beginning to wonder if indeed fluoxetine is for me, or not. the bad days are still outweighing the good days by something like 4 to 1, not good odds. and im on day37 or 38 of 40mgs, plus 8 wks of 20 mgs. today rubbish again with pounding head this time, nervous twitchy agitated type of day which in turn makes me further agitated. patience is a virtue they say, do they sell it in tescos or what. so apart from grumpy old me i hope everybody else is coping with life a wee bit better.
Oh dear David? I had an agitated day/evening on Tuesday! What I am finding more than anything is that I am not productive! I do as little as I can get away with! I am lucky enough not to work, I am just so lethargic, very little interest other than social media etc! The heads have eased for me this wee I am delighted to say, but I have had a month of severe head aches. I'm 12wks in on 20mg, I won't up them for sure!
hey me too, as in not productive, i struggle to be bothered getting dressed and only do so because its cold! lethargic could be my middle name recently as well. strange because now and then maybe once a week im having a good productive day otherwise im sitting with my laptop until the early hours, perhaps i was an owl in a previous life. my headache has eased as the day ends thankfully. oh dear what a life (or not)
That's me, sitting here with my iPad messing around instead of doing my TAX RETURN! Who cares? Lol what the heck is that all about! I have never been like that? Especially if it involves a £100 fine?? Grrrr
hahaha this is deja vu or however you spell it! its as though something has taken over my brain and given me a could'nt care less attitude, and worse still it is enforcing it against my will because I know I have stuff to do, but literally can't be ar*ed, pardon the french 
Absolute ditto. I am perfectly fine, I'm not down at all, but I just can't be bothered doing the jobs I need to do, just as you, could not care less! Sit on the iPad until 2am3am whatever! It's mad! Lol
Same here! Am addicted to my iPad ... in fact it's now attached to my arm :-) I have found though that if I'm working on my iPad or laptop a lot during the day (I do websites and update them for people) it will affect my head a lot, making me agitated, heady, nauseous and can't sleep (apparently the light emitted plays havoc with your 'off switch' and thinks its daytime.
So it might be too much IT is the culprit. Also if I go to bed as normal people do instead of staying up til all hours, it really does help too.
Says I, still on my iPad at nearly midnight ;-)
Hi david
Thats just pants -bless you! I was hoping to follow in your footsteps feeling the improvement you felt at first on 40mg. I've done a week of 20/40 n so far so good but insomniaa returned awake from 4am today :-(
I was wondering how long you give meds but having changed once already n had side effects all over again im running with the increased dose for now. I keep meaning to read that report danilo mentioned in a previous post about effectiveness of ssri's, did you look at it at all?
Im assuming weather up there is pretty severe too which is no help to mood esp if you cant get out for that vital fresh air n exercise.
Its probably a good job I dont have an ipad, my phone is distracting enough -id never do anything!!! Haha
Hope your headaches keep away. Keep doing the 4-7-8 breathing thing to ease you agitation. I really hope that this all settles for you soon, changing meds would likely be even less fun so hope you dont have to go down that route.
Take care flower
Vix
I'm a very impatient person. i found that doing stuff even when i dont ant to helps. have u downoaded headspace app.what i'finding is i am irritable when i dont eat also so eating snacks every 2 hours. it seems tht the fluox is helping now on 60mg so maybe a change in dose to 60 may help? hope it all works out. ive written some affirmations down too, get up do more, do it anyway even if u dont want to and u can do anything u want to do. helping me slowly but surely.
David
Im only on day 14 or so, the ONLY side effects have been slight "high" spaced feeling, little white noise and slight loss of appetite.
Please go back to the doctors asap mate....your effects would have worn me down after a few days - you have done brilliantly to stick with this for so long, i cant possibly imagine this is how you can be expected to cope from here on in.
I wish you all the best on your journey...please keep us informed whatever you do..
I hope you feel better soon David
thanks for your advice, I took it and went off for a walk on the shore for couple hours, feeling quite satisfied afterwards. yeah am debating asking my doctor if 60mg is for me or not, 40mg leaves me almost comatose at times so god knows what 60 will do!! 
thankyou Pippa, today has been a wee bit better, I made myself go for a wander on the beach for an hour or two which helped.
hello Richo, yes that spaced out feeling has been with me most of the time, some days more so than others, and it's a pain in the butt after a while, initially I thought it was almost laughable feeling stoned every day but the novelty has long worn off. I shall see how the weekend goes as to whether I go back to the doctors, 40mg is leaving me almost comatose at times so god knows what 60mg would do!! Thankyou for your kind words, and good luck with your own Fluoxetine journey...
When I initially took meds it took a good 6 months to a year before these setbacks / blips stopped. At first they came back to haunt me quite regular, and as time went on they got less and less. Each time I'd feel down it just seemed worse than the last one, but I think it was just that I'd forget how they felt, and every time they came back it was woah! When I felt good I felt on top of the world, then when a blip came it felt like I'd never get out of it. It's strange how they make you quickly forget how well you felt a few weeks or so before.
Theyre a pain is the ass, but it seems they're a normal part of recovery. Some blips can last a few days, some weeks.
Walking on the beach sounds a great way to blow some cobwebs away. Carry on getting out each day if you can, try and get to bed early, even just to read - it'll make all the difference.
We're all routing for you David xxxx
hey hello Vix,
thankyou for your kind words, it's quite a battle at times this fluoxetine journey is'nt it? Still got niggley headache today and the spaced out feeling is more extreme this afternoon for whatever reason. Went for a wander along the shore this morning so I had a couple of hours in the fresh air, freezing wind and rain but I enjoyed it. ummm not sure what the 4-7-8 breathing is? in through the nose out through the mouth? and continue to do so otherwise you will die haha
wow so the blips can potentialy be around for quite a while, that is a pain! but it's a pain worth living with if they become less frequent in time as you say when you've felt good for a few days it catches you unawares when a bad day sneaks up and bites yer bum! Yes I really must try and get out every day for a wander, when I do get there I always enjoy it. Thankyou so much for your support Kate xx
Yes they can be around for a while, but don't forget by that time (6 months onwards) you might only get 1 in months. That was my experience anyway - some people might not get any after a while.
Getting out in the fresh air, doing things, getting to bed early won't make you feel great immediately, but continuing like that should help to start to life you again. Such a pain when all we want to do is hide under the duvet when we feel like that.
.... lift you again, not life you ;-)
Beginning to wonder the same!... Today I walked out of work for the first time ever!
cos of a panic attack that went on over an hour...what's the point..but what's the alternative? X