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Fluoxetene Timeline - What are your experiences?

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jesus21817
jesus21817

What has fluoxetine been like for you week to week? Looking for comparisons to see what can be expected. Prior to fluoxetine I had been taking celexa for years. Week 1 to 3 I took 20mg of celexa and 20mg of fluoxetine. Week 4 I stopped taking celexa and upped the fluoxetine to 40mg.

Week 1 - woke up one night really high and terrified, felt crazy sometimes, had diarrhea and vomiting this week, OCD still very bad, depression still very bad, restless leg syndrome, extremely tired

Week 2 - extremely high anxiety, extremely tired, depression and ocd still very bad

Week 3 - at the beginning of week 3, I had extremely high anxiety. My tiredness started to lift this week and instead I developed insomnia. My depression started to lift. OCD still bugging me. Noticed there were times I felt better. Appetite increased tremendously. Sometimes I did productive things. Would start shaking sometimes uncontrollably. Crying less. Felt like socializing again.

Week 4 - now on only fluoxetine at an increased dose. Extremely tired, anxiety is gone but depression is back, extremely irritable and angry, feel like breaking objects and hitting people, socializing is back to being overwhelming. OCD has improved. Can't stand being around anyone right now, everything is "loud" and overwhelms me. I haven't felt anger like this in a long time, the celexa dulled my anger and aggression big time over the years. Appetite decreased.

I hope that anyone experiencing depression/anxiety/OCD/whatever is improving and I genuinely wish you well because I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

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  • nicole430
    nicole430 jesus21817

    Posted

    It gets better over the weeks the second week for me was the worst

    • jesus21817
      jesus21817 nicole430

      Posted

      The second week was the worst for me too. Because I upped the dose I am feeling the original side effects all over again. I have no energy to do anything
  • jesus21817
    jesus21817

    Posted

    Update: I am nearing the end of week 4 and I definitely feel different. All week after increasing my dose I have been extremely tired and depressed, completely lacking motivation.

    Last night I noticed that I had more energy, was hungry, felt a lot less depressed, ocd has eased up a lot, no anxiety. It is a nice relief .

    right now it is the next morning and I am really tired again and a little anxious but it's a huge improvement and I am really appreciative. So basically it took a month for real change.

    • Jaikal12
      Jaikal12 jesus21817

      Posted

      Just wondering how u r feeling now? Just started prozac about 13days ago and having a rollercoaster experience...would love to know how it all pans out!
  • christine81506
    christine81506 jesus21817

    Posted

    Hi I'm new to this ,l started fluoxetine 200g today after battling for years with depression so will be interested to hear everyone's

    Experience with its tablets

  • jesus21817
    jesus21817

    Posted

    So now I am on week 7, I have more energy and I am able to do more now, gradually I am able to do more and more. I can focus on things better. I notice that for part of the day I am very tired and depressed, and the other part of the day I am anxious and have more energy. Things are not perfect but I am functioning better and it seems to be a gradual progression. Definitely in better shape than I was. My ocd is still there but it's not as bad. Will update next week.
    • sarahB2890
      sarahB2890 jesus21817

      Posted

      Thanks for the update

      I am on my third day of my increase and I had a bad day, I woke up feeling sad and had major mood swings

      Like I use to get before I was on anything...I'm sure it will pass at least I wasn't lethargic like yesterday

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