FLUOXETINE WEEK 14, UP AND DOWNS TILL NOW..
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Hi Everyone, I have decided to post as this site is a real help in my Fluoxetine journey.
Due to stress and life changes i start feeling very anxious and depressed. I have decided to get back on Fluoxetine (Lovan here in Australia, as it has previously helped me) but it has been discontinued and my doctor put me on VALDOXAN. As i have found out later its tottaly new group of AD and very new on market and has not been approved in US, but i start taking and it was good until week 6 when i have started to feel extreme nausea, fogginess, it scared the living hell of me. I have contacted doctor and she told me to stop taking VALDOXAN as it does not need tapering... How wrong she was.. Withdrawal hit me so hard that i thought i was dying.. Anxiety and depression was so increased that i wanted to crawl out of my skin and scream... I have suffered for 2,5 weeks unable to eat and sleep and loosing 8 kilos, i thought i am going crazy.. I start to read and research about AD.. Than been so desperate i went back to GP and ask for another AD from Fluoxetine group, same as Lovan, and got prescribed FLUOXETINE APOTEX 20MG...
What a roller-coaster ..
WEEK 1-2 feeling pretty good anxiety got better
WEEK 3-4 side effects start to appear - insomnia, nausea, lost of appetite, night sweats, increased anxiety.
WEEK 5-7 even worth anxiety, less fogginess but still feel very sick and not myself
WEEK 8-10 nausea almost gone, appetite back, feeling very sick in the mornings but better in evenings
WEEK 11-12 was able to go back to work for short time, have a really good moments, was able to enjoy some activities with kids and trips to the beach. I thought i have turned the corner.. BUT
WEEK 14 - last 5 days feeling horrible with anxiety and very scary thoughts, questioning my recovery and worry i wont get better after all.. I know all this anxiety talking.
In moments like that i come to this forum and read, and force myself to fight and believe that its the way meds work and i will get better. All of us will get better..
Please, everyone who is having hard time or recovered, find a min to post or comment so we can support each other, it helps a lot..
Love to everyone
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