Is fluoxetine cheating?

Fluoxetine is used to help reduce binges and is used in the treatment of bulimia. It's not for weight loss.

OP, you might want to check out symptoms of Dysthymic Disorder and see if you relate to those. If anxiety isn't an issue, there are other meds instead of Fluoxetine that can be energizing and not impact the libido. I would see a psychiatrist, not a GP.

I am absolutely sure I have dysthymic disorder- it describes me to T.

Thank you for taking the time to post.

I do notice I have to be really careful, my moods can really plummet if I don't get enough sleep, I'm ill, taking any other medications (I'm very sensitive!) and I think I feel better when I have salmon salads for lunch but I never feel like that.

Also, I have noticed is I have the urge to binge during the day, not in the evening. This is huge for me as my mood lifts in the evening too - which makes me think my overeating is mood related.

Obviously if I'm too hungry, bored or stressed I eat so there is definitely a psychological response.

I will reply to some of the other posts. Again people have really reached out and I fee I'm always taking from the groups, but I appreciate it! Muchos gracias x

Another random point is I can feel my mood improves if I have coffee (I get a mood pummel two hours post intake though) so if I was severely depressed I don't think a coffee would help! Maybe coffee just improves anyone's mood hence it's popularity! It can work the other way too though and make me tired and grumpy if I have too much.

As I said before running helped, walking doesn't - maybe slightly, it has to be a long run, after about 45 minutes my mood gets better. However, as I mentioned before, I have damaged my knees now :-( I think that was because I didn't have a correct technique. When I felt low I would get up and go for a run, it was easy. Now I think I'll have to get into swimming, but I don't like it and It's an effort i.e., have to put my child in childcare, get changed, have my kit- towel, shampoo conditioner, it's cold lol I'm a wimp, it's not easy, does that make sense?

Any way, I'm going off on tangents again. I suppose I'm not severely depressed, I'm not not functioning. But I have off days, and mornings are always bad - but no one loves mornings do they? I suppose what worries me and I can't work out if it's more like an eating disorder it the only things I look forward to, actually feel excited about have been my meals!!! My bingeing is not caused by starving myself!!!

When I get PMT my bingeing got out of hand, I would say I gained a 14lbs in a week but I didn't care - I went for packets/boxes of cereal and bread. I was manic. I will feel angry and tearful (as many women do).

So I suppose my low mood doesn't help with eating, and I do worry about my massive weight gains. I Don't eat unhealthily- it's just I will overeat carbs, they can be "bran flakes with raisins" (I never buy these but had access to boxes of them at the wrong time of the month and ate boxes of them!). the weird thing is I have this huge compulsion to eat them and everything to just keep going with the carbs, but at the same time I feel tearful.. So i have thought this an eating disorder, but then I can wake up another day and feel much better, so my hormones are influencing it.

My husband says I just need to get out and do something, I'm "obviously bored and if I had a stressed job like him I wouldn't have all this time to analyse myself" (my poor husband he is also very supportive BTW but I obviously listen to the criticisms and he is highly driven and focused, he never has that "I can't be bothered" feeling) . However, I don't think I would function at work. I have days where I'm very slow, everything just tires me. Today is a good day, but many are not.

Keisha - that's great that your mind is clearer since Zoloft (I will read up on this later!). I would describe myself as having a permanent mental "fog" ad often feel very lethargic. As i said, well done you for seeking help and sticking with it.

I have heard it said that taking SSRI's can "stimulate" neurone, so they function better in the longterm. I don't know if this is true but for me, I was on prozac years ago and would say things got worse after I came off them.


I suppose none of you can answer for me, but I do greatly appreciate the input, especially from those who have also suffered.

A side note, my aunt started taking prozac some 10 years ago and her personality completely changed, she has never come off them!

Any way, thank you all for your input.

It makes me think eating is actually complex. If you need to lose weight the equation is simple , eat less and do more. However, bingeing feels out of control sometimes, and the mind can be saying "this isn't logical" but it doesn't feel like it's just a hedonistic "one more slice of cake" than needed... it's more like I need carbs... porridge, bran flakes, bread... and quantity, whatever it is I will jet keep going until it's all gone.

I just want an energy shot please.. I thought about trying b12 injections, if it's good enough for Rhianna...!

I keep flipping back to the thought that maybe I'm just a very lazy person and I don't have any resilience. When everyone else would scrub themselves down after a fall or when a challenge arises, they work through it, I just go into a frenzy and hide. I laughed when I saw a friend from university (some 10 years ago) she said no one knew I would pass any exams and do reasonably well, I would be about to turn up to a lecture and then think"no I can't face it" and go and buy some food, (in this case it was a bag of apples!) and go to my dorm instead. So maybe I just have a faulty coping mechanism.

If your doctor places you on a medication, its really not our business to be judging that desicion.

THIS. Absolutely.

You're all pretty kind, I judge myself so of course, expect it from strangers.

I must admit though, to see all your posts this morning felt really reassuring. i appreciate you are all strangers but it helps hearing others opinions thoughts