Fluxotine severe effects after a week?
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Hello,
A psychiatrist prescribed me Fluxotine 20mg for 2 weeks, 40mg for 2 weeks then 60. i understand going on to them can make OCD worse, i struggle with OCD intrusive thoughts and all sorts its quite intense and ive had it since a kid. CBT had worked over a year ago until i relapsed and they wont let me do it again they want to try different medication. I was put on mitrazapine for a while but sadly it made things worse apart from sleep. The pysc got me off that with olanceapine.
I am now 8 days in and i wake up with severe burning anxiety that just never goes my OCD is worse than it ever has been before everything is a trigger i can't even use grounding techniques to calm down, i feel suicidal, absolutely miserable and ill, it has gotten so much worse in so many ways i cant control it. phoned the pysc to try get advice but he said stop them with no advice or answers. i dont know if i am overreacting and this is supposed to happen or not. i am wondering should i have stuck it out for longer but when you obsess about every tiny thing at a million mph more so when you have just started the pills, i just dont know if i an cope on them for longer. Sadly my psychiatrist just isnt very great and people have had poor experiences with him in the past.
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d_flower_2024 JediDark
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Hello,
Really sorry to hear you're having such a hard time. You're not overreacting at all. I don't have experience with OCD, but when I was put on fluoxetine I was having severe morning anxiety. It was waking me up between 5 and 6am every morning and felt debilitating. I was on the medication for about 2 weeks before it wore off. I am still experiencing morning anxiety, but no where near as intensely. I hope this is somewhat reassuring...
JediDark d_flower_2024
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Thank you for getting back to me. After calling the mental health service again and asking if I am overreacting, they have taken me off it for now and booked an appointment for next week. Sadly I just could not cope with the side affects as it made the intrusive thoughts so much more severe and I couldn't use any techniques to stop it, I was breaking down constantly, still am in a really bad way and I get stuck argueing with it which makes it worse. Hoping that they come up with a solution.
I do hope your morning anxiety wears off and you feel better soon.