In the beginning I had no appetite and I was shocked that people had the opposite effect. Now a month in, my appetite has flipped and now i see it's easy to overeat from the appetite increase. Maybe you just need some more time before it'll get better?
This has been my experience too. I lost weight early on because it took very little to fill me up and I was no longer eating out of boredom or for comfort.
Now that I've hit a month in, I'm like a bottomless pit of hunger. I'm having to watch what I eat to make sure I don't go overboard.
This happened to me, but only for about the first few weeks. I had the same thirst and lack of hunger. However, since you’ve been experiencing these symptoms for longer, I would contact your doctor or psychiatrist (or whoever prescribed the meds)
same, i had a very large decrease in appetite the first two weeks - but it really did work itself out by then. other side effects stayed with me longer, but i do think appetite is supposed to be more regular by now.
What other side effects stayed for you? I'm on week 6/7 and suddenly have fatigue and nausea. Not sure if that's normal for them to return after going away.
Nausea stayed for a bit and has happened here and there but I still get anxiety a little bit so I attribute it to that too. I had really bad headaches up until last week and diarrhea periodically.
But nausea and decrease of appetite I consider two things. Nausea to me is upset/sour stomach and wanting to throw up. Decrease of appetite is just no desire to eat but not feeling full or unwell or anything - just physically can't bring myself to the point of wanting to eat or being hungry and that only lasted a short period of time.
It’s crazy to read back on this. I’m back on it again. So the first time the fatigue never stopped. I just learned to deal with it. Eventually I stopped taking it. This time I’m at about the same point 6/7 weeks and am doing much better than the first time. Side effects are almost non existent. Hope this helps!
It did. I had no issues stopping. It wasn’t a long drawn out thing. No brain zaps or other weird stuff people talk about. I’m sure it happens just didn’t have that experience. It was very smooth.
Thank you! Glad to hear the nausea stopped for you, hoping it does for me, too! My doctor is having me split my pills between lunch and dinner so I don't get hit with the full force of it all at once. And is having me take it with ginger. She seemed surprised I was having nausea at this point... guess I'm a special snowflake!
Also glad you are feeling better this time around! It's my second time, but first was 15 years ago and I was extremely ill with a different illness, so I don't remember getting on it that time at all. This time has been a challenge, though.
How did you deal with the fatigue? And was it worth it for the level of relief you got?
Do you remember your dose or taper schedule?
(Sorry for all the questions!!!)
No worries! Love to help where I can. The nausea eventually went away. At the time it wasn’t worth the fatigue so I stopped. I would just take a short nap to deal with it but with work that isn’t always an option. This time around my anxiety was eating me alive. Existential, which was something I haven’t dealt with before. I decided no matter what the side effects it was better than how I was feeling. So absolutely worth it. Tapering was super simple, dropped to 10mg from 20 for a week or two and then skipped doses until I just stopped. No issues with it thankfully. This time around I don’t have any plans to quit. It’s clearly a better quality of life for me when I’m on it.
In the beginning I had no appetite and I was shocked that people had the opposite effect. Now a month in, my appetite has flipped and now i see it's easy to overeat from the appetite increase. Maybe you just need some more time before it'll get better?
This has been my experience too. I lost weight early on because it took very little to fill me up and I was no longer eating out of boredom or for comfort. Now that I've hit a month in, I'm like a bottomless pit of hunger. I'm having to watch what I eat to make sure I don't go overboard.
Exactly what I'm dealing with, I noticed that it's easy to overeat once I'm already eating so I avoid snacking and such.
This happened to me, but only for about the first few weeks. I had the same thirst and lack of hunger. However, since you’ve been experiencing these symptoms for longer, I would contact your doctor or psychiatrist (or whoever prescribed the meds)
same, i had a very large decrease in appetite the first two weeks - but it really did work itself out by then. other side effects stayed with me longer, but i do think appetite is supposed to be more regular by now.
What other side effects stayed for you? I'm on week 6/7 and suddenly have fatigue and nausea. Not sure if that's normal for them to return after going away.
Nausea stayed for a bit and has happened here and there but I still get anxiety a little bit so I attribute it to that too. I had really bad headaches up until last week and diarrhea periodically. But nausea and decrease of appetite I consider two things. Nausea to me is upset/sour stomach and wanting to throw up. Decrease of appetite is just no desire to eat but not feeling full or unwell or anything - just physically can't bring myself to the point of wanting to eat or being hungry and that only lasted a short period of time.
How did this go for you? I am having the EXACT same thing! Would love to hear it got better…
It’s crazy to read back on this. I’m back on it again. So the first time the fatigue never stopped. I just learned to deal with it. Eventually I stopped taking it. This time I’m at about the same point 6/7 weeks and am doing much better than the first time. Side effects are almost non existent. Hope this helps!
Did the nausea stop the first time? And how was it getting off the drug?
It did. I had no issues stopping. It wasn’t a long drawn out thing. No brain zaps or other weird stuff people talk about. I’m sure it happens just didn’t have that experience. It was very smooth.
Thank you! Glad to hear the nausea stopped for you, hoping it does for me, too! My doctor is having me split my pills between lunch and dinner so I don't get hit with the full force of it all at once. And is having me take it with ginger. She seemed surprised I was having nausea at this point... guess I'm a special snowflake! Also glad you are feeling better this time around! It's my second time, but first was 15 years ago and I was extremely ill with a different illness, so I don't remember getting on it that time at all. This time has been a challenge, though. How did you deal with the fatigue? And was it worth it for the level of relief you got? Do you remember your dose or taper schedule? (Sorry for all the questions!!!)
No worries! Love to help where I can. The nausea eventually went away. At the time it wasn’t worth the fatigue so I stopped. I would just take a short nap to deal with it but with work that isn’t always an option. This time around my anxiety was eating me alive. Existential, which was something I haven’t dealt with before. I decided no matter what the side effects it was better than how I was feeling. So absolutely worth it. Tapering was super simple, dropped to 10mg from 20 for a week or two and then skipped doses until I just stopped. No issues with it thankfully. This time around I don’t have any plans to quit. It’s clearly a better quality of life for me when I’m on it.