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oversleep effect while on fluoxetine ???

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lama26384
lama26384

i've always been an oversleeper, my average sleeping hour range is 12 hours straight !!! i know i know, anyway i haven't pulled an all nigher in a while (since before starting to take prozac), and recently i've started taking escitalopram 20 mg then decided side effects were too much so i switched to prozac 20 mg (which i'm familiar with from before) ...

anyway my question is how would my oversleeping affect me now ?? cuz yesterday i had pulled an all nighter for an exam and slept for about 21 hours straight :'( :'( and woke up exhausted; feeling like im gonna faint, can't stand, nauseous, and i have a TERRIBLE headache ... 

anybody know what the hell is going on ??? xD 

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  • lookingonwards
    lookingonwards lama26384

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    When I first started on these tablets I was wide awake all the time.. now I sleep more. I think it is a side effect. I am also wondering if you had slept for 21 hours and had no food that your feeling dizzy etc may also have something to do with that. I feel fuzzy if I synch my bodyclock out of whack by pulling an all nighter as well.. even if I did sleep that long. Also sometimes the more sleep you have had the tireder and less refreshed you feel for some reason. I guess it is like over eating .. you need to find the perfect balance because if you have a mass binge then you feel crappy.
  • anne92030
    anne92030 lama26384

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    i dont know, i started fluoxetine, 5 days at 5 mg, now one week at 10mg, hard to wake up, morning anxiety, feel terribly nauseous, headache, teeth trembling, dizzy and feel like fainting, soooo fed up with all this meds , i dont know what to do, it would be so nice we can take it in the evening and wake up refreshed with no side effect!
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