Headspins

[elsa]

In people's experiences, are headspins an anxiety side effect or medication side effect?Have been on my medication (pristiq) for a while so it's not a reaction to a new medication. I get them in the mornings and it feels like it's all through my body. My arms and legs sort of tingle as well. Is this a normal/common thing to experience?

Thanks in advance

[EmetSoph]

Hey! I for one haven't experienced with anxiety itself... I was put on fluoxetine and I felt like my legs and arms were constantly like tingling and wanting to move and almost gets rid of the tension.. its such a weird sensation.. ive just started coming off the fluoxetine because its made things worse but I am still experiencing that weird sensation that my whole body is tense and almost like tingling like you say this normally happens on the night but I also get that with anxiety attacks and just being anxious... However not the headspins I don't think sorry?? I hope you are okayx :)

[elsa]

Thank you :). My doc has me alternating doses of pristiq (100mg one day 200mg the next). Maybe hormone imbalance? Have been crying most of the day for literally no reason which is confusing.

[EmetSoph]

Awh! I bet it probably is that then? But wow that's a high dose!!! I was on 20mg of fluoxetine but because im 15 I wasn't aloud to go higher! While im coming off it, im on diazepam which makes me so sleepy! hahah!:) Glad you are okay though!

[elsa]

It's not too high a dose for pristiq. I was on 60mg Prozac and I think that's about equivalent to 200mg pristiq from what my doctor said. Careful taking too much diazepam, it's very addictive xx