I have recently changed my medication from venlafaxine to fluoxetine because venlafaxine was making me feel horrendously sick and unwell. Now I am taking fluoxetine it is also making me feel sick, i have previously been on this before and although it made me very shakey, it didnt make me feel sick. Im confused, help?!
I was sick with both of these too. I have been on Citalopram for a while now with no side effects to speak of.
Good luck
hi im new to this but ive been given fluoxetine by doc , its still in the cupboard ... i gave up smoking 12 weeks ago i have 3 kids aged 18, 16 and 20mths and finding life a up hill struggle , i have a fab hubby and generaly a nice family but life just seems soooo hard , i really not sure why ? i feel down all the time , i dont laugh at the normal funny things, i see danger everywhere or nowhere depending on mood , i could sleep all day every day if i didnt have baby , i get bouts of paranona , i havent started taking the pills yet as soo much stigma attached to it , i also work as a carer for elderly so worried how my job and driving will be affected ?? I do self medicate with alchol which i have done for years , (have told gp) but have been told not good with these meds , dont know if im comin or goin at the moment ? Should i take or not , have appoinment with another gp tomorrow , as never see the same one xxxx
Hi everyone, over many years I have been on all these medicines you are asking about. Everyone is different, some suffer many side effects while others dont, also you may have had a medicine before with no side effects yet they can affect you if you are prescribed them again at a later date. Personally I did great for a year on both citalopram and Fluoexetine (Prozac) but then I started to get shaky when anyone spoke to me, wanted to argue with everyone, felt like I wanted to explode, scream do mad things among other things. I then had Venlafaxine which was a god send, problem was I piled weight on, made me itch all over, sweat buckets and dreadful muscle pains and legs that would not be still, but I kept going for a year. They stopped working and I didnt want to go to a higher dose because of the side effects so started back on citalopram. This time the citalopram have been a nightmare, wierd dreams, itchy red rash, restlessnes, no proper sleep for two weeks , felt like a zombie, thought I was going to go mad. Decided to go cold turkey for a week, god I felt better but now feeling down again, Off to the doctor I go back on fluoxetine again, I took one last night no reported problems today, will have to wait and see I suppose.