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Upping the dose

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becky1983
becky1983

Hey I'm currently on 5 mg and doing good however around my period I get depressed and my anxiety comes back and at times I get intrusive thoughts but not anything real bad I can handle it but would love for them to not be there at all! I was gonna go up to 7.5 today as the doc want me to get to 10 but I'm freaking out. There is no one home today and I have a 7yr old so I'm scared "what if something happens" last year I was in 15mg and the doc switch me to Effexor which caused me to have a serotonin over dose so now I'm really scared. I also don't wanna go back to sleeping all the time and feeling crappy.So im looking for feed back on how others responded up a increase in dose. Thank you in advance

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  • LJK68
    LJK68 becky1983

    Posted

    Hi there, 

    I have been on Fluoxetine for 12 weeks now and things are slowly improving,3 weeks ago the dr upped my dose to 40mg and I would say i've had increased anxiety for a few weeks and continuing to have loss of appetite and feeling a bit flat...but literally the last few days i've felt a little better. I also feel the same way around my period.  It definitely helps coming on here and speaking with other people who are going through the same and are on the same medication. I'm sure you will be just fine and I would follow what the dr has advised. I know it must be really hard as you are scared, but try to relax and take your mind off it with something else, anything that'll keep you occupied. Hopefully things will improve and you'll feel better. x

  • pipk02
    pipk02 becky1983

    Posted

    Hi Becky! Xx would you consider increasing even slower if you are really nervous (with good reason, from your past experiences xx)..

    I can't give you advice of what it's going to be like as I'm still on 5mgs and thinking of increasing tomorrow.. I feel scared too xx

    • becky1983
      becky1983 pipk02

      Posted

      I was gonna increase by 1/4 tab but really wanna do a half so it will go faster. But so scared. I started at 2.5 and was fine upping to 5 but scared this time.
    • pipk02
      pipk02 becky1983

      Posted

      We can do it together! 😘 I'm going to go to 7.5 tomorrow.

    • becky1983
      becky1983 pipk02

      Posted

      I'm gonna be home alone again tomorrow so I'm not sure. I'm gonna try to do some research on it tonight

    • pipk02
      pipk02 becky1983

      Posted

      That's really hard that you are home alone! I understand why you are feeling nervous!! Xo 😘

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