Someone please give me a glimmer of hope

[littlestar1981]

So I started on Fluoxetine about a month ago on 20mg and increased to 40mg 2 weeks ago.

I've had various side effects throughout but today it feels unmanageable.

Today I've got freezing cold skin and a bit of a shiver but inside I'm on fire. I'm restless, I've got headaches, I've got heartburn, I think I got a tablet stuck in my throat this morning and I still feel like that now. I feel like I can't focus on much, but I can't sleep despite feeling tired, I have weird jerks as soon as I lie down and when I do nod off I have the most inappropriate dreams ever. I've had bad thoughts again and I just want to just get out of this hell in any way necessary. I feel like this is never going to end, I feel like I have been feeling like this forever, I feel like I can't get help from anyone and I've had enough of being a nutjob. I need normality back now.

Can I have it back? Please?

[Stormsky]

It's scary I know, but most on here have felt this way too .... Try and get appt with gp tomorrow, and tell them all this. I've been to hell believe me, and I'm back now, so there is an end, and I'm not on meds....I did take them for 10yrs, been off them over a year now..I'm not a fan of meds, they caused a lot of my symptoms over the yrs.

[MrMan]

I've certainly had the majority of those symptoms (and feelings) going back a month and a half. Started to come out of it now, so I hope you get over the worst of it soon too.

[Janine]

Hi Littlestar, I was where you are this time last week, four weeks plus and feeling just like you and just wanted normality back, I did have some diazapan to take as and when I needed to and although I only took it when I really was desperate it did help, maybe only one every few days.

I did not think these tablets were ever going to work and I certainly did not know about the side effects until I found this web site two weeks ago and could relate to what others were saying.

I have found reading other peoples stories really encouraging and they have helped me through knowing that it is the side effects and not me.

I am just over 5 weeks now and this week has been loads better so just perservere and all I could do when I was feeling like you was take it an hour at a time.

[phil-f]

just hit week 6 and finally feeling more like myself! still got a way to go but been going out a bit more and socialising and even found myself whistling and having lots of energy to get jobs/admin done. Keep pushing on people.

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its not been an easy 6 weeks let me tell ya... just hope theres no backwards steps now