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Anxiety with increased fluoxetine

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Wantingnormal · 21/12/2017 19:56

Hi
I have PND and I have been on fluoxetine for 4 weeks now on 20mg. Last week my doc said to up the dosage to 30mg, which I did but ended up getting side effects of tiredness, nausea, anxiety and actually having more low moments than when I was on 20mg. I felt like I was getting better but now feel worse. Only took 30mg for 4 days and ended up going back to 20mg. Does anyone know when the anxiety feelings will go away. I hate not feeling myself and being low. I have 3 kids and need to function. Also if I try to sleep during the day I end up waking with anxiety and feeling worse than when I started.

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Relaxing2 · 21/12/2017 20:49

I've felt like this on sertraline I've had a very bad time with it and was telling my doctors it wasn't working after 8 weeks and they said they wouldn't give me anything else after 12 weeks I feel me again not 100% but better I was throwing up with anxiety woke up with anxiety crying not eating ect

Wantingnormal · 21/12/2017 21:22

Thanks relaxing2. It's a horrible feeling, anxiety. I can deal with low moments but anxiety is not nice. I have side effects from going up so hopefully they go away soon. Doc gave me lorazepam for the anxiety but I don't want to take too many or too often as I'm breast feeding. I also don't want to be dependant on another drug.

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