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7 wks on fluoxetine, when will I feel normal?
I suffer from panic, anxiety attacks :weep:and depression. I started fluoxetine 7 wks ago. 3 wks at 10mg and 4 wks at 20mg. Iv noticed some days I feel as if I'm on the road to feeling better and other days (like today) I feel very low and a little anxious. I take .25 of klonopin in the mornings when I wake because some mornings I feel the anxiety creeping up on me and I take another .25 of the klonopin at bedtime with the 20mg of fluoxetine. I'm having a hard time staying positive when I have days when I feel so low, days when I could lay in bed all day and sleep. I have 4 small children so laying in bed is not an option for me. I'm feeling alone and that there isn't any one to talk to who truly understands what I'm going through and that's why I'm on this forum, hoping there's someone who can relate and tell me that it will get better. 😪
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Re: 7 wks on fluoxetine, when will I feel normal?
hi im the same as you i cant stop feeling sick and i think im getting paroiond im going back to the docs tommor mayby im gona ask to change to somthing else ive been on 20mg for 6 week your not alone its a terrable thing to deal with:hugs:
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Hi, I know exactly how you feel and it's the worst feeling ever. I am not taking fluox, however I am taking escitalopram together with mirtazapine. The mirtazapine was not doing much on it's own so escit was added. It's been about 5 weeks and I'm 12 days into a dose increase and feel like I'm back to square one. It is such a lonely existance for us at the moment as unless you have been there you cannot truly understand. I have my mum staying with me to help as I am on my own with kids. I feel right now that she makes me worse as she is loosing patience with me and seems irritated by my condition. I realise it must be difficult supporting someone when they are suffering anxiety and depression especially when the meds make you worse before better. I just wish she would talk to me instead of critisizing my parenting - I have 2 great kids!!!!
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Hello Katy2104, I can relate to the feeling of being criticized. My family has been supportive but only to an extent because they don't understand what iv been through and am still going through. My husband is tired of my ups and downs and there's no way for me to make him understand my struggles. I know that I'm slowly getting better but when I have days like today, I don't think I'll ever be normal again and that just makes it so much worse! I'm tired of being tired and afraid of the anxiety all the time. I just want it to go away. I want to be happy.
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Hi leanne...28, thank you for your response. It makes me feel better for you to say I'm not alone. Let me know if your doctor switches you or keeps you on the 20mg a bit longer. Iv made it this far and I really don't want to have to start over again with something new. I just want the fluoxetine to work and be calm again.
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i was only thinkin of switching because im 6 weeks in and still feel very sick and wreching all the time also paranoid with is somthing i never ad so i was thinkin that fluoxtine is not for me .xx tke care ill keep you updated:)
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Hi I just wanted to reassure you that at 7 weeks I had a big blip. The meds really kicked in for me after this. I thought I'd never feel better but now at 10 weeks I had a lovely Christmas, have visited friends and even went away for the weekend. I never, ever thought I'd feel like this three weeks ago but I'm going back to work next week (I've been off since October). Hang in there. If you have seen any improvements things will continue to get better. Just think of the down times as bumps in the road. The ride will get smoother, I promise. Xxxxxx
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Oh that's so good to hear! I needed some reassuring. I feel very tired most of the day. Did you feel tired? And did it eventually subside?
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I felt the opposite really, I couldn't sleep and was awake by 4.30 am most mornings. This gradually extended so by 8 weeks I was sleeping till 6.30 and now I'm back to normal sleep wise. I also weighed myself today and the 11lb I lost within the first three weeks has gone back on. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't say I'm totally better but I am sure I'll get there now when I wasn't before. I had a good piece of advice to do one thing each day outside my comfort zone and this really helped. Particularly spending time with friends and family who understood when I didn't want to. It sounds crazy but this helped me to fill my head with things other than how I was feeling again. I found not being able to be 'part' of life around me really hard but now I'm looking forward again. Xxxx
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Hi Snoopy,
That is just what I need now, some reassuring words that things will get better, am on day 21 & feeling absolutely SH--
Not going out tonight as feel so ill, just going to chill watching television xxx
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Things will get better Stormy. Happy New Year. I hope next year is better for all of us. :-) xxxx
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Hi Snoopy,
I am the same as you with sleep, just will not come. Most nights only getting a couple of hours. How long before you found things started to improve, even slightly?
