Fluoxetine and birth control pill/early period

Treatment and medication
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I cried all the time I was angry to the point I would blank out and didn't know what I was doing or saying

I had thoughts of suicide I was really depressed I couldn't control my moods I would get all period symptoms 2 weeks before my cycle even started I would yell a lot get into arguments with people I literally felt like two different people like Jekyll and Hyde

I couldn't stand myself anymore

my hubby was diagnosed with bipolar and we had to get him well before I could figure out what was wrong with me

With a lot of research I came across pmdd disorder and I knew that's what I had

My family doctor refused to give me medication she didn't take me seriously and wanted to send me to counselling instead so I took myself to the walk in clinic and asked to be on fluoxetine as my research should this medication helped with this disorder..I only wish I had this pill years ago!

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Did anybody feel like they had the flu as a side effect?

Last two days I felt awful

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Maybe this other one?

http://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker

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I have really bad anxiety and OCD. How much fluoxetine are you on? I'm trying to go down on my Paxil so I can get on another antidepressant and it has created so much anxiety just going down 5mg on my Paxil. I have to get off Paxil !!! I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't tolerate this anxiety !!

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Lol no but my husband may say I have it everyday 😂

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I'm prescribed 10 but take 5 I but it in half. I don't take meds ever. Rarely a Tylenol. So I did lowest dose. I'm also a therapist, so I'm trying to stay off meds but really need them right now. I'll overthink things and "make up things in my head". Drives me nuts

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I felt dizzy,sweaty, and had loose stools a few hours after for a fat or two

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What birth control are you on? My Endocrinologist wants to put me on Loestrin because of the PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). My anxiety and depression goes high when I'm on my cycle. I'm scared to take a BC pill because it says if you have any psychiatric disorders it can cause it to get worse. I don't know what to do. I'm just tired of feeling like this. My anxiety and OCD is bad all month, but it gets worse about a week before my period and some during.

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I felt bipolar as well but then realized it was anxiety. I would think my husband didn't love me and there were no legitimate reasons why ugh

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I'm on zovia. I was on ortho tricyclen and loved it but that was years ago. I only went back on to regulate bc after my 3rd child my cycles were short and heavy. I have never had that before. I'm considering a hysterectomy. I'll be 40 next year so I'm ready! Not so much pms stuff just anxiety in general

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Haha our poor husbands how do they put up with us around our cycles I'll never know...

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What are the signs that you have pcos?

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Yeah I had a really upset stomach and it ached like I feel when I have the flu

today I feel fine stomach pain subsided it seems like the side effects are different every day

Feels like they are slowly going away though

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Lol mines every day lol

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Poor guy lol

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Mines like a dull ache and cramps like period or ovulation and I was not near that and shouldn't have o pain bc the pill

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I have hair loss, cysts on my ovaries, acne on face and body. I've also heard recently anxiety can be a symptom. Do you know if it is?

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Mine are only about 3 days and maybe a half and the first day into second is heavy