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Fluoxetine - yes or no?

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emilyroma98
emilyroma98

anyone with experiences of fluoxetine who have tried other meds?

can you please tell me about it for depression & negative thoughts & low motivation etc?

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  • Becbenmm
    Becbenmm emilyroma98

    Posted

    My personal experience is... I tried it for 5 days and it has made me a complete wreck. it has increased my anxiety massively, and I am struggling to manage it. I will never ever try it again.

    having said that, I have 2 cousins and an aunt who take it, and they think it is brilliant.

    Everyone reacts differently, and you won't know until you try.

    Good Luck x

  • Floss1978
    Floss1978 emilyroma98

    Posted

    i suffered from anxiety and depression. fluoxetine has changed my life! i have been on 20mg for nearly 4 months. i suffered some stomach upset in the first few weeks. my anxiety symptoms disappeared and my sleep improved from day 1. i am enjoying being me again and i now realise just how bad i was! i tried sertraline 2 years ago and one tablet gave me such bad side effects it took me 2 years to get the courage to try an alternative. it really is about finding whats right for you.

    • emilyroma98
      emilyroma98 Floss1978

      Posted

      i seem to suffer around 2 weeks before my period more, which is now, im just too scared to try anything i was put on

      sertraline for 3 days which messed me up in the first place, then mirtazepine 4 weeks, then citalopram at all doses for months which was bad... so too scared to try anything else as just made me 100x worse but dont wanna be stuck like this either

  • manny39794
    manny39794 emilyroma98

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    Hi,

    i've been on Paxil, Sertraline, Mirtazipine, Citalopram and now Prozac.

    i should never have stopped paxil.

    2 weeks Mirt was awful, zombie, tired couldnt do a thing, always hungry. did stop anxiety quickly thou.

    Sertraline terrified me after 3 days, out of body feeling for a long time, panic was intense. so stopped. never again do i want to feel like that.

    Citalopram side effects were terrible. went on that twice. 2 months of constant side effects. switched to Prozac by doc.

    Prozac so far so good. day 7 only at 20mg. no real side effects, not like that horrible citalopram.

    Manny x

  • Andrewmeda
    Andrewmeda emilyroma98

    Posted

    hi Emily,

    i had been at the same situation where you are now about 6 weeks ago. I am diagnosed with a reccurent episode of depression being unable to concentrate and fullfill my job.

    previosly I was on escitalopram however I never really had the feeling that it is working. So thos time my doctor prescribed me fluoxetin. So far I had minor side effects like headaches and a litle bit of nausea. In comparison to mirtazapin it is really tollerable. From all my research I did in the forums fluoxetin seems to be a very good medication with relatively few side effects. If it works people are really happy with it and most of the bad effects disappear after a couple of weeks.

    So I would give it a try and if it is really bad talk to your doctor and check with him for alternatives.

    get well soon and give yourself time.

    I know it can be super hard.

    greetings

    Andreas

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