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Muscle jerks/spasms/twitches

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Aquin
Aquin

I've been on fluoxetine for over 5 weeks now and only in the past 5 days I've started experiencing muscle jerks. Mostly in my legs and arms but also in my stomach and back. Just wondering if anyone else has this and can i expect it to go away? I'm only on 10mg and supposed to up my dose this week but now im nervous because I don't want the muscle jerks to get worse. I really hope they stop because I don't want to stop this medication!

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  • michael60930
    michael60930 Aquin

    Posted

    Hi, i replied to you elsewhere but have you tried taking magnesium supplements? They probably reduced mine by 75%.

    I also forgot to mention in my other reply they seem to get worse when i'm very tired. I find mine come and go. Like i won't really get them for a week, and then I'll get a flurry of them over a few days etc etc.

  • Woo3353
    Woo3353 Aquin

    Posted

    The list of side effects seems endless I thunk I had about 14 different effects but they do all gradually lessen or stop, iam on my 14th week, yes it's not all perfect I still get anxiety some days and excessive sweating etc (blip or wobble days) but I know they are helping so stick with it

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