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Fluoxetine again, or am I just mad and bad?

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CallsTwoHippos · 18/12/2012 20:57

I was put on 20mg of Fluoxetine when my dd was about 6 months old. My gp thought I had pnp. I think that it may have started when I was pregnant, but anyway. I was angry and sad all the time.

Events have taken over, before my daughters first birthday it looked like I might die. I had various operations and things aren't as bad as they could have been, I am still here and though my health isn't great life is back to normal. This time last year I forgot to take my 20mg of fluoxetine. I therefore decided I should come of it, which I did gradually. I was hoping to FEEL more, happy and sad, have more of a sex drive too. All that's happened is I have put on weight and am ANGRY.

I have tried to ho backnon them , but felt so dreadful doing so that I stopped.

I dont know what to do now. I have moved house since I was prescribed fluoxetine so have a new gp practice and I don't really trust them. I have had a lot of " non" help in gp s surgeries before and I can't hobthrough it again. Only I am being really mean to dd and she hates me, just shouting at her and being short and grumpy. But we can't go on like this. I don't want to screw her up.

My relationship with DP is fragile, I am in massive debt. My daughter would rather not be with me. I am frightened of my gp. I am frightened to tell dp that I hZve come off the drugs znd want to go bzck on them. And I can't bloody type on this iPhone :)

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TrinityRhino · 18/12/2012 20:59

please go back to your gp and get back on something that will help you

I am in my third week back on them and I can feel it starting to help

I have trouble with the anger but also panic and anxiety

CallsTwoHippos · 19/12/2012 11:40

I guess I have to Trinity. I do have lots of tablets left so I suppose I could just go back on myself. It's not like I would get any other help, never had done in the past, very little monitoring. I don't want to take any other antidepressants as have tried many znd the side effects have always been too bad for me to carry on with them. I am a bit worried that I might need to be on drugs for ever, and it doesn't seen right to me. The last time I went tigrhe gp she Sid people were on them for 6 or 7 years, but surely in that time people would have had counselling and learnt how to deal with their problems? I am now having counselling, I am getting 10 weeks of it. It's taken almost 4 years to get this far, keep being referred from one place to the next.
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