Woman Accidentally Takes Her Dog's Prozac: 'Take Me To The Vet'

A woman was left panicking after accidentally taking her dog's Prozac.

Emily Collins, a 32-year-old woman living and working in Manhattan, shared screenshots to TikTok of a series of increasingly panicked and equally hilarious messages she sent to friends following the bizarre blunder.

"Every night I take magnesium to help me sleep, and my dog takes Prozac," Collins told Newsweek. "I had all the pills in one hand and was multitasking trying to take my pills and accidentally took them all!"

In some ways, Collins's mistake was born out of the fact she goes above and beyond for her dog, Cash, particularly when it comes to his mental and physical well-being.

"He has been prescribed Prozac by a behavioral veterinarian for anxiety," she explained.

Collins is not alone in that respect. In a poll of 2,000 cat and dog owners conducted by OnePoll in partnership with MetLife 58 percent of respondents admit they worry about their pet's health more than their own.

Unfortunately, that additional care for Cash ended up coming back to bite her in this instance, prompting Collins into something akin to amused panic.

In a series of texts shared in screenshot form to TikTok under the handle emily_collins, she veered between the two conflicting emotions telling friends: "What's going to happen I'm laughing but crying."

Another screenshot shows what appears to be a response from one of her friends who "tried to find an answer" as to what would happen on Google but all of the searches came up with responses for "my dog ate my Prozac."

"Google says maybe nothing, maybe death," Collins replied before declaring, tongue-in-cheek: "Take me to the vet!"

Mock hysteria aside, Collins confirmed that she did eventually talk to someone qualified, which is what anyone in this kind of situation should do.

Collins said: "I called a friend who is a doctor who advised me that I would be fine but might have a headache and upset stomach for a few days if I didn't throw up the pills, so that's what I did!"

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Though the 80mg dosage she ingested was pretty high considering Collins says she's never been on a course of Prozac before, she said trying to throw up the pills appeared to help, though she did endure a rough night's sleep.

By the time she woke up the next day, Collins was happy to report she felt pretty much back to normal. "I did not feel any side effects," she said.

Even so, she's going to be extra careful not to repeat the mistake again, promising: "I'll try to pay more attention"