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I will have been on Flouxitine for 6 weeks on Sunday an feel worse than ever really thinking of giving it up , any advice am driving myself crazy with Google an sites , looking up every symptom , just can't seem to see a light an the end of this tunnel 😢 Xxx
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vanilla27 jayne27926
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I'm in the same boat. Been on it for about 7 weeks and I made the mistake of upping my dose a couple weeks ago and putting it back down again. now I'm dealing with an insane amount of anxiety, can barely leave the house. Everyone on these forums is saying to stick it out and they've been so positive and helpful. Hope things get better for you soon! You're not alone in this fight.
LJK68 vanilla27
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Hi there, i'm sorry to hear that you are struggling as well. It's horrible isn't it. I have been on Fluoxetine for 12 weeks now and 3 weeks ago the dr upped me from 20mg to 40mg...and I seem to be feeling a lot worse... I've just tried to listen to people here who say things will get better. There's some kind of determination there that keeps me going with it...i've no idea where it comes from really. I'm here if you want to talk x
jo88887 LJK68
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Hi, how have you been today? I've had a horrible day although for A short while I did feel "normal". My husband had a bad accident earlier this year, he's fine now, but I had to do everything and I think that was the start of things. I had a problem with my back in July/august and drove myself to distraction thinking I had some horrible disease, I'm thinking I have overloaded myself with worry but the fear and panic feelings are really bad when they come on😢Can someone reassure me that this is anxiety and it will go away eventually xx
LJK68 jo88887
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Oh i'm so sorry you are going through this, I know EXACTLY how you feel. It's just awful. It would be great just to have a period of time where it was plain sailing and nothing to worry about...I dream of that day!...but alas it never seems to happen. You are exactly right, you have overloaded yourself with worry...but with good reason, you've had a lot on your plate. What i've found is to try and build a wall against those thoughts and do something, no matter how small to distract youself...and then before you know it, those nasty thoughts don't get a chance to take hold. Do something that you enjoy...i've barely been leaving the house either...but the shortet walk, bath, movie...anything that relaxes you...can help just that little bit to just get through...and then hopefully things will beging to feel better and better...the more you do things that you actually enjoy and that make you feel good. Its worth a try and we can all help one another through x
vanilla27 LJK68
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Thanks, same thing happened to me, I was doing fairly well on the 20mgs with a few ups and downs but my dr upped my dose to 40mgs and things progressively got worse over the course of two weeks. So, I went back to my dr and he lowered the dose back to 20mgs - that was six days ago and I dont feel any better. I'm doing my best to hang in there and stay positive though.
LJK68 vanilla27
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I can't see my dr for a few weeks as she's off on holiday and I don't trust any other dr...but in a way I feel it may have done me a favour as it gives me more time to see how things work out. Do you think it may be worthwhile asking your dr if you can go back up to the 40mg and to try your best to give it some time... I only say this because i've heard (and am beginning to experience) that upping the dose may take the same amount of time again to settle into your system as the original 20mg dose? I think from what i've read that one SSRI is much the same as the other so at this point, i'm trying to logically reason why I should stick with it. Its very hard when you're right in the middle of it to make a decision as to what's best isn't it?
LJK68 vanilla27
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Hi, I wondered how you were getting on? I had increased my dose from 20-40mg 3 weeks ago and had been struggling...and I know you have been too. I just wondered how things have been going for you as i've had a really good few days now. I had been tempted to go back down to 20mg...but all of a sudden (and no doubt also with the help on here) i've felt a lot better. I hope that you're doing better x
jayne27926 LJK68
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Aquin jayne27926
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Hi guys,
I acknowledge that this drug doesn't work for everyone, but i wanted to chime in with my positive story and timeline.
