been on prozac for 6 weeks ! help

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hello

i suffer from anxiety and moderate depression i ended up taking 20 mg of Fluoxetine as my doc prescried it to me with atarax to help me sleep at night 

i have had some good day , i'm so up and down .. side effect come and go i have had good 3rd week and 5 week others i was up and down 

now i don't know what should i do the stomach pain is back now at week 6 and i have been having tension headach for past 5 days

i feel like i'm more out going and i laugh more when i'm at my good days

my anxiety got better but i'm not sure if i'm having stomch problem as a side effect or it's just my anxiety since i can go out in group of people without problem

hellp any advice thankks ' i'm going to see doc when i finih my 8 weeks " 

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    I've been on prozac 17 day's didn't have stomach cramps until yesterday it was awful I'm taking Avery small dose trying to go up slow like you I don't know where I can stand it Iknow it's been Avery short period of time and small dose but the side effects are killing me panic attacks are awful. I was taking it at night might try that again

    • Posted

      those side effect are so unpredictable , headache are killing me stomach cramps as well , btw i took 20 mg from the first day i did not go up slow

      i really don't know what to expect 

      i just hope things will get better for both of us 

    • Posted

      Dibdnt take medicine today to see how I would feel bad mistake I feel like I've been kicked in the head I'm going to start taking it at night I was taking it.     until 2 days ago feel better taking at night

    • Posted

      First two to three weeks can be awful while it settles so stick it out, I had a couple of good weeks after that then a few dad days but it does settle........ It can take weeks and weeks but stick with the plan it's worth it in the long run.

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      is oky to still experience side effect esspecialy headach at week 7 ? ( i can go outside with no anxiety just experiencing a bad tension in the head 

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