Struggling a lot

[Arose]

I've been on 40mg Fluoxetine for 6 weeks on Thursday and I still feel awful. I'm so fed up of feeling dread, despair and misery. I'm struggling to go out and when I do go out I get terrible derealization. I cried walking home today, I'm so fed up. I have a psych assessment in 2 weeks, i'm hoping I will be better by then:weep:

[TimeSoup]

Hang in there. Nothing lasts forever. And even hell is out of gas one day.

[SLA]

I'd probably book into your GP sooner, and just explain that these aren't working for you.

They'll make an alternative suggestion.

[Probs92]

I would speak with your psychiatrist or prescriber because it is quite possible that fluoxetine is not right for you. As far as psychiatric prescriptions go, it is kind of trial and error until you find the right one.

[Panicer]

Hi Arose, I'm just a couple of weeks into my fluoxetine prescription so I can't say it gets better but most everything I've read says you really need to give it up to 8 weeks. I too am still feeling terrible so can feel your pain and am hoping the pills will kick in soon. The psych assessment seems like a positive step and not something to be worried about. I had one last week and it was nice to hear a specialist's thoughts and it's got me access to some more in depth help, so hopefully the same will true for you :)