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Hi,
I have just been to my doctor to talk about my situation again and how things are going. i have been on 20mg of fluoxetine since december last year. After filling out a questionaire from the doctor he said i was more anxiety than deppression so therefore should not be on the fluoxetine and should come off them and start on jusr c.b.t for the anxiety.
I dont no if the fluoxetine has helped or not, i meen i still get all my sypmtoms of the anxiety (constant off balance/lightheadedness being the worst and mosr anoying!!!!!) But now i am scared that now i am weening off them that i will be worse???!!!!!????????ihe is telling me to come off it because i sed it hasnt really done anything but at the same time it might have but i dont know if thaat is just that i know that it is anxiety now and not something else???!! Hard t explain but hopefully you get what i meen. Any help. thx
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Your doctor doesn't sound very professional. I was prescribed Fluoxetine for depression and anxiety many years ago and it worked wonders for me. I was having vicious panic attacks before starting the medication so it DOES work for anxiety because I am living proof of this.
Doctors and their form filling annoys me at the best of times - them questionaires are a waste of time, too. Mine has different outcomes every time I fill it in as we feel different on a day-to-day basis!
now im scared i am going to be worse coz i am weening off them now and not been perscribed them anymore.
Can you tackle anxiety and anxiety symptoms without medication?
Yes of course you can Lucy, there are many alternatives. But you don't have to stop taking the medication if you don't want to - why don't you tell the doctor you'd like to keep taking the Fluoxetine on a daily basis for another few months and then review the situation.
Lucy
I totally agree with Monostich here - I would go and see a different doctor in the practice - sorry he doesn't sound too good to me. I was on Prozac for 15 great years and it certainly helped by depression and anxiety. Like the above post says you do not have to come off it - as the above post says keep taking them then review and take it from there.
Good Luck
Laura
I cant really now as i have just been today and he has told me this. And i am going home for the summer as i am at uni now and this is were i am registered with my gp so he has signed me up to see the well being team - c.b.t for september for when i come back frm the summer. so from now until i come back i am going to see how i get on without it. He said that with anxiety they like to take to non medication route first. xxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Lucy - you can always register as a temporary resident - say where you parents are registered. Assume you saw your GP near to your Uni? So do not be put off my that - you can be a temporary resident for 3 months, but it is up to you.
Laura
messianictalmud
15-06-12, 19:43
Good luck
Anti depressants are for anxiety as well so what is your doc talking about. Question is do you feel better or worse on the meds. I agree with the others see another doctor at the practice or register as a temporary patient when you get home.If you dont feel better on these meds there are plenty others to try
Joy
I'll not repeat what's been said, but I shall say this: You are entitled to the treatment you are having, you have a say in it too. I know when I felt very bad, I couldn't even fathom that. Your doctor is there to help you, if you cannot talk to him/her then please do find another one as GPs do have different strengths.
Does your GP know you're not happy about coming off your medication?
The thing is im not even sure what i feel about coming off of it. Sometimes i think 'well my anxietty symptoms are still with me so it couldnt of been doing anything' but then a little part of me says 'what if you get worse when you are not taking them??'
I am weening off of them now so i think i will see how i am without them, if i am the same then i know its not the tablets, if i am worse i will have to go to my temporary g.p at hom and say that i have just been taken off of them but feel i was a bit better on them. Do you think i could/should do this and can he perscribe me bk on them with no fuss or waiting? xxxxxxxx
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