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Drs put me on Fluoxetine?

Mark

As some of you may have seen my last post, I was out on Sertraline.

apparently it’s has the same side effects, but I’ve been given Fluoxetine. Dr told me that if Sertraline does work for you, Fluoxetine will.

Again, he didn’t tell me the side effects and I had to google them myself. 

Has this worked for you? Have you been on both drugs and felt any different? 

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  • I was on fluoxetine for many years and to some extent I found it helpful - especially in the early months of taking it but just recently I've suffered a major shutdown so the mental health nurse has put me on sertraline.  Started on 50 but am now on 150.  To be honest I'm not sure if they work or not.  I certainly still feel incredibly anxious and very low (I can't leave the house alone) but I'm very nervous that if I stop them I'll feel even worse.  I'm now waiting to see a therapist and I'm trying to get help from my employers health assured scheme to see if this, together with the medication, will help with me returning to work because I must admit right now I just can't imagine working again.  

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  • I was on fluoxetine for many years and to some extent I found it helpful - especially in the early months of taking it but just recently I've suffered a major shutdown so the mental health nurse has put me on sertraline.  Started on 50 but am now on 150.  To be honest I'm not sure if they work or not.  I certainly still feel incredibly anxious and very low (I can't leave the house alone) but I'm very nervous that if I stop them I'll feel even worse.  I'm now waiting to see a therapist and I'm trying to get help from my employers health assured scheme to see if this, together with the medication, will help with me returning to work because I must admit right now I just can't imagine working again.  

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