How are you doing on 40mg OakTrees? I am on week 4 of 40mg but the anxiety is back urgh. 10 weeks overall for me.
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Hi, I'm six and a half weeks in and improving. I'm doing better than I was on 20 mg but I think there's still room for improvement. I'm hoping this comes in the next few weeks. I'm still having periods where I don't feel great and wonder whether the Prozac is working, but they generally only last 2 or 3 days as compared to the 2 weeks they would last while I was on 20 mg.
Hopefully you should start to feel better soon. It's a very slow acting medication. In my experience so far the timeline given in the first post is quite accurate.
Today is the end of week 7 for me, yesterday and today have been very bad,. Anxiety , depression, weird thinking and feeling all over. Actually on my last visit 2 weeks ago, doc up the dose to 40mg but i didnt start 40mg and still sticking myself to 20mg. I am thinking if i really need to up my dose now or i should stick to 20mg for another couple of weeks to see if it starts kicking in properly. Again medicine has worked and is working but not to the full swing
I kept myself to 20mg and still taking 20mg. Week 8 was better than 7 but it is not yet 100%. There are odd days that dont go well,
9 weeks today on 40 mg after 14 weeks on 20 mg.
My mental health has improved massively, OCD and intrusive thoughts no longer bother me, I can think much more clearly, and the future and the world in general don't seem all that bad.
My mood, energy levels and anxiety levels still aren't great though. Can't hold a decent conversation, sleeping during the day, and struggling to motivate myself to study for my degree. I'm hoping these improve by week 12 of 40 mg as I've seen in a few other people's posts.
Hi guys hope you don’t mind me jumping no here. Iv just read through all your posts and have found it comforting that I’m not alone in what I’m experiencing on fluoxetine. I’m only on day 9, 20mg and my first week was awful. My anxiety levels almost immediately shot up 100% as did the level of my panic attacks. Was so bad one early morning I drove myself to A&E. (I’m suffering with symptoms with my nose so it’s made me extremely anxious). Typical side effects for me during my first week have been intense anxiety and panic. Too anxious to sleep, feeling a little nauseous (only a little), appetite completely gone, belly ache, frequently going to the loo, bad morning anxiety, crying, so tired and lethargic, (my house has gone to pot, Iv done nothing this last week). One of the worst symptoms I found was how it increased my overall anxiety levels. I was beside myself with panic on a few occasions. I couldn’t function. I felt I was losing my mind!
I’m sticking with it though and I know I’m by no means out of the woods yet.
The timeline on Prozac on this thread is brilliant and I’m going to keep going back to that to remind myself things will get better. It’s early days for me yet though and any support On here would be so much appreciated!
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Hello guys,
I am just checking in and I will hopefully report my progress. I am in my 4th week with Prozac (25 days) and I started it because of my depression. It was prescribed to me long time ago but I didn' really stick with it, reading your comments and how long it takes to show any real effect has really motivated me to keep taking it for at least for 3 months. I lost my interest before almost 2 years and I no longer really enjoy things nor do I have any motivation or interest as I used to, I had rough days and I got suicidal for a very short period of time (not more than a week) due to high stress and depression but I no longer have that. I am taking Omega 3 as well and hope to get better soon, although I am not really depressed now but I don't really enjoy things and I really lack interest and motivation