Hello I have bi polar 2, and have been taking flouoxetine and Quetiapine.
I stopped taking the Quetiapine because on them all I did was sleep, I was sleeping up to 18 hours a day. This was about 6 months ago. I was on an even keel with the flouoxetine.
Over the past couple of months the flouoxetine has become less effective, I know this happens with anti depressants, I am on week 4 of not taking them whilst waiting to start sertraline and I have started to have really bad mood swings and with them have outbursts of rage, and I'm hurting myself, I'm going back to self harm, punching walls, hitting myself and biting myself. I'm scared I'm going to start cutting myself too.
I can't get an appointment with my dr, nor can I get a telephone appointment. I have made an appointment next week with another dr.
I have been researching sertraline and that takes 5/6 weeks to start working. I can't be like this, I will end up doing something stupid. And I don't want to, life was starting to look good and now I'm scared.
I am also on pregablin for my back and that has helped with my anxiety, and I was fine for the first 3 weeks. I mean I was like the old me and I am devestated that it didn't last.
What do I do in the interim?