On Fluoxetine for 4 weeks, should I continue?

Treatment and medication
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Need some encouragement, feeling really down as started Fluoxetine 20mg 4 weeks ago for Anxiety & OCD related to Emetophobia & also mild Depression :

1st week - Ok
2nd week - Nausea, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance
3rd week - Felt better, Nausea went, appetite & sleep returned but anxiety come back
4th week - Anxiety & Nausea back with tummy upset.

So I’ve been on now for 4 weeks & was starting to feel a bit better but now feel like I’m back to square one, actually feeling worse on these meds then I was before at the moment.

Should I continue, would like to hear from others as to whether Anxiety & Nausea can go for a while & then return around a month into the meds? thanks.

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keep taking it… i know the literature says 4-6 weeks to see improvement, but its more like 8-12 weeks for a lot of people… for me it took close to 6 months to feel somewhat normal, and try to stay on the 20 mg dose for a good 3-4 months before you try upping the dose… i feel like people go up too quickly and dont let the initial dose settle in… prozac takes a good while to really get into your system, so just hang in there… try some meditation, or walking or exercise, or talk therapy…:heart:

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Thanks for your reply, my side effects have been so bad lately though, terrible insomnia, no appetite, nausea & really depressed, don’t know if I can keep going…