Re: A timetable for recovery on Fluoxetine / prozac
Well done, those good moments are the light at the end of the tunnel. You will come through. I'm not sleeping at the moment but I seem to remember this passes too. I have a review with my GP on Thursday anyway.
I think the ups and downs are also normal and they will pass.
I've always found with anxiety triggers that if I stop and really really listen to myself I know whether to push or not. Many years ago I was terrified of the spin cycle on my washer and coped by going out into the garden til it was over. I felt a bit of a wuss but on the other hand I didn't collapse in terror! But sometimes I know it's right to push through.
Most of us are overthinkers. I wonder if you could literally leave the house for 30 seconds? Have no more expectation of yourself than that. And then do that for as long as you need, even if it's a month - you'd be out of the house for 3 and a half minutes a week and then you could build on that.
Do you have a fear OF anything or is it just that the thought makes you feel anxious? If so, stick with the thought WITHOUT pushing yourself to go out, and try to let it wash through you. Don't try to picture going out, just literally feel the feels. And as soon as it's too much (even after two seconds) STOP. And THEN tell yourself out loud, "Well done I've got this!"
Because you have. You are doing great. HOWEVER you are doing, you are doing great.
So glad about your mother, Don. xx
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