Feel like I have the flu

Treatment and medication
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Hi 

I have been on 20mg per day for nearly a full 6 weeks. Anxiety has dropped a lot vs. where I started and I've been having some good moments (parts of days), but today I feel like I have the flu - sore joints, tired and overall very flat. Is this typical of a blip? 

Thanks, Craig 

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Hi Craig,

Based on what I have read on the forums, yes. You can go low and high for a while until things balance out. I have experienced the body aches as well but they usually happen when I've been on my feet all day and also haven't gotten good sleep. Hopefully you're better today!

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Hi Craig,

yes, it happened to me a couple of times during the first 10 weeks or so that I felt flu-y. About the 5-7 weeks I was suffering from feverishness...I would get spikes of fever and shivers after 5-6pm usually. I remember even asking on this forum about that...then it suddenly passed from 9th week.

I still get occasional tiredness and sore joints and lack of energy, like today after travelling this week, I have been very achy and exhausted, and that is at week 12. Not very common now though at this stage.

Luci

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Thanks Luci. I kind of get a cloudy head that comes and goes - did you experience this and does it pass?

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Yes, the cloudy head lasted the longest as a side effect for me...maybe for 10 weeks. It was very annoying; it felt like I wanted to constantly rub my forehead to make it go away! I probably still have this a little but not too bad, I don't notice it most of the time.