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Will i get side effects when i increase

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Star586
Star586

Hi guys

So ive been taking 10mg of flu as i had awful sideeffects on other meds. I have been a little better but not amazing. Today is day 14 and yday instead if taking half the tab which is 10mg i took3 quarters. Anyway today has been awful iv been feeling so so sickly. Can any1 tell me if their aide effects were bad when they increased please? Xxx

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  • dawn70425
    dawn70425 Star586

    Posted

    Hi star

    Bless you, you seem to be very secretive to drugs from what Iv read about you...

    If your that sensitive to drugs then of caurse you will find a increase hard at first, and untill again your body adjust to a stronger dose, u will say one thing tho, don't keep jumping from higher dose one day back to your norm the next, or you will just mess your body up, as it won't know if coming or going..

    Either stick to your 10mg for now, or carry on with that little bit extra, don't confuse your mind and body, or you will just end up giving up on the meds, as you will just continue with bad side effects so I think you need to just stick to one or the other... 

    I'm afraid I'm one of the lucky ones that started on 20mg and had two weeks of hell, then I went up to 40 without side effects, and after 3 mths I'm on 60 now, and again no side effects and it's working FOR ME great..

    But every one is different and we all react in different ways to drugs... but I think your doing really well to take that chance and go a little high, your a very brave person.. just remember to stick at either 10mg or that little bit high for you..

    Good luck your doing so well, just keep talking to us on here as we all won't to help in our own ways .

    Big hugs 🤗 X  

    • Star586
      Star586 dawn70425

      Posted

      Dawn thankyou so so much you ate so encouraging. I have just took a little bit nore than the 10 again tonyt. Also my eyes feel really dry do u no if this is a side effect? Xxxx
  • pam18344
    pam18344 Star586

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    Hi star, yes its been three an half weeks on my increase and its only the last few days I've began to feel much better ! After the increase I felt quite rough and was upset by it , but I found this site and lots of folks in a similar situation after an increase .give it another week or so hun, hugs xxxxxx

    • Star586
      Star586 pam18344

      Posted

      Thankyou pam it some how helps to no other people are feeling the same doesnt ut. Im glad your starting to feel better xxxxx
    • pam18344
      pam18344 Star586

      Posted

      Hey Star !! Thanks , if you read all the other comments it seems we all have similar probs ,either starting new on floux or increasing !! So whatever we are worried about , it seems we all share the same problem !! Keep tight to this group , it's a great help !! Xxxxcc

  • dawn70425
    dawn70425 Star586

    Posted

    Thank you star

    Iv not heard of dry eyes b4 from this med,🤔 Just headach, feeling a bit sick, tearfull, and that, but all that does pass by, and beleave it or not, you do begin  to feel normal again, mite not feel like it at the moment,but it will in time bless you... 

    Some one eles may pop up on here and have that problem, I'm going through the menopause, and that can caurse dryness... but Iv not come across it on fluoxetine ( mite be wrong lol) ..

    Your mind is a very powerful thing, and can caurse us to think all sorts 😧,..

    your doing great, always remeber that 🤗X 

    • Star586
      Star586 dawn70425

      Posted

      Dawn your so right i think sometimes its the anxiety causing half the stuff. Thankyou so much for all your advice xxxxx
    • dawn70425
      dawn70425 Star586

      Posted

      No problem, u ever need to talk, rant and rave come on here, as if not me, there be some one who will listen to you, please let me know how you are going on this med, and I'm hoping soon you will feel good, with out the side effect too..

      Take care, I'm always here 🤗X

    • craig35547
      craig35547 dawn70425

      Posted

      Hi Dawn   Hope you are well.  I'm new to the site.   I have been on 5 to 8 mg of Prozac for 9 days now.  I can achieve this by taking liquid Prozac.   But I feel like I'm going crazy.  I have facial pain, chest tightness, pressure behind my eyes and pressure in my head.  I don't know how much longer I can deal with this.   Does this pass.  Or am I stuck with this.  It's so discouraging I can't even explain how deflating and uncomfortable it is.  

      Thank you

    • dawn70425
      dawn70425 craig35547

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      Hi Craig 

      Thanks I'm good... it's way to early to start feeling better, I'm sorry to say, when I first started on Prozac ( flu) I was told by my doc that the first two weeks of taking this drug will be bad, but try and stick with it, as will become easer then, I was on 20mg then... and wow was he right, I went through it bad,big time in those two weeks, just like you, bad head, pains in my body, sick, didn't think I could take it any more, each day seemed for ever, waiting for the drug to work....

