July 26 I will be on fluoxetine for 3 months now. I've a week ago I upped my dose to 15mg. I felt fine til this morning I woke up with what I'm guessing anxiety. I feel like I'm going crazy and my thoughts are going crazy. I just feel crazy altogether.! Idk what todo! Does this mean it's not helping? Should I change? I need advice bad ;( been having a touch time on this med considering I've made like ten of these discussions. I've noticed it's helped but it's like things are going good then I have w horrible bad day. And today it started bad. Craziness, weird thoughts, can't even think straight. Idk what to do!
I would suggest to tell your doctor what is going on. Mine is supposed to help me and I feel the same way and I told my mom I wasn't comfortable taking it anymore because I don't feel like myself. Tell your doctor when you go, don't stop taking it on your own. If you get unusual dreams, that isn't a good side effect...
Call your doctor and get help okay? Don't hurt yourself.
I made it through the day. I went away after an hour but I still felt off the rest of the day and my thoughts got better. I just wish things would be just fine and normal not have off days like this. It was scary. I didn't like it
Did you get off yours?
It was probably the increase that make your brain go crazy. It should pass but you probably should let your doctor know how you are feeling. He/she may be able to add something else on to curb the anxiety until you stabilize. Why did you increase your dosage? Just curious.
I increased it because I still had just a little bit of anxiety/panicky feeling. And the first three days I increased it, I had no anxiety what so ever. I thought yes this is it I feel better. Nope... I also am on .25mg of Xanax... Honestly not even on that. I take a quarter of that. Lol because I was slowly coming off and now I just take little quarters when I need it. I ended up having to take half of the .25 this morning to help it go away.
I'm scared of Xanax withdrawal.
Every time you increase or decrease your dose you will get side effects again. This is normal. It will wear off - you just need to wait for your body to settle each time.
SSRI's take a long time to work - each person is different, and each take different times to recover and each have different experiences with meds.
All the craziness, weird thoughts, tiredness, anxiety, nausea, insomnia will all ease in time. Remember this is an illness, and you're body needs time to adjust to the meds - it really does get better.
You will get there. It takes time - lots of time.
K xx
That you so much. You've been so helpful for me. I literally wish I could just talk to you over text or somehing lol. But yeah. I woke up again this morning instead at 6. Felt naseaus and felt a little crazy in my head. And then it went away. I don't even take my medicine til 10, idk. I'm just hoping this stuff goes away cause there have been moments where I've felt "normal" and okay and I just want to feel like that!!! I'm scared it'll never happen and I'll have to try a new med which I don't want to go theough
Do you think I will ever get to the point where I won't have any anxiety and won't have to take Xanax? I only take Xanax when I have lots of anxiety and feel like I'm going crazy
Recovery often comes in waves. Having moments where you've felt normal, means the meds are working. This is how it worked for me. I'd get 'glimpses' of feeling normal, and slowly I'd noticed I'd feel quite well in the evenings. Every morning I'd wake with dreadful anxiety, and come evening time I'd feel calmer. Slowly this calm increased so I'd feel well by the afternoon, and then midday ... but each day did begin with anxiety. Eventually I started to wake with no anxiety which lasted all day. I'd still get the odd days or weeks when I felt awful, but the calmness would come back and finally it stayed with me permanently. It took 6 months. That might seem a long time, but for me it was short compared to the years I'd been ill. It was worth waiting for.
So yes ..... you should get to the point where you'll have no anxiety and feel completely 'normal' again.
You've been on them 3 months now - you're well underway. Just keep persevering ....... it doesn't matter how long it takes as we all recover at different times. Some people get better after a few weeks, some 9 months. Let the meds take their time for you.
You can always private message me on this site. Top right under your name you'll see MESSAGES.
K xx
How do you get through the bad thoughts? ;( today it's been a struggle
I'm a Christian, so I pray and ask God to clear my head. I also use some techniques learned in therapy. Breathing in slowly 4 counts and breathing out slowly 4 counts. I've called our county crisis line to talk to them about the bad thoughts. They are very encouraging. And Ivtalk to my friends - the ones that will just let me cry and talk. The crying releases a lot of the negative energy. I try anything and everything I can think of to negate the bad thoughts. Yoga helps too. You will get through this and the bad thoughts will just go away one day. But if they get overwhelming, call your doctor. Best wishes.
It is tough coping with the bad thoughts. Remember they're just part of the illness - this isn't how you'd normally think. Thoughts usually occur because your mind is tired, and thoughts stick to a tired mind and bounce around in your head. Its best to not fight them - just let them come and go, but remind yourself they will go as you recover. I was plagued by bad thoughts which caused me so much anxiety - they disappeared as I recovered and don't bother me at all today.
K x
Happened to me when I went from 20mgs to 40. Felt like they were having zero positive affect and I was mildly nauseas and out of it. Similar to The first few days after you start taking them. Luckily this only lasted about a week for me and I slowly started to return to my happy place. 6 weeks later my dose was upped to 60mgs but I didn't notice any side affects that time. I am in no way qualified to give you advice though so I would still consult your GP but I would think it's probably your neurotransmitters trying to figure out what to do with themselves. Once again please take my comments with a grain of salt, just letting you know that if the doc says it is normal it should be over in a week or 2.
Yeah, i already feel better. the only thing i stil have is i still have that almost like a zombie feeling like im not really here almost like im not relly living my life. like im constantly medicated. I feel great but still i look around and sometimes feel like im not real. almost disconnected. ive had this throughout the whole thing im just hoping it goes away
do you know wht im talking about?
Yes I understand. On my packet it says to let the doctor know if you notice any mood changes and that would be considered a mood change. I had that too and he had me stop taking it and I felt better. Of course my anxiety was from a different medication and so I stopped taking it. Now the suicidal thoughts are gone. Let me know what you did okay? I hope you feel better
It started to go away. I split my doses during the day. I still feel foggy but other than that everything's better. Hopefully it just keeps getting better and better each day.
hi kate,
im at 11 weeks 40mg, and i do feel better but this neck tension i have wont go away, and its driving me insane, my doc gave me ibuprofin and muscle relaxers but not sure if it's ok to keep taking them as it's been 2 weeks now? i just want to feel better.