Benzo to help get on antidepressant?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:29 pm
Hi Everyone,
I've been trying to do the program and having a real struggle keeping at it. Seems my anxiety is so high that I can't concentrate well enough to keep at something. My PNP wants me to take Klonopin, but agreed I could try Prozac instead. I've heard great things about Prozac helping, but I'm so nervous to use it, that I get sick everytime i take a pill. So, I've temporarily stopped trying that. I don't think it's the pill, I'm pretty sure it's anxiety, as it's one of my main anxiety symptoms I'm wondering if anyone has used a benzo like Klonopin every day, for a few weeks, just to overcome the anxiety of getting on an antidepressant? How bad would it be to then wean off it?
I'm really hoping that some Prozac will calm me enough to help me concentrate and take the necessary steps to get over this anxiety. It has become somewhat debilitating in this last year and really is beginning to affect so many areas of life. I want to be free to enjoy life again, and to do things without worrying for weeks ahead of time!
Thanks for listening!
I've been trying to do the program and having a real struggle keeping at it. Seems my anxiety is so high that I can't concentrate well enough to keep at something. My PNP wants me to take Klonopin, but agreed I could try Prozac instead. I've heard great things about Prozac helping, but I'm so nervous to use it, that I get sick everytime i take a pill. So, I've temporarily stopped trying that. I don't think it's the pill, I'm pretty sure it's anxiety, as it's one of my main anxiety symptoms I'm wondering if anyone has used a benzo like Klonopin every day, for a few weeks, just to overcome the anxiety of getting on an antidepressant? How bad would it be to then wean off it?
I'm really hoping that some Prozac will calm me enough to help me concentrate and take the necessary steps to get over this anxiety. It has become somewhat debilitating in this last year and really is beginning to affect so many areas of life. I want to be free to enjoy life again, and to do things without worrying for weeks ahead of time!
Thanks for listening!