I had a mental breakdown in mid July and started experiencing SEVERE anxiety and OCD. I could not function as a normal person anymore. I couldn't leave the house and i thought i was going to end up in a psych ward. The anxiety i was experiencing every morning left me crippled and hanging on for dear life. I started losing weight and getting delayed periods. I started on fluoxetine in mid August at just 5mg because i knew that i would be extremely sensitive to side effects. I moved up to 7.5mg then 10mg then 12.5mg over the course of 7 weeks. Weeks 2&3 were the hardest for me. I didn't even think it was possible to get worse than i already was, but i did. By week 4 i was having a couple of manageable days a week, so that was the first improvement i saw. Week 5 i had even more ok days. Week 6 was my best yet with all acceptable days but i know i still have a lot of healing to do. On the first day of week 7 i actually went out to my friends dinner party and socialised. I cannot stress how impossible even that thought would have been just 1 month ago.
Today is my first day of week 8 and im still feeling much better than I was. Im still only on 12.5mg and will go up to 15mg tomorrow.. eventually i will get to 20mg and stay there for a few months and see how i feel. My point is that this drug takes a lot of time and patience - something that I know is really really hard to have when you feel so bad. You just want a quick fix but unfortunately its not possible. Another thing is i think doctors put patients on too high a dose too quickly. Especially for those people with an anxiety or panic disorder, we are extremely sensitive and need to take things much slower. I think thats why so many people give up on this drug. Another thing that would help is taking a month off work so you can just focus on yourself without having to make yourself socially acceptable. I pretty much stayed in bed for the first 3 weeks but it did get to a point where i had to started having to force myself out of bed and out of the house. I feel like making myself do stuff was part of my healing progress. My partner actually had to force me to get up and out. It was very hard!
Just want you guys to know you're not alone. I know how horrible it is. Hang in there 2-3 more weeks if you can and you should hopefully start to see some improvement. You've come this far, you might as well stick it out a bit longer
nai84477 Aquin
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Thank you for this Aquin. Showing this to my husband so he'll know how to support me best.
jennifer0204 Aquin
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Thank you for posting this! I think it's so helpful to hear from people who have gone thru the initial nightmare and can say it's been worth it. I'm so glad to see you're doing so much better. Xx
jayne27926 Aquin
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Thank you so much am going to stick it out because of story's like yours , am so glad ur feeling better , thanks for sharing means a lot xx
LJK68 Aquin
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Thank you for your inspiring words, It really does help and hopefully gives us something to look forward to, i'm at 12 weeks just now but hanging in there and hoping things will get better.
smorse84 jayne27926
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Hi jayne - I just shared my story on the thread "Fluoxetine Rollercoaster" but additionally I wanted to say that it's so important to try to take one day at a time, something my mother has always encouraged me to do and she is so right. For someone like us dealing with anxiety it can be so hard but it's important to remember that it's going to pass and brighter days will come. I know exactly how you feel but hang in there, we are all going through it and we are all here for you. I know what you mean about reading every single side effect, I have a nasty habit of convincing myself that I have every single one! It's so hard but if we do this to ourselves we will only get worse. These kinds of meds take some time to work so when you come out on the other side you will be so happy you stuck with it. Keep your chin up and remember, you can always call your pharmacist any time if you have questions, I bug mine so much they must be sick of me Hope you start to feel better soon!
jayne27926 smorse84
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Thank you so much your words have just made me smile, I don't feel as bad today just pain in my head , I can cope with that as long as my anxiety is ok hahah thank you for taking the time to write this xx
smorse84 jayne27926
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You're very welcome! I feel like that too, anything but the anxiety right! I just got over a sinus infection and now I am sick with bronchitis too, plus I have a bad back so it's just one thing after another. Life is like that ... I say anything we can do to make it a little easier we should try it. Try to surround yourself with supportive people as much as you can, this always helps remind me that I'm not alone in this. Will check in later, hope you have a good day xoxo
jayne27926 smorse84
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R get well soon your feeling so sick an still giving great advice 😘 U should try an have a sofa day with films an food , xxx
smorse84 jayne27926
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Well thank you my parents will actually be at my house shortly so they're going to make lunch and help me with a few things and entertain my daughter! So that's hugely helpful. We might have a movie night later!
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