Hi there,
After approx 6 weeks of being on 40mg (upped from 20 as were starting to not work) I feel very odd.
I’m sort of fake ok, but not ok really deep down – if that makes any sense. I feel so numb, I have needed to cry for the last week & I just cant and I seem to be going down hill again, have no energy for anything, not sleeping, odd dreams, no appetite, no libido (sorry if tmi), I just feel nothing but miserable & tired & having thoughts I don’t want to be having.
I feel angry, upset & like I need to scream/hit/cry but I just cant, the tears won’t come out.
Hope this makes some kind of sense, and if anyone has any ideas what’s going on in my crazy body please.
Hiya
I have been on fluoxetine for around 8 weeks and can relate to a lot of what your feeling, thought i was getting somewhere but this has been a bad week so far.
I know what you mean about the numbness i feel like something is building up but cant seem to let it out.
I dont know about you but everytime i think i take a step forward the next day i take ten steps back!!
Feel so low!
28 year old female
Yes, I completely understand what you are saying. I have only been on them for 4 weeks and I feel exactly the say...numb...fake...unreal. I didn't like the emotional rollercoaster I was on before taking them, but at least I was feeling something! I am waiting for an appointment with a counsellor, but I'm wondering what I will actually be capable of saying to her/him...if I can't feel things anymore, why talk about it?
I was so relieved to see someone else was feeling the same numbness as me, so thank you so much for being brave and honest and posting about your feelings.
Hiya,
Thanks for replying, though it was just me going madder than I already feel!
I finally managed to cry yesterday a bit after 2 weeks, there’s still more in there that needs to be out. Counselling helps, take that from me who was totally against it until a few months back, its hard work but I’ve found it to be helpful & I’m starting to open up more. Mines off at the moment so I’m trying to deal with this numbness thing myself as best I can & failing miserably.
I know what you mean about the emotions before the tablets, and to suddenly go to feeling numb/fake its hard, its as though the emotions are still there but cant get out