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Increased dose of fluoxetine

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Sara4321
Sara4321

I've been taking 20mg of fluoxetine for 6weeks and have now been on the increased dose of 40mg for 3 weeks, the first 2 weeks of increased dose made me feel depressed and very anxious ,I'm just starting to feel a bit better, can anyone tell me what time span it took them to feel a lot better, or is this as good as it gets .

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  • jesika28180
    jesika28180 Sara4321

    Posted

    I just want to give up.
    • Angie8567
      Angie8567 jesika28180

      Posted

      Don't you dare. If you break your leg, you can't decide after a few weeks that you hate the plaster cast and rip it off.....becsuse the leg is still healing and you will never be able to walk on it.

      Right now, your brain is healing, give it a chance to heal properly, otherwise you'll feel this way forever xxx

    • jesika28180
      jesika28180 Angie8567

      Posted

      Angie your right...somehow I have to learn to deal with this...I just get so freaked out with my fear symptoms....I feel panic and faint kick in...it's so scary.
    • sarahB2890
      sarahB2890 jesika28180

      Posted

      If you find a way to occupy your mind it really helps lessen the stress and anxiety

      Colouring ,puzzles word games playing an instrument all are very therapeutic and good for the brain

      These are the games I have :

      94%, my Kara, song pop, family feud

      Scrabble, wheel of fortune, panda pop, pigment

      Anything that can take your mind off what you're dealing with will help

      And I swear by playing an instrument it eases the mind heals the soul and your problems will lessen

      I'm a music teacher and I can tell you music has helped me in my worst times

    • jesika28180
      jesika28180 Jaikal12

      Posted

      Yesterday I thought I had seen the light..I woke up feeling great...till about 4 that I went home with a migrane...didn't sleep all night..and today I'm having massive anxiety and panic....don't know what to think of it.i get so scared...I get scared to even take a xanax...I hate this.
    • Angie8567
      Angie8567 jesika28180

      Posted

      I remember I used to get scared to take Diazapam ( is that the same drug?)  and actually, wen I got over it, they helped, but actually became a crutch, I wouldnt leave the house without them, I would go out and not even take any, but just had to hsve them with me. I think Im now a week on increased dose of 40mg, instead of bad days not I get bad hours, usually at night, compulsive thought patterns, over worrying, but my anxiety is better. Headaches are a it of a pain though, but I know they will pass in a week or so
    • jesika28180
      jesika28180 Angie8567

      Posted

      I'm on day 10 of upped dose..but has been so hard..my head feels like it pounding and bobbleheaded..I feel weird overall.not good feelings.i wish this to be all over.
    • Jaikal12
      Jaikal12 jesika28180

      Posted

      I am not feeling fab myself. I think i am about day 5 of increased dose 40mg...still having bad days with hours of releif. Funny your nights are worse Angie. My nights are usually ok but mornings are painful...just mainly depression wise. Have had headaches as well...hoping they pass. I have started having problems with sleep since increase of dose...which i didnt have before. So taking tamazapan at night which i dont like doing. But hopefully that passes too.

      Hang in there Jesika... we r on this rocky ride together...fingers crossed it gets better!

    • Jaikal12
      Jaikal12

      Posted

      Xanax is the same as valium/diazapan.
    • Angie8567
      Angie8567 Jaikal12

      Posted

      I think its maybe because I have a 3 year old daughter. She keeps me busy during the day, its at night, when everything stops and its just me and my thoughts that my mind can get a bit tricky. Im a great beiever in positive thinking though, which I know feels almost impossibe sometimes, but I try my best. If I feel downor sad, I allow myself to feel like that, but just for a little while, becasue I know that too will pass. Fighting an invisible fight is tough on your brain and body,, but I guess because Ive been through this before, I know it will get better. And I remind myself everyday that 5 weeks ago, I was ready to die, to take my own life, but instead, here I am. Here we all are, getting up every day to fight the same demons who scared us yesterday and that my darlngs is bravery!!
    • jesika28180
      jesika28180 Angie8567

      Posted

      yes angie, today i woke up feeling better, not 100% but more functionable..i pray that each day it gets better and better i have 3 little one's who need me and a job to maintian so it's hard to get better when not a whole lot changes around you. but we will persevere.
    • Jaikal12
      Jaikal12 jesika28180

      Posted

      I have a four year old as well...they just keep u going😊 its hard work but especially when u r not playing at ur A game. I suffer terrible mummy guilt cause i am not playing at my A game.
    • Jaikal12
      Jaikal12

      Posted

      Jessika r u still taking Tamazapan. I have had to also since dose increase.
    • Angie8567
      Angie8567 Jaikal12

      Posted

      Oh the parental guilt is awful! I have days were I think "She puts up with too much, shes only little" or I think that she must think Mummy is just always tired. But you know what, the reality is, that even when my world is crumbling around me, shes the one thing Im damn good at. Ive started to feel a bit over stimulated on the higher dose now, buzzing almost. It not a bad thing, so I wont complain!! Hope you're all having a good day x
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