Week 8 Fluoxetine..wow!
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Hello everyone, I just wanted to share my experiences of fluoxetine 20mg. I'm now on my 8th week & 8 I am really feeling great. When I was at my lowest, I thought things would never get better. I had constant stomach ache, sickness & IBS. I just stopped enjoying everything & just didn't see the point which isn't like me.
I've always had some anxious tendencies but since I moved out of my parents last Jan, everything just got the better of me. I didn't realise how much it had effected me. The thought of the house used to make me feel ill & teary. I used to convince myself I had serious illnesses & google symptoms until I just felt horrific. I would obsess over tiny things that ached etc. I am a teacher as well as special needs co ordinator & although I love my job, it is very stressful & that had crept up too. I find it really hard to be off work in the holidays & that's when I had most of my major dips. Working as hard as I was but being unable to look forward to time off was awful. I used to feel it Fridays too before the weekend.
My breaking point came out of the blue on a relaxing weekend in York in Oct. I began to feel odd so I stood still for a while then had a huge panic attack, I thought an ambulance would have to get me out of the cafe. My depression went downhill from there, I thought that my life would be like that forever. I used to just cry & cry & couldn't be alone. I didn't care about anything & couldn't even bring myself to tidy up. Things seemed to improve a bit as I got back into the swing of school but xmas holidays came & there I was again, crying in my car, pointlessly driving about with crippling anxiety. I went to the doctors & he gave me fluoxetine 20mg. I felt relief & hope.
The first few weeks were rocky & I experienced quite a few side effects which I thought would never stop. For the last 3 weeks, these seem to have disappeared & I just feel great. It's made me realise that maybe I was depressed long before my breakdown in Oct. I am enjoying life & also the house. My anxiety has almost completely gone & my relationships are so much better. I've just come to the end of half term week & I have enjoyed being off for the first time in months!! I had a little wobble on the first day but I think that's because I was expecting the feelings I have had every other holiday.
There is certainly hope on your fluoxetine journey. Keep going, every day things will get better. They certainly have for me. At the moment, I love life.
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JesseS samantha_26616
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Thanks for your positive post, it's very encouraging, although I will be taking Fluoxetine as an antiviral for a chronic Enterovirus infection. It's odd that many of my symptoms including IBS, depression and anxiety are very similar to yours.
Cheers2betrdays samantha_26616
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Wow! I'm so happy that you are feeling much better, Samantha
I had a similar experience. I went through a really bad breakup and I was lethargic and my depression and anxiety that I previously had went out of control. I used to be on Paxil. I started Prozac right after the breakup and it was THE WORST TIME OF MY LIFE. I was crying every 2 hours, I had racing thoughts about my ex. It was completely devastating. I was emotionally broken and my pre-existing depression and anxiety along with being diagnosed bipolar did not help AT ALL. I saw no end to it. I am currently on week 6 and that was the magic number for me! I am feeling SO SO MUCH better than last week. I have hope in the future and I find myself not thinking about my ex for long periods of time. I'm praying I continue to improve. I really hope anyone on this medication holds on a little longer. It is SO worth it.