I just started taking Fluoxetine, day 5, I'm not really having any side effects from it except high anxiety in the morning. The problem is that I keep obsessively reading all the bad reviews (like the people that have gone crazy on it) and I'm afraid to continue totake off. I know I need help in the anxiety department but I've scared myself to death about these. Please give me reassurance! I'm a 27 yr old single mom and not sure where to go from here.
That's great that you're having few side effects. For some the medicine is an easier journey than others. THE overwhelming majority of things you are reading are negative because it's people who are having issues and want reassurance that tend to seek out help and write. People who are having no issues don't have a need to write for help or share their issues. People who are having a bad time with it are more likely to share than people who aren't. If I didn't have any issues I probabaly wouldn't have done any research nor found this site. Plus, don't let google scare you into medical stress. Trust your body not the internet. Hang in there, you will get back to feeling 100%
What's crazy is that I've taken this before about 2 years ago and had absolutely no side effects, nothing bad happened. But at that time I didn't read all these stories. I feel like I'm just doing this fear to myself.
Hey , hope you are doing ok xx don't worry I'm exactly the same as you ! It's not as bad as you think . The first week is the worst ... you will feel more anxious , intrusive thoughts , worrying , sticky thoughts , physical symptoms of anxiety etc but it wears off a good bit ... im 21 and I'm on day 17 and feel a lot better than the first week already ... there are times I think this is still not working for anxiety but it apparently takes up to 12 weeks to reach maximum potential so we got to roll with it and keep on going and pushing though
Exactly. Give yourself a break and take some time off from reading about it. That only adds stress because it doesn't matter what you are searching for, you will always find something that scares you. That's the internet. You will be fine.
Please keep me updated on you progress! I'd like to hear your story. 😊
Hi Hun, try not to worry I started 4 weeks ago and was nervous as I've never taken anti-depressants all I can say is take each day at a time as you will never now how your going to feel from one day to the next, I felt different straight away like a weight had been lifted and could chat about anything feeling emotionally unattached for the first few days then by I went to yawning tension in my jaw and feeling like my head was being squeezed but on good days I really enjoyed myself going to the park and playing football with the kids, week 3 was quite stressful and I had a bad couple of days with anxiety but dealt with the drama and came out of the other side although it did take its toll and leave me unmotivated this week is week 4 so far had a busy but very productive week almost feel like I'm evening out, my hubby says I'm more like my old self my mum told me I'm more organised, together and certainly seem a lot better I'm back to my gp tomorrow for my review but all in all I don't know why I've been so afraid of trying anti depressants as I feel better today than o have in over ten years, these tablets are given for all types of illness, I got them for depression and anxiety I'd accepted as part of my daily life, I'd just been to strong for to long and there was only one way I could go and that was up, goodluck as I said each day at a time they affect everyone differently xx
Hi Gina definately try not to let Google get to you most of the time I don't trust Google with all these horror stories and then it makes you panic and make your anxiety worse im the same.. but also I have been on fluoxetine for 6 weeks now and I still have high anxiety in morning and still bad anxiousness.. I seem to get very bad anxiousness when im going out into the scary world.. e.g I live in London and I went to east ham my main panic was all the attacks thats bin goint on and I worked myself up thinking negative things.. but then I came home and was fine.. but please do try them out xxx