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Hi guys,
Struggling here, the last day or two I CANNOT keep my eyes open during the day, I'm falling asleep all over the place, going straight into dreaming. But I'm also agitated, so am jolted in and out. I look exhausted and feel terrible. I can't function like this. Can anyone relate or at least reassure me that this is 'normal' and will pass? Thank you.
Lucy
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Shadow19422 lucy57040
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Hello Lucy
Are you on medication if so when do you take it, I am on fluoxetine almost eight weeks, I can get to sleep better at night now, but I feel very sleepy in the morning, I think its the drug, when do you take yours I take mine in the morning, as before if I took it at night it would keep me awake, I think feeling like this is normal, I am still shaky and often jump in the night.
lucy57040 Shadow19422
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I'm on Fluoxetine 20mg, day 12. I'm sleeping ok until around 5am but I wake up straight into anxiety. I take my tablet at 9am after breakfast. But I'm feeling like a zombie and sooooo tired during the day, but really agitated so I can't nap. It's horrible.
Shadow19422 lucy57040
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I am on fluoxetine, I was on 20m and 31 days ago it was increased to 40m, I had all the bad side effects again when it was increased.
I was exactly the same I use to wake at about 5 but drifting in and out of sleep throughout the night, it was horrible, I couldnt eat either, so I lost almost 3 stone, shaky, my legs were like jelly, but I have started to eat recently and I also sleep now, so the bad side effects are slowly going, but on Tuesday I have been on fluoxetine for 8 weeks, I was getting an odd good day but then I would go back to the low mood and black hole, in the last week I would say I have levelled off, I dont have the low mood so much now, but I need to push myself to doing anything, so not properly better.
You will find after a few more weeks the side effects become much less, once you can sleep until later you wont feel so tired during the day, I still feel a bit tired in the morning, I think like you I take the fluoxetine in the morning, I take one at 8am and one at noon a split dose so 40m in total, I think its the tablets kicking in that makes us feel tired.
Try to get over this bad patch and you will get through it.
I also felt like a zomby and couldnt concentrate on anything, had no interest in anything, but that is slowly changing now, I feel I have been to hell and back, and still not fully recovered.x