conure_flock
New member
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2021
- Messages
- 2
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 08/2020
- Country
- UK
Hi everyone, new member here. I was diagnosed last year after a doctor finally sat, listened and believed me! I was going to say you have no idea of how good it felt to finally have someone believe me but I suspect I am not alone in this.
She has got me on 40mg of fluoxetine a day to help with my symptoms. For me personally they’ve held beyond belief and given me my life back. The only thing that I’m still getting to grips on with these pills is the psychological aspects. I feel like a child again accidentally blurting out swear words and having moments of just talking non stop about senseless topics.
Most recently I’ve been struggling with how to deal with grief. Yesterday we lost our family dog of 14 years. I am a huge animal lover and loved this dog and yet I struggled to shed a single tear! I work up this morning to hear a great family friend has passed away from a short and brutal battle with cancer and I’m just not upset. Like I didn’t even know her. I know that it’s incredibly sad and I should be sad but I’m not! I feel like a robot and everyone around me is looking at me wondering why I don’t seem to care about anyone but myself. I don’t know what’s happening and whether the fluoxetine is impacting it?
This is the first time I’ve lost someone close to me since being on the pills so it’s the only thing I can think of that’s changed. Anyone know if this is because of the fluoxetine or am I just becoming a robot with no feelings?!
Quite an introduction, I swear I’m reasonably normal!
She has got me on 40mg of fluoxetine a day to help with my symptoms. For me personally they’ve held beyond belief and given me my life back. The only thing that I’m still getting to grips on with these pills is the psychological aspects. I feel like a child again accidentally blurting out swear words and having moments of just talking non stop about senseless topics.
Most recently I’ve been struggling with how to deal with grief. Yesterday we lost our family dog of 14 years. I am a huge animal lover and loved this dog and yet I struggled to shed a single tear! I work up this morning to hear a great family friend has passed away from a short and brutal battle with cancer and I’m just not upset. Like I didn’t even know her. I know that it’s incredibly sad and I should be sad but I’m not! I feel like a robot and everyone around me is looking at me wondering why I don’t seem to care about anyone but myself. I don’t know what’s happening and whether the fluoxetine is impacting it?
This is the first time I’ve lost someone close to me since being on the pills so it’s the only thing I can think of that’s changed. Anyone know if this is because of the fluoxetine or am I just becoming a robot with no feelings?!
Quite an introduction, I swear I’m reasonably normal!