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[DarylR]

Hello everyone,
Im a 25 year old guy from the south east, for years I have had low points where it has been hard to pick myself up from, only recently have I stopped ignoring it and finally done something by going to the doctors and being referred to counselling/CBT and I have also been perscribed fleuxetine 20mg which on the 7th day of taking I feel a bit better, things don't seem quite an effort anymore although i am experience side effects like blurred vision at times.
Just wondering if anyone else has been on this medication and what their outcome was  :)

[Zaf]

Hi and welcome Daryl, I have been on prozac in the past, they worked well for several depressive episodes with no obvious side effects

Z x

[DarylR]

hi Zaf,

thats good to know, do you mind me asking how long u was on it for? its only been a week for me and already theres a bit of improvement, i don't want to go back to how it was. Did the prozac sort you out completely?  Thanks.

[Buttercup]

Hi Daryl, I was also on Fluoxetine at 40mg for a while, after the first 2 weeks the side effects I experienced for off. 

[Zaf]

On and off for at least five years, for some reason it stopped working after that time and I got put on citralopram

Z xx

[Ohdaddy]

I've been on fluoxantine now for 3 weeks and only just beginning to feel better for the last few days.  I have had side effects, well I believe they are anyway; waking at night and restless sleep, drowsiness during the day; hot flushes; further depression and headaches. Although at the moment I am just left with the sleep problems. I always feel so tired and although I feel better the tiredness makes doing anything (like completing job applications) very difficult. Keep going though and see how the first 6 weeks go.

[DarylR]

ok thanks Zaf
hi Ohdaddy, yes i wake in the night sometimes and so far the tablets made me feel a little better i don't feel so guilty about my past mistakes and although i am still fragile i am looking forward to getting help.
i take it ur looking for work then? i have been also but due to my problems am quite limited as to what i can go for as i get anxious and can't handle stressful roles very well. I do temp work with agencies from time to time but thats usually fairly easy.  are u having any therapy as well ohdaddy?

[Buttercup]

I used to get terrible night waking, it did ease but took some time.

I would love to work but like you struggle to cope with a full time job, I'm not working at all at the moment. I did receive cbt for a while and it did help. Unfortunately I had to stop the fluoxetine.

[KateG]

Hi and welcome Daryl.

As for meds, citalopram made me paranoid, seroxat made me suicidal and mirtazapine made me fat. But I have reactive depression and my (very honest) GP has told me that no meds will fix it

Kate x

[Ohdaddy]

Hi DarlR   

No therapy yet. I think the prozac gives you a short term lift, a sticking plaster if you like and the therapy provides you with some mental tools to cope without medication in the future.

I am a teacher on a short term contract. It was not renewed as I was "looking tired and stressed" and finding it difficult to cope. Don't go into teaching.

Ohdaddy

[DarylR]

yeh its hard isn't it Buttercup, do u mind me askin y u had to stop the fluoxetine?

ok thanks for that ohdaddy

[Sweetpea]

Hello and welcome Daryl, never been on these meds sorry so can't coment.

S x x x

[Buttercup]

I had to stop taking fluoxitine as I'm bipolar and was having a depressive episode, the problem is that ssri antidepressants flip you into a manic episode if you take them for too long. Fluoxetine does work well once it gets going, it's just getting through the side effects.

I hope things settle down for you soon.

Ohdaddy, I second the don't go into teaching warning, I have the battle scars 

[Ezel]

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[DarylR]

thanks i do like ur profile pic pip :) 
ok thanks buttercup