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE XXX
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Snoopy's right she was like you and is now feeling so much better, its not easy and it is hard if you cannot sleep because somedays you just want bed time to come so that you can start a new day but then you cannot sleep so you feel even worse, your sleep will gradually improve as the side effects ease. xxx
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I go see my pdoc on wed and I'm going to ask him about my fatigue. My anxiety level has gone down but I can't handle being tired all the time..it sucks!! I lost a considerable amount of weight in the beginning as well. I'm just now starting to eat normal again and put some weight back on. So there are positives but when I have a bad moment or day, it just brings me right back down...I try so hard to remain positive and hopeful. I just can't wait for the day that I wake up and feel like myself again.
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It will come, I still get tired at times and I am 4 months in now, I lost a lot of weight too and have put on a few pounds but it has stayed off even though I am eating normally. It is good your anxiety has gone down too, I think the bad moments will get less and less, hopefully you doc will be able to give you more info and put your mind at rest. xx
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I wake up thinking about anxiety and waiting for it. It's such a horrible feeling. I need to train my mind to stop thinking about the fear of being anxious. Every day is a struggle to stay focused and happy. I just want to wake up happy and worry free.
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Hi Ocean, I totally understand how you feel. It is my 4th week on 20mg Fluox. I am tired all the time as well and usually in the evening I start to feel little bit better but then same as you I wake up in the morning and waiting for anxiety start. It is horrible feeling and I can't wait for day when I wake up and feel myself again. :hugs:
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Hello princess, this is my 5th wk at 20 mg, iv had some rough past few days. Today I feel a bit depressed and tired. I can't wait for this cloud of doom I feel all the time to go away. I'm wondering if maybe the doctor will add a med to help with the added depression I feel. I don't want to take any more meds but I want to feel like myself again. Keep me posted on how you're feeling over the next few weeks.
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Hi Ocean:) I hope you feeling a little bit better. How was your doc visit? :hugs:
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Hello, my doc visit was good. He's keeping me at 20mg of fluoxetine and told me that I should not be afraid to take the klonopin when I need to, it's such a low dose that I shouldn't be worried about addiction. He gave me a slip to get some blood work to make sure that all my counts are good. I need to be more consistent with therapy as well. I havnt seen my counselor in over a month. I'm very tired at the moment but I remain hopeful. How are you feeling??
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I am glad you feeling better:) it is my 24th day on fluox and I had ok few past days. Didn't feel great but deffinitely better than first 3 weeks. Tonight I feel a little bit depressed and anxious. I hate when I start to have negative thoughts. I have sick note till tomorrow from my doctor but I still can't even think of going back there. I wish I feel myself again. Are you off work as well? I take 2mg diazepam when i feel really bad which helps me to relax.:hugs:
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I can relate to how you're feeling and it's awful. I take klonopin which must be like what you take when I'm feeling bad. I take a very low dose (.25) in the mornings when I wake because I still feel shaky and a bit anxious in the mornings and then I relax enough to make it through the whole day, there are some days though when I have to take another .25mg if I begin to feel anxious, those days are less..thank god!! I am currently not working because I have 4yr old boy/girl twins at home who take up a lot of my time and energy!! Going back to work for you may trigger more anxiety, I wish for you that you didn't have to go back right away. Iv been on an anxiety roller coaster ride from hell since sept 8th. Fluoxetine is my 3rd ad since sept and the only ad that has helped me so far. I'm trying to stay positive and only think positive. Please feel free to ask me anything and know that I'm here if you need to talk.
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Day 38 on 20mg of fluoxetine. Feeling ok this morning but tired. I sleep all night but wake up tired and want to go back to sleep. I'm hoping this fatigue passes soon. Iv got too much to do to be tired all the time. Can anyone else relate?
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Yes Ocean it will get easier and the tiredness will ease, I still struggle to get out of bed in the morning though 4 months in but as soon as I put my feet on the ground I am fine. I think you will see a big difference in the next two weeks. xxx
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Thank you Janine for your encouragement. I sure hope it gets better within the next few wks. But honestly I'll take a little fatigue over the constant anxiety any day. So I know things are looking up :)
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It will get better and me too I would take tiredness over how I felt any day.
xxx
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Feeling a little anxious this morning, chills. I feel like I'm being pulled down by some anxiety monster and I'm trying to pull myself back up. It's very frustrating. I think it's my anxious mind over thinking about all the things that I need to do with in the next few days. I wanted today to be a good day, go shopping but now I think I won't be able to find the motivation or strength to leave the house. I'm trying to keep moving and doing my daily routine. it's just one of those days I guess :(
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Am the same ocean, cant get motivated to do anything, just sitting staring at telli, not taking anything in xx
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If that is how you are feeling then go with it, do the things you can when you can, some days all I could do was sit on the sofa, then I would feel better and plan for the next day and would feel bad again, so just take it day by day and don't plan just see what you feel like, these horrible side effects change too within a day and how you feel for part of it can change either way so easily.
