u/Glittering_Paper_578

Week 8 was kind of terrible in terms of my stomach: I had to keep going to the restroom throughout the day. It was never diarrhea but everything I ate made me have a small bowel movements. I was going 1-3 an hour. I also had random bouts of short lived anxiety. I also dealt with broken sleep as well. The hardest part was how tired I was. It wasn’t as bad as when I first began but I would need to take a nap everyday and I’ve never had to do that prior to beginning this medication. The exhaustion was bad enough that I was contemplating asking to be reduced.

Week 9

The stomach issues continued almost identical to the previous week. No more bouts of anxiety though. The exhaustion has subsided as well. I feel pretty good in terms of emotions and general feelings about myself. I still never talk down to myself since I began this journey. I just had one day(yesterday) where I felt a little down but otherwise I feel pretty good. It had definitely been worth it to stick it out.

I hope this helps someone!

Going from 20 to 40 was not that bad. I had seen several posts where people were deeply struggling so I was concerned for myself. The first week I was just a little bit more tired than usual but nothing like the exhaustion I had when I first started taking Prozac.

I had morning anxiety for the first 12 days. That did not happen when I first started the medication. It wasn’t too bad, but it would take a few hours to shake off. It hasn’t happened these last two days so I think that’s over.

My appetite is still low. I had one or two days that it was decent, but then it went back down.

I still don’t have any food noise. I still don’t get upset that I can’t eat food that other people can eat which is really nice because that used to upset me lol

I have dealt with constipation the last year or so and that’s gone too. It’s happened a few times that I urgently have to go which kind of sucks as a teacher but I gladly take that over the discomfort of being constipated.

My thirst was pretty bad the last two weeks but just like the morning anxiety, it seems to have improved since Sunday.

I would say it’s been a pretty good experience! Hang in there if you’re struggling :)

I am a lot more optimistic than I ever was before. I have not once had bad thoughts about myself since I began seven weeks ago. I have a lot more confidence and I’m much happier.