Prozac and Ambien
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| Thu, 08-02-2012 - 9:31pm |
Hi All
Was wondering if anyone else has had this combination and had any issues.
I was diagnosied (again) with major recurring depression, general anxiety and social anxeity about 5months ago and was put on prozac. currently taking 40mg daily. although sometimes I skip on the weekends and seem to do okay. the amount of stress I'm going thru or seem to be going thru seems to directly effect my depression
About 2-3 months ago I was put on Ambien, but only for occasional use. I mainly take it on Friday and Saturday nights since I can sleep in some the next morning. Thursdays recently too. But around the same time I started the Ambien and 2months after starting the prozac, I started having more issues and the meds werent working as well and getting stressed out much easier and all that
also noticed I started having slightly odd cycles. 3 months ago I had a cycle with actually almost no PMS, it was wonderful, but then the next cycle started greyish spotting 3 day before hand, next cycle more spotting but a week before hand and bleeding lasted half the time. this time spotting started a week week beforehand again, but cycle was 2-3 days early (possibly due to pap smear) and now I'm on CD8 and actually still having a tiny bit ot spotting and never have this late before
When I had my pap smear the gyn noticed right away I was having spotting and fairly heavy for that time of the month...
the mood swings and confidence issues and insecurity have been something else recently given I take prozac and it use to work. it just seemed to stop working so suddenly or working as well suddenly, but then I thought about it and realize I started taking Ambien around the same time
Has anyone else had issues with taking prozac and/or Ambien and having these type of issues
thanks, suzanne
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I take Prozac, same dosage as you do. I was put on it for PMDD (I called it severe PMS). I also felt wonderful taking it and now I do not notice the mood swings and all before my period.
If you went to gyn to have your pap smear, the doctor may be able to answer these questions. Also, I have found calling the pharmacy where I get my medication and asking them to tell me about mixing certain drugs. You could try that.
I use to take Ambien, but it became a issue. Not remembering things, etc. I personally think it is a dangerous drug if one does not go directly to bed. I think it just takes 10 minutes to work, but you may not realize it is working because you may feel the same. For me, I didn't go right to bed, and that became a issue. It does work though to sleep!!!
I am not sure of your age, been as I am getting older, my cycles are becoming irregular. Too much info, but I have now had it for 9 days!! That never happened before. Each month is different. Maybe it is age?