My name is David I'm 21 yrs old I suffered from anxiety and depression so bad I couldn't leave my house with out having a attack so I went to a doctor and they gave me 20 mg fluoxetine take once a day and 5 mg buspar 3 times a day I felt horrible at first weird feelings through out my head , got really tired , and even more anxious I went to the ER freaking out ! But then few weeks later I felt great like my normal self I was out living life and now a year and half passed by and my anxiety slowly creeping back up with this headaches also so my doctor upped my fluxotine to 40mg going on week 2 and I feel a lil better I feel like I did when I first started the medicine just not as worse , feel. spaced out , tired , muscle weakness how long does it take for the body to balance itself out again . Or is it I need a new medicine which I hope is not the case
Hi David..
It can take quite a while to balance out with an increase it is very gradual. I found when I increased to 40mg I felt a hit anxious around week 2-4 of the increase... plus the usual insomnia..headaches.. spaced out.. etc etc... but then after 4 weeks it slowly and I mean slowly started easing off. By about week 12 of the increase I was having the occassional blip day but not as bad as at the start. Just hang in there and remember it is not a quick process but just like when you first went on them things got better in the end!!
Thanks for replying .. it just I haven't felt the anxiety in awhile so when it came along with the side effects to I just remembered the the past but im keep pushing ! Thanks for the reply again