Just wow.

I hope you’re feeling better.I am in shock. Right? I also didn’t know I took it for maybe 2 weeks & started having the most intense anxiety I’ve ever had. Got off and about a week later...all back to normal.

Otherwise, I'm okay if I don't use caffine or flonase.

My 7yr old has been on Flonase for like 6 months and had developed horrible anxiety. It's pretty unpleasant.That's weird because I thought that the whole point of flonase was that it wouldn't cause mental side effects. I haven’t spoken to a doctor about it yetYes, I'm feeling exceptionally better, I'd say I'm about 80% back to normal at this point. 2 is the maintenance. At some point I stopped eating sleeping but not knowing what’s going on and no known triggers. As with all steroid nasal sprays, make sure you spray away from the nasal septum to avoid nosebleeds and septal perforation!

Still a bit off right now. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. I took flonase about two hours ago because I have an annoying tickle in the back of my throat. So it is day 3 without for me.

Loading... Lily over a year ago. Currently am experienced the highest level of anxiety in my life and some chest tightness and sweating from the anxiety of my chest tightness. My poor kid!! Hope you feel better! I usually get my prescription around allergy season and I'd take it mayyybe once a week if that, just when symptoms were bad enough to warrant something besides my Allegra and because it did cause me to feel a little off and give me headaches, 2 sprays in each nostril per my ENT's orders. This year my allergies have been especially bad so for the past 3 weeks I've been taking it like clockwork every morning. Then restarted in desperation (allergies) same thing. Once was prednisone, the other was a steroid eye drop for an eye infection. I know now it was probably the Flonase causing it. I was getting weird sensations in my head too when I was on it. Because anxiety is a possible side effect of fluticasone, people who suffer from anxiety may want to rethink taking it as medication- particularly if it is being taken to treat breathing problems. One day recently I stopped using Flonase and my anxiety significantly subsided. It’s been like 16 days now since I haven’t taken it.

I stopped taking Flonase and I haven’t had one since. Reply . We put her in a group at school to help her deal with this. I panicked and then I completely stopped flonase because my head and nasal passages felt weird. May be too soon to tell.Allegra...I post this everyday on this site...because it messed me up so bad. I will never take that stuff ever again. I started taking it. Out of curiosity did you have any depression or zombie like feeling along with the anxiety?Hey Pascilla! Felt weak, dizzy, fast heartbeat...I noticed just last night feeling more “off”. 1. Thanks for the input!I have had anxiety as a side affect from several antihistamines so I think its probably common. I took a lot of extra zinc and I think that helped. Corticosteroids are known to cause these types of episodes in people apparently.

Zinc is good for helping anxiety. I used asmanex, which is a steroid, for 3 years maybe and had to stop taking it. I was taking Flonase at the time but I attributed that attack to being hungover (another possible culprit).I quit taking Flonase because I didn’t think it was opening my nasal passages really. Packet says two sprays in each nostril. This sub is under reconstruction, please be patient as we work to improve it.Press J to jump to the feed. Could be Singulair uses up zinc in some people? Took it for 3 days, 4 puffs every day. For some logical reason, flonase and caffine triggers my anxiety and causes me to have panic attacks. After stopping Flonase I feel so much better and my anxiety is pretty much gone.I'm anxiety prone and take medications for it but I knew it had become more of a problem than ever and I've just been feeling sooo spaced out, like not a part of myself if that makes sense. Is there anyway to fix this or is there a similar drug that doesn't cause this? I use to have anxiety and still take meds (it's helped the past 5 years with no panic) and the past month I decided to use flonase because I had a sinus problem I wanted to get rid of. About a week ago I started having some intense anxiety, intense dissociation/depression, feeling like a zombie and not wanting to get up off of my couch unless I had to.

I started that back up around the same time. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts This week I have had some moments of heightened anxiety (primarily when approaching the intersection where I had my previous attack) but have been able to control it and not have a full attack. I am hopeful that Flonase is the culprit, but it’s too early to tell for me. I won't ever take that again.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castA commonplace for discussion, news, advice and questions with fellow sufferers. Risk Overview of Fluticasone Treatments. I've been going without it for the past 3 days after reading patient reviews that seemed to describe my problems almost to the T and today is the first day I've felt a little back to normal throughout this whole time. I could not find any study on the Internet confirming possible damage to nasal mucosa over using it long time. So it is day 3 without for me. I checked user reviews on a couple sites and was surprised how many people were having the same problems I've been experiencing and that's not even listed as a side effect. And, I only took one dose per day (1 spray in each nostril). I was a zombie and felt more anxious than ever. I’m still not myself all the way. When I figured out Flonase was the culprit, I stopped taking it immediately. She hasn't gotten it for about a week (for other reasons). I stopped. It's been a week since I stopped and I'm just now starting to feel back to my normal self. I started having panic attacks out of no where... which I’ve never had before.