Prozac 20 For 10 Days Switch To Zoloft 50

Was not agreeing with prozac panic attacks. Yesterday seen my doctor and said zoloft work much better for anxiety and panic. Been on prozac 20mg for 10 days. His plan is to take zoloft 50 every morning and prozac every other day for three more times and quit. That would mean on three days I would take zoloft in the morning and prozac in the afternoon. Would that be a problem or would it be better just to stop the prozac cold turkey,

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Hello, Izzy! How are you?

How long have you been taking the Prozac?

They are very similar medications, according to the FDA, both are SSRI antidepressants that may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and weight changes, plus both treat the same conditions.

Thus, a switch should be pretty smooth going from one to the other, but it can vary from person to person.

Thus, it would be best to follow your doctor's advice to make the switch go as smoothly as possible.

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Thanks verwon, actually it was 6 days 20mg of prozac switching to 50 mg zoloft. Physciatrst said 50mg 5 days then 75mg 5 days then 100 mg of zoloft.Recently two weeks ago I just start having very high anxiety leading into panic attacks. I'm 55 years old and never in my life I've experienced this. It's very scary I have to go back to a high stressed job in 19 days hopefully I will feel better. They also have me on.5 xanax(dissovable). Hopefully the zoloft will take affect and reduce the attacks which are happening daily. Thank you so much for your response. I truly think something medically is causing this although my stress level has been at a all time high.

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It could even be a combination, both stress and some medical issue.

Perhaps even the stress causing a medical issue, such as elevated blood pressure and heart rate, which may make you feel some anxiety.

Please post back and keep me updated on how the Zoloft works for you.

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