Fluoxetine

I've been on it for a couple years now and when I started it I would get real nauseous and kind of foggy during the day and then I started to take it before bed and that was a game changer. It's made a big difference to my quality of life.

I get the same thing! I take it when I wake up! I’m gonna have to try switching it to night time. Although, I take another medication at bedtime. It shouldn’t be an issue though. Thank you!

Your depression/anxiety can actually worsen the first week or two but suddenly it becomes better. It’s Just your body adjusting to the medication.

I’ve been off and on fluoxetine but recently just started them again about a week ago. My anxiety and depression has definitely worsened but I’ve been through it before and it usually gets better around 2 weeks.

I’ve been taking it about two months now and my anxiety and depression are worse. My doctor wants me to increase it

Oh okay that could mean that you need to change medications then! I wouldn’t want to increase it if I’m feeling worse off the original dose. But then again, I’m not a doctor so who knows. Maybe mention trying out a different medication to your doctor and see what they think.

I felt like that on citalopram and sertraline. It just took switching medication to help me feel better. If you've been on it for 2 months, I would ask to swap to something else. It's normal to feel worse for the first couple of weeks but not for this long. X

No don't increase it. Get off of it. It's been 2 months at this point and it shouldn't be making you feel worse after this long. Only the first couple of weeks. If they increase it. It could make those symptoms worse not better. I would try a different medication before I up it.

If you have any questions please reach out to me. Im currently on 8 different mental health meds myself and have tried pretty much all of them i feel like

I’ve been on and off on many meds. With fluoxetine I felt off during the day and nauseous. As with any psych med you feel the side effects before you feel the benefits and it can take anywhere from a couple weeks to a month to get there. If you stop or change it before then you won’t know if it’s right for you or not. Like someone else suggested try experimenting with different times and keep notes on how you feel and when u start feeling the positive effects.

I was on it before and I never felt normal now I am on effexor and hydroxizine 2 times and feel amazing.

When I was on it I took it before bed and that helped me

Giving it a try tonight!

I’ve been on it since 2019. It’s worked well for me. Other ones I tried before that were awful and made me practically bed ridden. (I can’t remember which ones those were though)