Extremely anxious about taking Fluoxetine!
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Hi, I'm an 18 year old female and last year I was diagnosed with depression and also anxiety & panic disorder. I have tried many things such as CBT etc however nothing seemed to help and so my doctor had put me on propranolol. After a few weeks of taking this my anxiety did seem to decrease but unfortunately my depression just seemed to worsen, my doctor has now decided to prescribe me with Fluoxetine (same as prozac). I have read the leaflet the medication comes with and it seemed to scare me abit (I do understand that with every medication comes possible side effects but with suicidal thoughts being one is extremely frighting as I already suffer from this and dont want it to get worse). I also havent been told anything positive about taking this drug of people who are close to me. I was wondering if anyone who has taken this could share with me their experiences on it?
Much appreciated!
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Thepookie victoriajessica
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Started fluoxetine about 4 weeks ago @ 20mg. First couple of weeks my insomnia was way worse. Spoke to the Dr and he reduced to 10mg for 7 days and back up to 20 after again. Slow and steady he said. My sleep is definitely getting better but I do have the odd night at least once or twice a week where I just can't sleep (like tonight). I was very worried about going on any type of anti depressants for my cyclothymia and anxiety but after much thought I decided to give it a try. I'm Hoping I won't be on it forever though but for now dr seems to think I should be on it for long term. Keep with it. It's been about a week since I upped the dose back to 20mg and no side effects except for the sleep. Good luck!