Hi, all.
The anxiety and deppression seem to be levelng out finally, but now I have this feeling of flatness to my mood. Has anyone had this? This is also starting to cause me concern.
That is me down to a tee when it comes to fluoxetine. I find the feeling quite annoying, i do think it's better than the downs and the anxiety but its like being and not really being....
With flu this time around ive felt like that pretty much from the beginning, (going from anxious, to really low to flat) i thought the 'dead inside' phase wasnt going to go, but yesterday for the first time in months i woke up in a very good mood (my mornings are the worst ) and ive had a pretty decent last few days where i havent been that neutral and flat. So yes, i think its pretty common l and it should get better 
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Yep - I have had this a few times...
It kind of confuses and irritates me.
Some days you need to scrape me off the ceiling and others... well ... early to bed and Candy Crush whilst listening to the radio before nodding off seems to be the solution.
I have just upped to 60mg to see if that helps... i feel good today and plan to go for a hour long walk/jog tonight. My weight/other meds may be partially the cause of the "flatness"...
Lets see! 
Hello karen, I started being on fluoxetine 20mg on January due to anxious feelings and excessive and obsessive worrying about everything, and I felt a big improvement on those issues.
However, one month ago I started experiencing that flatness that you mention, and also lack of libido. Since it was bothering me a lot, and my anxiety has improved since January, I am now withdrawing myself from it hoping that anxious feelings do not come back after.
Good luck.
Just got over a crying spell. Don't know when all this will finally even out. Deppression and anxiety then flatness. Don't know when this will ever end. I upped flu to 50mg from 40 mg 4 days ago, and that is when I started feeling some flatness. I went back down to 40mg today. Don't know when this will ever end.
Karen i had this flatness too. Give it another few days and if u feel no better go bk to ur gp xx
Yea, I will stick it out. Hope things get good soon.
Thanks so much for all of your comments. It helps so much!
I started fluoxetine 4 weeks ago and I'm experiencing flatness of mood and lack of ability to derive pleasure joy or satisfaction from anything and no appetitie. Hopefully this will wear off as maybe it's a temporary side effect.
I know it will get better, but sometimes when you hit a low it doesn't seem like it. It's good to get reassuance from others.
I have no great advice - I feel totally crap but just wanted to let you know you aren't alone. Stick with it. Thinking of you. Good luck xx
Good luck to you all...
Remember tho' that dose changes bring their own and sometimes unique side effects. If flatness is experienced after a dose change, it too may be a side effect. Dose changes take 2-4 weeks to have full effect...
We all need to be patient whilst we bite our lips and bide our time and all the other stuff we have to do to get through these horrible experiences.
Keep talking...& don't give up...
Thanks, Richo.
Hi Richo how long are u on 60mg and how do u feel now? I am on 60mg for 5 and a half weeks now and I'm still not 100% myself and my doc. wants me to go up to 80mg but I don't know what to do.
Hi Karen just wondering how are u feeling today? I hope things are getting a little better day by day.
Keep Strong God Bless.
The last couple of days were good. I got a lot done yesterday and the day before, but today I woke up with anxiety and have had it most of the day. Ugh!
Aww so sorry to hear that today so far is good for me too but I don't understand why it goes up and down. ..When I was on paxil I just felt better after about 3 weeks and it got better from that. No up one day down the next I guess that's just how this medication works.
Hang in there hun, hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel soon.
God bless.
Hi Keke
It appears i have been on 60 for 8 or 9 days now and still feeling a little flat. I am walking every day now and am probably covering 25 extra miles a week.. i.e. 25 miles of walking for the sake of walking.
My walks have been awesome...stopping to see the world around me that i never had chance, or the inclination, ever do before.
Some of this has been with my family but mostly by myself.
I don't know what i would do without this "me time" right now...its never something i have done before.
How was your transition from the lower doses to 60? My side effects are almost gone - sleeping better now, some white noise, but overall am better in myself. I have to go to the docs next week to discuss the upping to 60, as it was a unilateral decision and im not sure he will be too happy. Have you improved each step up generally?
Hi Richo as I said been on the 60mg for 5 weeks see improvement but still a little anxious, so I spoke to my psychiatrist yesterday and she wrote a prescription for 80mg.
She says with that I should hopefully be back to myself. I started the 80mg this morning and I am praying this does the job.
My transition from a lower dose to what I am at now was up and down. The anxiety improved but is still there.
So we will see wat the 80mg does and I'll keep you posted on the feelings.
God bless.
And you to Keke - the main problems i see with some of us (including me) is we dont know how much better we should/could feel if stayed on the dose we are at.
It may be the next day to feel great...Ive had a few of them... It may be the next week...or 2 weeks... or it may be we are on not enough or even too much.... aaaarrrrggghhh!!!! Frustrating!!!
Im going to dig in at this dose for a few weeks and see how things progress. I think i was expecting to have a bit more energy by now at least.. ah-well!