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i started taking fluoxetine on monday, i have been reading all your posts on this subject on here before finally plucking up the courage to register and post myself, and to everyone on here, i must say, i am amazed by how much support you guys give to each other. your posts are so helpful i can't tell you. when i first started having PMDD (which was only diagnosed on monday, but i've had for years and just not coped well at all with - hence the meds) i thought i was alone in my despair. reading these posts has reassured me that i'm not...............
like i say started monday, felt fine all week, had a great happy week, last night i hit rock bottom, as usual, the \"horrible\" came over me, felt like someone had thrown a blanket of self loathing and insecurity over me, dark and miserable............have been like that all day at work today, with the most horrific headache and pains in the back of my eyes. i don't want to sound completely morbid and bring everyone else down that reads this post!! my boyfriend can help where he can and has been great, but there is only so much understanding he can do. sometimes i get the feeling he's thinking \"just get a grip girl and turn the other cheek\". easy for those that have never suffered with this illness to say and even easier for them to judge.
the worry and anxiety which i'm sure has been causing these headaches i've been going through today, i just can't explain. i'm utterly terrified i'm never going to get better, and every time i have a good day, that a bad day isn't far behind and they are getting worse every time. i kept telling myself all day that this would pass and i would be okay in an hour, an hour came and went as did many, and still the same. i came home at 2pm instead of when i'm supposed to finish at 4.30pm and went straight to bed, just got up, doesn't even feel like i've slept to be honest, feel like i've seen every hour, BUT.........the tension headache has gone and my mood has lifted slightly............
to all us fellow suffers out there, today has proved to me that there is a light at the end of that tunnel, you just have to be patient and wait for it to come i guess. tomorrow is another day, i hope i don't have the same trouble as this morning, don't think i could handle another day like today............terrifying. sorry for being bleek and down but really needed to vent and share, i hope this helps anyone and they post back to me, would be lovely to speak to you guys xx :roll:
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miss_jojo
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Just wanted to say that from my experience, tomorrow is better,(well, almost all the time) when you are having a really dark day... And althought your maybe think your boyfriend is maybe thinking get a grip, he won't be, if he has been good and supportive.
I have not been on for a while as a lot has been going on in my life, things are changing for the better and it's because I have been taking these tabs. I had reduced my dose as I though that I was going to be ok on less, but in the past week or so I am wondering if I was a bit too quite coming down??
There have been a few occasions in the last week right enough that have slammed me to the depths of despair, but I know that I will come through it and I can \"get there\".
I suppose what I am saying is that after a while there will be less days of despair and as I have vented a bit myself, it's good to get it out! No point in keeping it bottled up if sharing helps by whatever means!!
Cheers, Jojo
goldenvirginia
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dannym
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goldenvirginia
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Thanks for your reply to my post. It always makes me feel so much better to know that someone is reading them. I have also been on flu for a month. Is it fir depression or anxiety or both? That's if you don't mind me asking!! Lol. To be honest I'm on it for both but since lve been taking flu it seems to be working. No more racing thoughts or panic assumptions and jumping to conclusions etc. Most of which usedvto just make me feel ridiculous afterwards as I knew they wern't real!! Hope you're feeling the benefits too??
sarahB2890 goldenvirginia
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I started taking fluoxetine in January and I started to feel normal after a couple of months
Headaches were some of my side effects as well as anxiety, sadness major lethargy
But it gradually got better
It helps to take the pills with food and before bed
My pills were just increased to 40mg and I am back at square one again with my side effects but I'm hopeful they will subside!
I asked my doctor what I could take to ease my headaches he asked me what I would usually take I said Advil or ibuprofen but I had said that everyone told me I couldn't take it with fluoxetine
He said as long as it's not all the time it's ok to take so when I need to take something for my headaches/migraines I will
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