Fluoxetine- please tell me it gets easier

[dontforgettofloss]

Hi, I started 20mg of fluoxetine 16 days ago after my 150mg of sertraline wasn't working anymore.

So far, I've had bad fatigue, to the point I've had to nap in the daytime, and I've never been a daytime sleeper- my body just wouldn't let me.

Going from feeling over emotional and crying over nothing, to feeling completely flat.

I have moments where I feel better, then I feel the anxiety and depression trying to creep back in, like it's an insidious force trying to fight against the medication.

Please, can anyone give me their experiences of starting on fluoxetine- did you get side effects? Did it work in the end? I'm just struggling a lot

I felt immediate change when I started not. I used to cry all the time. I’ve been on it for a good 20 years

I hope you start to feel the good effects of it x

Thank you. I'm glad it works for you, I'm just praying for the day I wake up and feel ok again

I loved it after about two weeks. Didn't make things (problems) disappear, I just didn't care.
Stopped it myself which I wouldn't recommend

I was on it a few years ago, for about 4 weeks it was awful, then it must have kicked in. It definitely felt worse before it got better.

Hope it works soon op 💐