Fever after 3 months zero benzo

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Hello, I recently had fever for 3 weeks after 1 week of using prozac and stopping, could it withdrawal of prozac or benzo wd symptom that appeared this late of 3 months after finishing taper?
My WBC and some other test are fine

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Welcome to Benzo Buddies!   3 week is a long time to have a fever.   If I am reading this correctly you finished your benzo taper three months ago, and then took Prozac for a week and then stopped cold turkey?  When did you stop taking Prozac.   I cannot say whether or not your fever was caused by withdrawal.  It looks like you have recently had blood work to rule out anything else.   Has the fever subsided?

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I quit Prozac cold turkey yes, while I am taking meds for the fever I get relief, it usually happens in afternoon...two doctors told me because of air conditioner...I am puzzled since the fever is not sever but happen every afternoon

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I stooped prozac because it made feel odd

[[Pa...]]

While it common for symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal to show up months later, I haven’t heard of either benzodiazepines or antidepressant cessation causing a fever but I’m glad you’ve seen doctors for it.  

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Ditto to what Pam said. I have never heard of fever as a withdrawal SX. How high is your temperature?

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It's low temperature, and I have read that Prozac wd causes fever, also users on some platforms report it

[[Pa...]]

That’s interesting @[bl...], I’ll have to remember that the next time someone asks about it.  What is your benzodiazepine history, was your taper smooth or did you have to deal with severe symptoms? 

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My taper was slow but hell on earth, I suffered severe psychological breaks, fear, guilt sweating chest pain autoimmune reactions benzo belly...ect
what's left is hypnic jerks if I drink coffee evening and some how high anxiety but it's manageable.
I was stupid enough last month to take prozac and now I have to wait 2 months for it to leave my system
But hey there is light, I never thought I would quit benzo but I did it 

[[Pa...]]

It sounds like things have improved for you, what’s left isn’t great but I’m glad its manageable.

  I’ve read many members have issues with new medications while tapering and recovering from benzodiazepines, are you thinking of trying another A/D after you recover from the Prozac?

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No, I will not try any other med, I had enough. I forgot to mention that since benzo I became easily forget names of people and my memory is not great, is it related to benzo?

[[Pa...]]

How long were you on benzo’s?  Sometimes people are on them for decades and find that old age has set in.  But if that’s not the case then I think this will improve because you’re still very early in recovery.  

[[bl...]]

I took benzos 4 years, it's happy to know that I am early in recovery. 

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3 hours ago, [[b...] said:

It's low temperature, and I have read that Prozac wd causes fever, also users on some platforms report it

Interesting....how low does it get?

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@[An...] didn't measure it, but it'sbless severe than normal fever i used to get from flu for example

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2 minutes ago, [[b...] said:

@[An...] didn't measure it, but it'sbless severe than normal fever i used to get from flu for example

A low body temp. is called hypothermia.

A higher than normal body temp. is called a fever.

You said you have a fever but your body temp. is lower than normal so I am a little confused.

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@[An...] LOL sorry for the confusion, I meant it's fever but way less severe. It means slightly higher temperature than normal with shivering 

my English is bad sorry

[[An...]]

Thanks @[bl...] 👍 I understand now. Hang in there friend. Things should improve with more time off the drugs. Congrats btw.

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I cold turkey an ssri and benzo at the same time,  I've had boxy temperature dysregulation for most of 2 years but mostly lower than normal temperatures like 97.1.

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@[An...] could it be benzo flu? showing up at 3 months?

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@[Pa...] Hello, I took 1 g vitamin C and now I got back to symptoms, is it a real thing?

[[Pa...]]

I don’t have experience using supplements, but you might want to ask the folks in this group.  https://benzobuddies.org/forum/138-topics/

[[bl...]]

Hello, I took amoxicilin for 6 days followed by cipro antibiotic for two days, It set me back to WD horror, I stopped Cipro and took penecilin based antibiotic but it seems to cause me same issue, I am 4 months out, why any antibiotic give me horror wd symptoms?

[[Pa...]]

I’m so sorry to hear what’s happened to you, many members have experienced issues with antibiotics, especially those in the fluoroquinolone family.

 

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Thank you Pamster, You always replied to my question in my old account, I deleted it since I thought I am healed.
why do you think I am feeling awful even after I stopped the antibiotic? is it a pzrmanant issue?