Can fluoxetine 20mg work instantly?

Mental health
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Basically I have been on sertraline 100mg for around a year and a half & it just stopped working and I have suffered horrendous anxiety, I have spoken to a councillor from a mental health team who told me I have generalised anxiety disorder basically I worry about everything, what if my kids get ill what if I die what if everything, but seriously extreme anxious & worry, the doctor refused to change my tablets on Thursday, I saw another doctor Friday who changed them to fluoxetine 20mgi took it for the first time this morning and this has been the best day I have had in a long time, could it work so quickly? Anybody else on fluoxetine. Thanks

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The medication has not had sufficient time to work so you need to be patient. Generally GPs prefer not to keep taking these types of medication. because of this

B.

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Hi Jodie,

Sorry to hear your struggling with anxiety and worrying, I totally sympathise with what your going through I worry about everything my husband and my children dying and me being left alone it's terrifying. I was on fluoxetine 20mg for years but had to come off it as I started to suffer migraine although I did feel it really helped me. They say it takes around six weeks to fully get into your system but if you feel a little better today then that's fab, I hope it continues I hate this dreadful feeling in the pit of my stomach everyday. I can't cry anymore x big love

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No, that's not possible. It sounds like you experience a placebo effect.

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I think it is possible. I remember day 1 on Fluoxetine was the best day I have had in ages. Laughing, joking and just well calm placebo or not, I had not felt that way in many months.

That's when the side effects started the day after and it was horrendous for about 2 weeks. I often wondered if that was an insight into what it woild be like when the tablets worked finally but I only managed 3 weeks on them before being taken off

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I'm hoping that I don't get the side effects with already having the sertraline 100mg well into my system, I hate side effects of these type

Of meds. Horrible 😫