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i was put on 20mg fluoxetine purely for anxiety not depression, went back to docs after about a week and a half and they decided to increase my dose to 40mg as i wasnt really feeling any different other than a bit spaced out but was still having panic attacks, but now since on 40mg im waking up every morning shaking and having terrible anxiety all day, could not get an appointment today so was thinking of decreasing the dose myself back to 20mg, is this a bad idea?? cant hande feeling like this anymore, im signed off work and really want to go back but theres no way i can go back feeling like this
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brittany68643 jo2190
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katie77777 jo2190
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Iv been taking 40mg for about 10 weeks, it took about 2 weeks for my anxiety symptoms to ease following the increased dose. It's difficult but try & stick with it, its worth it in the end.
Wishing you all the best.
Katie x
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Just keep with it & you will get there, try & go for a short walk, that really helped me. I had to force myself to leave the house but the combination of fresh air & exercise really helped. Or just try anything to distract yourself it's so easy to just focus on the illness all the time.
Take care
Katie x
VaJaJa jo2190
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I'm at 9 weeks- 2 weeks on 20mg & 7 weeks on 40mg. When my dose was increased I had horrible side effects just like you, increased anxiety especially in the morning or if I fell asleep during the day I would wake with it plus shaking, headache & going hot then cold but they eased after a week & I've gradually got better week by week & I'm now just finishing my 3rd week back at work on phase return & I've managed to do 5 hours a day this week with an 8'oclock start something I didn't think I would be doing 3 weeks ago. I like you thought the tablets were making things worse but I found this forum & I've never looked back. There's always somebody on here that's going through the same or has come out the other end to share with you your worries & triumphs. I feel more like myself now, not completely there but fingers crossed in another couple of weeks I will feel great. Keep going, keep posting we are all here xx
jo2190 VaJaJa
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I've decided after today to drop my dose back to 20mg for now, the anxiety is just too much for me so I'm going to see how it goes just with 20, hope I'm not making a mistake but I feel like it's the best thing to do to ease the anxiety
Jo x
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