fluoxetine

Hi Mark,

It may be beneficial for you to go back and read the posts from say, February time. I know it would seem a lot of reading but I started on these pills on Feb 4th and read through previous posts and discovered that the feelings I was having, were perfectly normal, I was normal and that it does get better.

There is no point coming off them after just a week, they'll not yet be in your system and you will not have gained any benefit from the experience.

It will be tough to start with, I hated it. But there is light at the end of it and this site is honestly great for either venting, advising or simply getting answers.

Good luck on your journey.

Ang.

hi ang thanx ever so much for your reply, ill start reading from feb onwards. i dont feel too bad at the mo i think the tablets are starting to take effect ,so lets hope that this is the start of some thng good for a change lol. regards mark..

Hi mark1

How are you doing?

Ang is so right - there's no point coming off them so soon - they wont get in your system for a while (sometimes up to 8 weeks)

I felt really crap after taking them for 2 weeks - if you feel bad - ever - go back to your Dr - you may need a higher dose.

Im coming off them, I feel great - but God I needed them for a while - and Im sure they help to comfort (even though they may have bad side effects) ultimately I think they make you reach a plateau, where you can at least get out of bed in the morning, where you can at least get out of that blackness - Im still out of there - in fact doing wonderfully well - but after only 1 and a bit weeks off them, am fully aware they could still be in my system. It's about 10 days I think. Am waiting for the fall - tho trying not to think of it

I've been 'wierd' lately - really happy and silly - doing stupid silly things - my son said to me yesterday - Mum what have you taken today? Cos I was being so childish, but we were all laughing. I almost feel like im cracking up - cos I've never been this happy b4.

And I dont let sh** get me down. Iv noticed though - that Im a bit wild - as in - no one messes with me, im not afraid of anything - like sticking up for myself etc - but in a wild way - like when Dad died - so it's not all good

Mark1 - just stick with them babe

Sorry Iv gone on eh - I dont think any of us really have the answers - we're all just guinea pigs, learning all the time

I do hope you're OK - let us know x

hi suzisue you seem to know your stuff just started on prozac would it be too much to ask for your e mail for advice

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hi susiesue thanx for the message and ur support i really appreciate it im glad ur feeling good theres nothing wrong with being silly now and again . i think ur right tho we are all guniea pigs with this fluoxetine altho i have calmed down a lot since the last time i was on here .im a lot better now thanx . please keep in touch let me know how u get on ,cheers mark .

Hi Mark,how are you feeling after a few weeks on the tablets? Reading other posts is a comfort,to know you're not on your own even when you think its only you and everyone elses life is so great.Ive been on fluoxetine for about 3 months,still have off days but can cope with them better.Hope you've managed to go back to the gym!

hi guest yes feeling tons better thanx started back at the gym lol im a lot calmer and not so anxious, yes i still have off days but when i get them i sit back relax and i can deal with them ..Im glad ur feeling ok ,we are all in this together eh??lol keep in touch let me know how u are doing cheers ...mark

Hello Mark 1, guest, potter, ang - all my dear friends.

I couldn't get on here for ages, and then life just got mad - as it still is!

I wish there was a site like this for people that have close relatives with dementia / alzheimers - I wish there was - or about care homes - I so NEED help right now - this is my MUM - My best friend in the world. She's still in the same home - but im in crisis, I cant bare it anymore

It's got to the stage where she is CRYING her eyes out EVERY time I leave her - I know Mum, I know what I know - others may not see it - but she knows - she just doesnt want to be there - she's still so lovely, kind and gentle, and with people screaming, shouting at her - who would want to live like that?

Can anyone help me? Admin? You must know other sites etc

Anyway - I didnt come on here to go on about a very old lady with dementia - and who no one else seems to care about

I could write a book (honestly)

Mark 1 I am over the moon to know that you are feeling better - u must be for sure to be going back to the gym - babe i am so happy for ya

OK - I stayed off them - since May 15th - that must be 6 weeks-ish now? I am OK - kind of - obviously struggling as Im now losing my 2nd soul mate (Mum) I was lucky to have 2 soulmates - some people dont have one! But it's hard when they are slowly dying - guys it's pants

I have been seeing a lovely lovely woman at my Drs surgery (Jill), who seems to think I am suffering from stress, agitation - panic attacks - rushing around - but last week told me I was grieving for my Mother - something Id never really thought b4.Maybe I am - but I do think im more stressed than depressed. I think she's right about that

I had NO SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER COMING OFF THESE PILLS - NOTHING

Life is just dragging me down - lots of sh** - we all have dont we?

But I know, without a shadow of a doubt - that I would not be here now if i hadnt gone to my Dr when I felt so low I tried to take my life. I couldnt cope at all - everything got on top of me, and even afterwards - i couldnt get out of that place - I knew Id either do it next time, or I needed some emergency help

I felt sh** after 2 weeks on fluoxetine 20mg, and was on the way to doom again, when I decided, with help from the people on here - to go back to my Dr - who then put me up to 40 mg a day

After about 2 weeks - my life started being a sunnier place worth being in again.

GOD I am SOOOO glad I went on fluoxetine - or my wicked kids Dan n Loz, wouldnt have a Mum right now - I will go on for them - for Mum - but deep inside, I dont really want to be living - i am so tired, exhausted

Im still seeing my lovely councellor, but my last session is Thursday, and tbh iv not really said a word about the real deep ground sh** inside me

Some stuff - but not everything, I justcant ,

I hope and wish you all find the pills as helpful as I did, I know im not cured. I think maybe we have insights about stuff, feelings maybe, that are extreme, extreme emotions - and no pill can cure what we are

Maybe we all just see and feel more than we should

I dont know

But I DO so wish you all a lifetime of happiness

With loads of love

Stay strong

Suz xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Morning Suzisue

I have just read your post and you asked for further information on other Help Groups etc.

On the main Patient UK website, there is a list of other Self Help Groups & Organisations available or you can type in either Alzheimer's or Dementia in the \"search our site\" box.

In the list of results, you will see a blue circle with a white cross in it, these are all the organisations that send us contact information through and there will be links to their sites.

Good luck and stay strong

Lin

Hi Mark,Glad to hear you are feeling better,this past few days have been torture for me but today is a good day and hopefully this posotive feeling will last for a while! Its depressing being depressed,if you know what i mean! im boring all my friends on the phone with my problems,wont have any left soon! Take care,keep me posted.

Hi I have just started on 20 ml is it true you can lose weight on thease please