6 weeks in and still mixed feelings.. need advice!

Treatment and medication
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Hey guys

Hope you all had a good Christmas, for me I managed to get through it which was a surprise but i think I have fluoxitine to thank for that.

So ok my dilema and my experiance so far..

Week one and two and possibly three I took it in the morning as advised and predictably I had the usual side effects, excessive sweating, nausea, loss of appetite and really strong morning anxiety (Wake up feeling anxious). The last one was the one that effected my day the most, it would take hours for me to feel normal again and so struggled to even get out of bed. I later found this just made me feel worse. Turns out getting out of bed and keeping yourself busy is the best solution but at the time I just didn't have the motivation!

I had expected all of the above as I had previously been on citalopram and so knew I would have to go through this which in a way helped me a lot because it removed some of the fear I had about trying a new tablet and sure enough as each side effect appeared I was able to talk myself through the fears I was experiencing and it would pass without causing an actual attack.

So a week before christmas I took some advice from the pharmacy and tried taking them at night time instead.  a few days in and FINALLY i turned a corner, felt motivated, started eating again and actually felt warm and fuzzy inside lol.

This lasted about a week and I still have good days but I'm back to having the odd bad days too again.

So I'm midway through my 2nd box around day 6 weeks in I think and I think I've reached the peak of these 20mg, truth is the last week or two has been hard, I've either had a good day or a bad day, the bad days usually at most just involve me feeling nervous all day and feeling a bit of dread but this comes in waves and usually subsides.  So its manageable (i think)

I guess I'm just feeling a bit lost or maybe down I don't know.  I see other people have been on 40mg or even 60mg so I still have options I guess. I think these few bad days are just making me doubt the medication or something?  I'm only  6 weeks in too so maybe its still early?

Just typing this message has helped me de-stress a little although I'm sweating like a pig haha

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Hi there.. some times 20mg don’t always work for some people, and it could take up to 10/12 weeks to settle down some what... the ups and downs is just the norm when it’s early days..

I take mine in the morrin, just what doc had said, and for ME that as been fine, and I’m now on nearly 8mth from starting on Prozac, and I’m on 60mg and I’m good now, smytoms have gone ( yeah) ... so be prepared for the ups and downs at the start of these meds, it is soooo slow to work, but good ( for me) when it does 🤗x

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I had a crappy 6 weeks then upped to 40mg. First 2 days were grim on the new dose but 3rd day has been amazing. I think your doctor would expect you to feel better than that at 6 weeks. Definitely worth going and seeing them.

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OK well just an update.

Week 7 and its been more good than bad this week. Kids are back at school so I have something to keep me busy and get me out of bed! (School run ect)

I'm still debating if to go up a dose but for now atleast this week I'm ok and the mornings are alot better if not even normal again which is good.  If i was to pick a point in the day where I feel worse I would say usually its when I run out of things to do and so find myself lost or thinking about stuff. 

I definitely feel alot better taking these pills at night, if i am still having side effects im probably asleep during them which is all good as I wake up feeling fine but especially once im actually out of bed.

Thanks for listening.