another crappy day on fluoxetine
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beginning to wonder if indeed fluoxetine is for me, or not. the bad days are still outweighing the good days by something like 4 to 1, not good odds. and im on day37 or 38 of 40mgs, plus 8 wks of 20 mgs. today rubbish again with pounding head this time, nervous twitchy agitated type of day which in turn makes me further agitated. patience is a virtue they say, do they sell it in tescos or what. so apart from grumpy old me i hope everybody else is coping with life a wee bit better.
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JKT123 david_25160
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katecogs JKT123
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So it might be too much IT is the culprit. Also if I go to bed as normal people do instead of staying up til all hours, it really does help too.
Says I, still on my iPad at nearly midnight ;-)
vix167 david_25160
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Thats just pants -bless you! I was hoping to follow in your footsteps feeling the improvement you felt at first on 40mg. I've done a week of 20/40 n so far so good but insomniaa returned awake from 4am today :-(
I was wondering how long you give meds but having changed once already n had side effects all over again im running with the increased dose for now. I keep meaning to read that report danilo mentioned in a previous post about effectiveness of ssri's, did you look at it at all?
Im assuming weather up there is pretty severe too which is no help to mood esp if you cant get out for that vital fresh air n exercise.
Its probably a good job I dont have an ipad, my phone is distracting enough -id never do anything!!! Haha
Hope your headaches keep away. Keep doing the 4-7-8 breathing thing to ease you agitation. I really hope that this all settles for you soon, changing meds would likely be even less fun so hope you dont have to go down that route.
Take care flower
Vix
david_25160 vix167
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thankyou for your kind words, it's quite a battle at times this fluoxetine journey is'nt it? Still got niggley headache today and the spaced out feeling is more extreme this afternoon for whatever reason. Went for a wander along the shore this morning so I had a couple of hours in the fresh air, freezing wind and rain but I enjoyed it. ummm not sure what the 4-7-8 breathing is? in through the nose out through the mouth? and continue to do so otherwise you will die
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vix167 david_25160
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How you doing with your smart new hair cut? The 4-7-8 breathing is apparently proven to calm you n aid getting to sleep, something scientific about expelling more carbon dioxide n your body absorbing more oxygen I think! Look it up on the web.
Basically breathe in deeply for 4, hold for 7 then breathe out for 8. Simple but I find it quite effective esp in helping me get to sleep.
But either way yes please do continue to do the breathe in breathe out thing generall!!! :-)
Ttfn
Vix
iamchris david_25160
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Richo67 david_25160
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Im only on day 14 or so, the ONLY side effects have been slight "high" spaced feeling, little white noise and slight loss of appetite.
Please go back to the doctors asap mate....your effects would have worn me down after a few days - you have done brilliantly to stick with this for so long, i cant possibly imagine this is how you can be expected to cope from here on in.
I wish you all the best on your journey...please keep us informed whatever you do..
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