You will get so you can do these again.
Take care both of you xx
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Good advice Janine. Day by day is all we can handle. I just want to feel better so bad...I know I'm getting there, I just have a hard time being patient. I tell myself to let time pass, to just relax and know its working. I like/need your words of encouragement, they help me to see the light at the end of this tunnel. I appreciate it.
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Believe me if you knew me you would know that I am not patient when I am ill for any reason, I am always in a hurry to get better, so I do know what you mean, I thought I was never going to feel like me again, you are right you do have to just let time pass and try and relax and not feel guilty because I did and I know I pushed myself more than I should have done some days because I did not want to let people down, in the end I just had to sit and wait and eventually you start to feel better more and more.
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42 days on 20mg fluoxetine. Iv had a few fairly good days where I can see glimpses of my old self. Today I woke up feeling congested, sick and anxious. I'm wondering if my cold can cause some anxiety and throw things off a bit, I just don't feel good today. I woke up at 6:30 am and began to feel my anxious tingly feelings all over, I got up, made tea and took a .25mg of klonopin. I layed back down for a while, I don't feel anxious anymore just don't feel good :( if it isn't one thing it's another. I need a break.
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Hi Ocean, it is good that you have had a few fairly good days and you have been feeling like yourself, the problem is when we are ill with something else it does make you feel lousy and bring some of the symptons back, I have diverticulitus and IBS which flares up periodically and when it does my anxiety is worse again, I know now that it does not last though and like my Doctor said everyone has off days.
Hopefully as your cold gets better you will continue to improve xxx
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Hello Janine, Iv noticed lately that there's times when I try to watch tv and when i start to watch i begin to feel anxiety. Does this seem strange? Has it ever happened to you? Before my debilitating panic episode a few months ago, I looked forward to a few tv shows at night after the kids went to bed and now I'll sit down to watch and within minutes I feel anxious and get up and just go to bed. There are few things that I look forward too and I'd really like to be able to watch tv again without worry. It sounds so silly..
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Hi Ocean, it sound very familiar to me. There are programs on TV which I love to watch but now I can't like for example News or some comedy shows and movies. At my worst before taking fluoxetine and first 2 weeks my anxiety was so bad that I couldn't watch TV or read magazine at all. But not only this... Ones I start to be very anxues because of banana skin on the table etc. totally crazy... You just anxues because silly stupid things. I still have my moments but before I couldn't do or look at anything. How are you today? xxx
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No its not silly, I was a few weeks when all I could do for a lot of the time was sit in front of the TV but I did not enjoy it or really take in the programs and like you sometimes I would just go to bed because I could not concentrate, as I felt better I started to enjoy my favourite programs again but whereas I used to like to watch them upstairs in our bedroom whilst my husband was in the lounge as he likes to watch sport etc I now find that i like to be with him in the evening and will sit with the lap top and play on games if there is nothing that I am interested in, about ten oclock i then go and watch what I have recorded, strange!
I think you will again as you start to relax. x xx
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I feel ok today, just congested from a head cold. Although just a moment ago I was sitting at my table eating ice cream with the kids and began to feel anxiety. I had to get up and walk around a bit. Now I feel a little shaky and I don't want to talk. I hate having any strange feelings at all. It brings me right down. I did just take 3 ibuprofen because I have a headache, maybe that has something to do with it.
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I know, you just feel well for a little while they something starts it off again, I do think al lot of it is because you are still feeling unwell and congested.
Hope it passes soon. xxx
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Thank you. I hope it passes soon too. I hope all of it passes soon.
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It will, it just feel like it is going to last forever. xxx
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Hello, aside from my congestion and headache, I felt pretty normal today. No anxiety, panic depression or fatigue. My husband is home from work today and that helps me stay calm tremendously. I wish he could stay home everyday :(. I'm hoping that by tomorrow my head cold is better and I feel we'll enough to maybe leave the house with the kids for a little while and go visit my mom. I try to get out as much as possible to help me face my fears and not let the "what ifs" swallow me up. I'm trying to remain positive and patient. I hope everyone is well and has had an anxiety free day today :)