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3 weeks in and still feeling very sick

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anne91965
anne91965

finding it very hard to eat with this nervous tension in my stomach, feeling shaky and vomiting also feeling low no motivation and I seem more anxious than when I started, I take my tablet early morning but that is when I am at my worst, I am going to start taking it last thing at night hoping that I will feel better when I wake up as i start to feel better in the early evening at the moment but it is a long day feeling awful, does anyone else feel as sickly as me with constant vomiting 

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  • mrmeanerz
    mrmeanerz anne91965

    Posted

    Dear Anne,

     You need to hang on to the medication for at least 4-6 weeks. I had very awful symptoms in the first 2-3 weeks. It will fade out but you need to be a little patient. You did not mention the strength of the fluoxetine you are on. Maybe you need a dose titration. Keep me updated.

  • mrmeanerz
    mrmeanerz anne91965

    Posted

    Hi Anne,

     You have two options. Talk to your doctor and reduce the dose to 10mg and see if you could tolerate the side effects. Secondly ask him/her if you could switch to Zoloft/Sertraline.

     I suggest you stick to the lowest effective dose and wait for the side effects to disappear (in due time). But please talk to you doctor.

  • sally56219
    sally56219 anne91965

    Posted

    Hi

    How are you feeling now? I felt dreadful for the first few weeks. However I am in my tenth week now and I can only tell you that it gets so much better! The medication is cumulative but the side effects are instant so that is why you feel terrible before you feel better. IT WILL GET SO MUCH BETTER smile 

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