      So your not on your own, it's hard BUT stick with it, try and think that the next day, may be the one where you feel or start to feel good again, for ME this drug as worked and Iv got some of my life back, I'm no longer in that black tunnel where you can't see the light at the end...

      I'm now on 60 mg after 3mths and I saw my doc yesterday and he said I was looking the best I had for a long while, this drug is still working for me, this time down the line, it is a VERY slow drug to work, but it will if you give it time...

      I really do hope that turning day will come soon for you, even I still had a bad day now and again, but that's life really as we are not robots, ...

      But I'm glad Iv stuck by it and giving it a chance, the side effects will go in time when your body get use to it, so don't worry about that, they are not here to stay, uv just got to take each day as it comes, try not give in b4 uv given it a chance at least ..

      Good luk, u will be fine 

      Hugs 🤗X

    • Star586
      Star586 craig35547

      Posted

      Hi craig i hope your ok. I have increased from 10mg to about 12mg i do it with the dissolvable tablets and i also feel awful the nausea and palpitations are the worst. The palpitations have me so scared and worried incase it causes a heart attack or something. I hope we feel better soon xxx
    • pam18344
      pam18344 dawn70425

      Posted

      Hi Dawn , totally agree with all you say. Do Craig stick with it!!,/lm into week three of an increase of floux and felt terrible , but from Mon have felt more like my old self !!, lt will happen , like Dawn said ,take one day at a time , hugs xxx
    • dawn70425
      dawn70425 pam18344

      Posted

      Hiya Pam 

      Ow I'm so glad things are settled down a bit for you, it's so hard to wait, and so easy to give in with this med, as we all want it to work on day one, and some one telling you, no way to early, you feel you can't wait any longer...

      But it is worth it, and time does go pretty fast any way lol, it's no good stopping this drug then 3mths down the line you wished u had carried on with it,as all will be good by then....

      But well done in riding the rough patch out, you've done amazing, you should be proud of your self, and it gives hope to others as well ...

      Hugs to you, and a pat on the back for sticking it through, well done,..🤗Xx

    • pam18344
      pam18344 dawn70425

      Posted

      Thank you Dawn! Yes from 40 to 60mg . sometimes I worry about having to increase as it feels that the 40 wasn't working for me anymore , oh well so be it!!! Love this site Dawn , its comforting to read other peoples experiences!! Also I love to share my progress too as it gives hope to all!!!! Love ,Pam xxxx

    • Star586
      Star586 pam18344

      Posted

      Dawn and pam you ate both so so helpful. Im having another awful day today i cant wait to feel better the sickness is terrible and i keep going all dizzy i no its silly but i have this huge fear that it is ill make me have a seizure or pass out when im alone with my little girl xxx
    • dawn70425
      dawn70425 Star586

      Posted

      Bless you star ..

      Ur havin a tough time of it, try to focus on some thing other then this drug and when you will feel better, you have a lovely daughter, and I think it's some thing we all dread, some thing happening to us...

      I live on my own, but have to wonderful grown up daughters, who live away from home, two years ago I had blood clots on my lungs, I remeber a number of times I had chest pain, but put it down to heart burn, when after 6 mth was told I was sooooo lucky to be alive as to be honest it could of killed me, so the pains I was getting was the clot going through my heart, I just thank god that this was not my time and I'm very lucky to have survived it, so very scary that in the dark nites I could of died on my own.... but I haven't , but what I'm trying to say is, like I told you b4 our minds are very powerful and we think all these bad things can or will happen to us, even me now,  I at times think Iv got some thing wrong with me and not going to live much longer 🤔 But that was when I first started on fluoxetine because your soooo low in your mood, your mind works over time and we think the worse... just like Pam you too, are doing really well, uv got to this stage now so keep going, your very brave, the longer you stick to this drug, the sooner your mind will settle down, and your symptoms WILL start to go away, and then you will enjoy your lovely daughter, Christmas is just around the corner, so look forward to that, and by then I really do think you will be feeling much better, because your on a low does it maybe just taking a little longer I'm not sure, maybe your doc can answer that for you..

      Please, please keep in touch with me, write on here and I will see it, and just talk with you, even if it's just about your day your havin, we are all here to listen..

      Well done, ur doing so well ..

      Big hug 🤗X

    • Star586
      Star586 dawn70425

      Posted

      Dawn you are so lovely i wish i could bring you to my house to look after me until they work ha. 

      I feel better on my mood i just feel so sick and weak it feels exactly like morning sickness its so horrible. Its 14 days tomorro i was hiping the sude effects would have started to oass but since i started taking tha extra little bit if tablet they are eorse than at the start. Xxxx 

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