Posted , 8 users are following.
I don't know if it's working. I have more energy and people at work say I'm looking good but I still have the anxiety and racing thoughts. HOW do I know I'm making any progress and will this damn anxiety ever go away so I can feel like myself again. Only side effects I have had was cramping stomach, swollen feet and that cold adrenaline rush through my body.
0 likes, 17 replies
alex33572 brittany68643
Posted
I feel exactly the same. Today I am finishing week seven on 20 mg fluoxetine in the morning.
Today is a disaster day for me ...racing health anxiety thoughts , racing heart , going in toilet often , waiting for a heart attack to happen and generally anxiety through the sky...
I also wonder will this thing start to work to be myself all the time again?
I know it's seventh week but it's not a little time even....
Are you taking something else besides flu?
For calming down I mean?
Let's update each other cause we are in the same situation as I see...
Rgds,
Alex
brittany68643 alex33572
Posted
alex33572 brittany68643
Posted
How do you feel after taking it?
Do you sleep well?
Do you had any good day?
Sorry if I am bothering you
A
brittany68643 alex33572
Posted
alex33572 brittany68643
Posted
I completely understand. I wake up early at 3.30-4.00 am and immediately racing thoughts are coming like something is wrong with me or I am sick and ect....and it goes on during the day. I get brighter moments in the evening...
I am thinking to try melatonin for sleeping.
I don't know what to do....I do not think it's clever now to quit the fluoxetine...
Do you feel the same?
dubbie brittany68643
Posted
katecogs brittany68643
Posted
It was a good 3-4 months when it began happening for me.
alex33572 katecogs
Posted
Your words are always good to hear.
I will stick on it but you know it's hard and reassurance is always welcome.
If like you say takes 3 or 4 months until it kicks fully than I support We are in the early stages...
I will be patient...
It's really hard to believe that brain is making all this changes...Today was a hell for me...racing thoughts,racing heart,evil thoughts(heart attack,cancer,stroke...etc.)...anxiety up all the time and I constantly think about it....I slept very little,every little thing upset me...
You felt all this above?
A
katecogs alex33572
Posted
Yes it really is fascinating that the brain is making all these changes. Â It gets caught in a cycle which just constantly churns out anxiety. Â Yes I have felt all that you describe - racing thoughts, churning stomach, heart pumping, nasty thoughts, anxiety constant ...... I became sick of it all, but it continued for days, months, years ........... Â
The meds work on our neurotransmitters and serotonin, which send messages to the body ......... an amazing process really. Â I'd love to have worked in medical research as I find the human a fascinating piece of machinery.
You can fully describe depression and anxiety to people who've never had it. Â You can say what's it's like in detail, but the actual experience is something quite indescribable - you have to experience it to know how it feels.
Yes most people start to feel the meds working around 3-4 months - some feel it sooner and some take much longer.
K x
graham61014 brittany68643
Posted
brittany68643
Posted
siska14079 brittany68643
Posted
I am currently on week 16 on 20mg. feel the same like you, during the day I feel more energetic and happier but when it is getting towards the end of the day I start feeling tension in my chest, so painful that I found it hard to breathe sometimes still have racing thoughts every now and then. plus I also notice ever since I have been taking this med, I have been putting up more kilos faster?? I do gain every now and then but not like 2-3 kilo per month? gosh another problem
i really want this anxiety to go away. going to start running regularly again and writing my journal tracking how I feel from day to day - probably will also read some inspiring books again like chicken's soup.Â
my gp told me to change med to citalopram weeks ago but I still haven't changed yet. still have the fear that I would be back to when I started flu for the first time where I felt low constantly and increased anxiety. I do think that now I have been feeling a LOT better compared to before , anxiety is still here and there, but I believe I can glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel very soon
arun93 siska14079
Posted
Dengirl29 brittany68643
Posted
brittany68643 Dengirl29
Posted
arun93 brittany68643
Posted
brittany68643 arun93
Posted
Join this discussion or start a new one?
New discussion Reply