other drugs)? In any case, it sounds like alcohol is making your depression worse (alcohol tends to do this to pretty much everyone), I'd seriously consider abstaining from it if I were you.

You also say you haven't talked much about your problems with mental health professionals, it might be a good idea to find somebody you can talk to. It can really, really help to share with someone who understands and who you can trust, like a good therapist or a good psychologist.

And about that girl, I honestly think you should try to find someone who is genuinely interested in you. It sounds like this girl is just messing with you, I know that I was once obsessed with a girl who just liked the attention and played me for a fool, making me a suicidal wreck a bit like you. It kept going on for years and it was really tough for me to let her just go, because I had extremely strong feelings for her. To make things worse, every time I distanced myself from her she pretended like she was interested again just to get attention from me and there we went again... Ultimately, I cut ties off with her and even though it was hard at first, I'm much, MUCH better off now. In fact, I've found someone who genuinely loves me and I've been happy with her for a long time. Had I kept obsessing about the attention seeking girl, I probably never would have ended up in the relationship I'm currently having.
 
It's a really tricky question and I don't think the answer is that simple either. If you want to dedicate yourself getting better, I think you shouldn't drink or partake in other recreational drug use either while taking a medication that's supposed to stabilize your mood, such as prozac. From my personal experience, that just messes up your brain chemistry even further. Suicidal thoughts are a common side-effect in the beginning of SSRI treatment though. How much and how often do you drink (or use other drugs)? In any case, it sounds like alcohol is making your depression worse (alcohol tends to do this to pretty much everyone), I'd seriously consider abstaining from it if I were you.

You also say you haven't talked much about your problems with mental health professionals, it might be a good idea to find somebody you can talk to. It can really, really help to share with someone who understands and who you can trust, like a good therapist or a good psychologist.

And about that girl, I honestly think you should try to find someone who is genuinely interested in you. It sounds like this girl is just messing with you, I know that I was once obsessed with a girl who just liked the attention and played me for a fool, making me a suicidal wreck a bit like you. It kept going on for years and it was really tough for me to let her just go, because I had extremely strong feelings for her. To make things worse, every time I distanced myself from her she pretended like she was interested again just to get attention from me and there we went again... Ultimately, I cut ties off with her and even though it was hard at first, I'm much, MUCH better off now. In fact, I've found someone who genuinely loves me and I've been happy with her for a long time. Had I kept obsessing about the attention seeking girl, I probably never would have ended up in the relationship I'm currently having.

Thank you for the reply FnX! I haven't seen the girl since early 2011 thankfully. I rarely drink, less than once a month and even then it'll be 2 drinks at the most, I'll only get drunk if I'm in a good mood and with other people and the atmosphere's good.

The drug's I use are opioid's (Morphine, Codeine, Heroin (Rarely), Oxy' (Rarely) and Methadone), Methoxetamine (I don't have any at the moment though and also think that it maybe like DXM in the sense that you can't take it with SSRI's, which would be one reason for me not wanting to start Prozac/SSRI's), Benzo's when I can get'em and DXM to boost opioid highs. Obviously as mentioned if I was on Prozac I couldn't take the DXM.

I was thinking about starting the Prozac last night, but I have 2 opioid boosting doses of DXM left and may start the Prozac after I've used that up. I know if I had some MXE it'd get rid of the suicidal feelings for a couple weeks.

One of the reasons I do wanna take the Prozac is cause of the sexual side effects, it makes me last ages when it comes to screwing, but I'm single at the moment, so that's pointless and I've also heard that taking L-Tryptophan can help you last longer.

I'm taking Cod Liver Oil/Omega 3 fish oil which does help the anxiety and depression and also a high dose Vitamin B Complex, I've ran out of my A-Z Vit' & Mineral's and don't have much cash at the mo' to get any more. :\
 
Whatever you decide, stick with it. Going on/off SSRI's is pretty dangerous for some people. Serious adverse effects like suicide are most likely to occur right after starting or stopping these meds.

For me, Prozac was the easiest SSRI to tolerate. I didn't notice any improvement in my depression or anxiety, but it didn't do any harm either.

Keep in mind that meds are much more effective when combined with regular therapy sessions. Find a counselor/psychiatrist you like and stick with them. Monitor your use of recreational drugs and alcohol, as they can send a mentally ill person right over the edge.

:hugs!:
 
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