I started taking 20mg fluoxetine a while ago now, and took for about 1-2 months before stopping due to side effects.
However, after now having not been on it for 3 months, i am still experiencing side effects and i dont know how to make it stop
I keep waking up crying and crying after having such vivid anxiety dreams, and feel i dont get barely any sleep as I seem to be vividly dreaming from the moment my eyes are closed till the moment i wake up.
Its so awful, I can't handle these dreams anymore as they feel SO real and i can never forget them and its driving more anxiety into me every time.
Stopping fluoxetine rapidly isn't a.good idea. A slow taper of 5% every few weeks, 4-8, to avoid the terrible withdrawals is suggested. If your a facebooked, there is a group called, fluoxetine should be illegal that is a group that has alot of people that have done or are doing the same. They have alot of suggestions and experience on this topic. I've struggled with Med's and there side effects. There bad news. Sorry for you suffering and I understand it's totally awful. Only a person that has or is going through it would understand. Prayer's
I've bin on fluoxetine for 2 months now i still get side effects have fully gone but I'm only on 2.5ml of the solution I tryed going up to 5ml which is 20mg and it made me awful so went back down but it's helped me alot like I get to go out now without panicking as i was homebound for 8 months having panic attacks but even from today I have vivid dreams also i wake up with bad anxiety at night that j feel like I'm dying all the time also have alot of chest pain also dont know if anybody else has this but i keep grinding my teeth and that's the thing that bugs me the most out if everything..it will get better ive tryed 6 different meds in 10 months and I think fluoxetine is the one for me but I was diagnosed of general anxiety disorder but I think I have more health anxiety as everytime I get pain somewhere I feel like I'm dying or I have a serious health issue I keep checking my weight too to see if in losing loads incase I'm so I'll I hate it