Anyone get bad reactions from taking fluoxetine? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

barash35 · 07-19-2006, 06:28 AM

I started taking fluoxetine several weeks ago and after about three weeks I started getting these strange obsessions. I started feeling strong immediate cravings from just a thought. I think about food at all and immediately I have to have food. Then I eat until I'm sick! Everytime I think about a cigarrette I have to have one immediately. It's almost like a panic attack until I get what I'm obsessing about. I've gained 15 pounds and doubled the amount of cigarrettes I'm smoking. Then a few days ago the same thing happened with crack. I felt like I was driven and had no choice but to use.

ranae1221 · 07-19-2006, 09:36 AM

I have never taken that med. However I strongly recommend you call the doctor that ordered that med ASAP. It sounds like you are having negative side effects and likely that med is not the one for you.

It is usually not safe to stop medication cold turkey, you need to be slowly weaned off. But please make sure you call the doctor, today if possible!!!!!

VioletAntigone · 07-21-2006, 02:58 AM

Just a nod of understanding, I've had some unpleasant feelings with fluoxetine also; primarily, it increased my anxiety, so my doctor brought me down to a lower dose. I think that (for me personally) I'm generally sensitive to SSRIs, so I've had to get acclimated to the effects pretty slowly.

I agree that you should let your doctor know as soon as possible, and let him or her decide how to proceed from there (as a suggestion).

I hope you feel better!

PapaG · 07-31-2006, 10:52 AM

Hi,

I have been on and off different meds for years and some worked for me some had side-effects..go and change it is my advice ...and make sure you have a GOOD Doctor who will spend some time with you concerning your next steps/ medication

07-19-2006, 06:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
barash35 Live-rec Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1	Anyone get bad reactions from taking fluoxetine? I started taking fluoxetine several weeks ago and after about three weeks I started getting these strange obsessions. I started feeling strong immediate cravings from just a thought. I think about food at all and immediately I have to have food. Then I eat until I'm sick! Everytime I think about a cigarrette I have to have one immediately. It's almost like a panic attack until I get what I'm obsessing about. I've gained 15 pounds and doubled the amount of cigarrettes I'm smoking. Then a few days ago the same thing happened with crack. I felt like I was driven and had no choice but to use.

07-19-2006, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
ranae1221 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 246	I have never taken that med. However I strongly recommend you call the doctor that ordered that med ASAP. It sounds like you are having negative side effects and likely that med is not the one for you. It is usually not safe to stop medication cold turkey, you need to be slowly weaned off. But please make sure you call the doctor, today if possible!!!!! __________________ Jessica "You can have a perfectly normal life..... if you accept the fact that your life will never be perfectly normal" You laugh because I am different...I laugh because you are all the same

07-21-2006, 02:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
VioletAntigone lead keeper of the bees Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Coast Posts: 22	Just a nod of understanding, I've had some unpleasant feelings with fluoxetine also; primarily, it increased my anxiety, so my doctor brought me down to a lower dose. I think that (for me personally) I'm generally sensitive to SSRIs, so I've had to get acclimated to the effects pretty slowly. I agree that you should let your doctor know as soon as possible, and let him or her decide how to proceed from there (as a suggestion). I hope you feel better! __________________ “....We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another....we are relative...the past, present and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations." ~Anais Nin

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07-31-2006, 10:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
PapaG Reason to believe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 94	Hi, I have been on and off different meds for years and some worked for me some had side-effects..go and change it is my advice ...and make sure you have a GOOD Doctor who will spend some time with you concerning your next steps/ medication

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