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    Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Hi,

    All going well so far apart from daytime drowsiness. I know I jiggled the timing eventually last time I was on Fluoxetine but I can't for the life of me remember which way round it was! At the moment I'm taking my 20mg in the morning - sleeping okayish - getting better... but I conk out a couple of times during the day. I've persevered for about 6 weeks, is it worth trying an evening dose instead? I do remember this passes eventually...
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    Re: Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Had a google - going to switch to the evening and see how it goes.
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    Re: Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Quote Originally Posted by Speranza View Post
    is it worth trying an evening dose instead?
    On paper it shouldn't make any difference given fluoxetine's veeeery long half-life, but stranger things have happened so give it a shot.
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    Re: Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Seems to be working... I figured after a few weeks, delaying a dose by 12 hours wouldn't make a huge difference. I'm definitely getting further through the day without dropping like a fly! Although I seem to remember that does wear off eventually anyway. I had a near panic attack yesterday, but there was an extreme situation which provoked it and I think without Fluoxetine it would have been a full-on meltdown! Yay for drugs!
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    Re: Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Quote Originally Posted by Speranza View Post
    Yay for drugs!
    Yeah, they've kept me reasonable sane for 3 decades (though family and friends may dispute this...which is why I'm leaving my 'fortune' to a cat rescue charity ). They often get a bad rap, sometimes justified, but if I'd developed PD just a few decades earlier when there were no ADs my life post PD would have been a lot different.

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    Re: Timing of tablet and drowsiness

    Seems to have worked well.
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