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Old Sep 19, 2017, 10:57 AM
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So i started fluoxetine 7 days ago.
Since then my sleep has dropped to about 5-6hrs.
Is this a side effect? Or should i speak to my doctor?

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Old Sep 19, 2017, 11:03 AM
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I don't remember whether it did that to me or not, I've taken it so long. You might bring it up with your pdoc.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 11:03 AM
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When I take it I get only 3-4 hours sleep and spend the rest of the night finding people on the internet whose posts are wrong and letting them know. It gave me irritable hypomania.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 11:05 AM
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When I take it I get only 3-4 hours sleep and spend the rest of the night finding people on the internet whose posts are wrong and letting them know. It gave me irritable hypomania.
you are so Funny! You have great insight into your behavior when your hypomanic.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 11:45 AM
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you are so Funny! You have great insight into your behavior when your hypomanic.
I wish I did when it was happening. I denied my initial bipolar diagnosis for a *very* long time and presented it as moderate depression with ADHD. I would get SSRIs to treat depression, go hypomanic and then realize I was not depressed and stop taking meds until I dropped back down deep enough in the abyss to go back to the doctor. Wash, rinse, repeat. I took fluoxetine numerous times in that cycle.
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