Fluoxetine & restlessness

pliepla · Dec 05, 2019, 01:01 PM

I've written this in another thread, but I believe it might be interesting to discuss this separately:

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My GP inisted on starting medication - I suppose he kind of freaked out - although I have repeatedly pointed out that up to now I've mostly experienced side-effects. I am now on 30 mg fluoxetine a day, which makes me more restless than ever (it started some two days after I took my first half dosis), made me lose my appetite and makes me nauseaous. He insists this will wear off and asked me to switch to 30 mg anyway. I really have the feeling this guy means well and in a way I feel for him and I suppose this I why I budged.

I have described my previous experience with medication in my membership introduction:

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As for medication: SSRI's (sertralin and citalopram) and a SRI (trazondon) cause sleepiness, an SNRI (duloxetin) had the same effect but the evolution was slower, with wellbutrin (buproprion) I had convulsions and had to stop immediately and finally a tricyclic antidepressant (I don't remember which one) put me to sleep almost immediately. While I took citalopram, I gained weight (26 kg, from 80kg to 106kg, in one year). I also took rilatin because that would 'wake me up'; It worked, not for me though but for the company that was selling the pills. The last time I saw a psychiatrist, he told me not to count on medication anymore. Yet, my GP today insisted to start taking Fluoxetine. Despite my reservations, I gave in. He's a young doctor and he's just too scared to see me leave the office without a prescription. I have a feeling I will be needing him in the future anyway and he's agreed to monitor my weight and sleeping pattern closely.

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