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New to fluoxetine

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jane36011
jane36011

Last night was my first tablet of fluoxetine so far i feel so rough

dizzy, sick , very down and depressed and scaird of what i might do.

Iv beed on alot of ant depressant over the last 9 months and just dont

know what to do

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  • SONJA3124
    SONJA3124 jane36011

    Posted

    Hi Jane, Not sure what strength you're taking. I started about 3 months ago on 10mg and had side effects for the first week or so. My GP told me if I could get through the first couple of weeks they would go away and he was right. Hopefully it will be the same for you. I was super dizzy and felt spaced out by the end of the first week - ended up cutting back to one pill every other day because the medication stays in your system so long. Might be what you need to do too. You're your best doctor though - if you are feeling terrible maybe stop it and call your doctor first thing Monday. Take care.
    • jane36011
      jane36011 SONJA3124

      Posted

      Hi my dr as started me on 20mg. i never took one last night

      going back to dr tomorrow but i know what she will say

      ! i dont know what to !  because that is all she keeps saying

      but its me that is going though it 

  • SONJA3124
    SONJA3124 jane36011

    Posted

    Maybe see if you can start at the lower 10 mg dose Jane. If your doctor isn't responsive to your needs maybe it's time to change doctors as well as meds. Good luck.
  • rebecca59819
    rebecca59819 jane36011

    Posted

    hi jane, iv been the same dizzy spells, nausea and generally crappy. i noticed this after taking 20mg fluoxetine for 1 week and hasnt really stopped for the last 3 weeks, 2 days ago i decided to stop them at the moment i havent seen a change but still early days but im hoping not to long, cant really deals withs s**t anymore sad

    please let us no how you get on at doctor, as you said its you dealing with it and if its not working why put yourself through it. Take care Bec xx

  • wendie77652
    wendie77652 jane36011

    Posted

    Hi Jane,

    I didnt get any side effects for about 2 weeks after starting them but the effects were awful, i really felt i couldnt take it any more, if my husband hadnt been here to support me i would have asked to be admitted to hospital as i was afraid of myself and what i might do, i am now about 8 weeks in and the side effects have really settled down, when i first posted on this site, people kept saying, stick with it and you will get worse before you get better, and just try to take one day at a time, i have to say i felt like saying, thats ok for you to say, your not suffering these effects, but obviously they all had and knew exactly what i was going through. So i did stick with it, it was not easy, but i am now improving for sure, i can feel my old self starting to slowly come back. I still have some side effects for not as bad as the start of all this. I was terrified at times, i had awful thoughts of harming myself etc, there was a couple of nights i was up all night pacing the floor and wringing my hands and rocking back and forth. It was truly awful, but this week I have taken the kids to the park a couple of times, made dinners, managed to do a bit of cleaning etc so I know i am improving, a few weeks ago i couldnt do anything at all. My Dr asked me if i wanted to change, but i said no as i didnt want to risk another set of side effects from something else, so i stuck with it, they are working for me now slowly but surely. Obviously its up to you if you want to change meds, I just tried to get through each day until i started that little bit better each day, i am def not back to normal by any stretch of the imagination but i feel like i am on the way there. i hope that is some help to you, i know its really hard. Take care, there are lots of us going through this, you are not on your own

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