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I have been on fluoxetine for just over ten weeks, I am getting better, and can eat and sleep now, after weeks of hardly eating anything, Feel very sleepy in the morning at about 11am, I am taking the fluoxetine in a split dose, 1 at 8am and the other at noon.

I am nervous of swopping to the evening as it would mean going a day of not taking anything, Or about 15 hours, I don’t want to go backwards, any suggestions.

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I of course I don't know what you should do. I take mine at night like my psychiatrist suggested (40 mg). I guess they make me sleepy because I sleep through the night(7 hours waking up at 4). Have you thought to ask your doctor?

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Shadow19422 in reply to LilyAnnepuppy

I was only asking for any advise, and if anyone else had changed from morning to night, I wasn’t asking for anyone to tell me what to do, I can’t ask my GP you have to wait four weeks to have an appointment.

If someone had come back and said to me yes I changed from morning to night, then I would then contact the surgery and ask them to speak to a Doctor

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You needn’t make an appointment to have a question answered. Simply call and ask to speak to a nurse, who would in turn speak to a doctor and then get back to you.

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Dolphin14 in reply to Shadow19422

I've done it with a few meds over the years.

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Shadow19422 in reply to Dolphin14

So what meds did you swop from morning to the night, I will contact the Doctor, because I am worried if I change it’s a whole day without any medication, and that worries me some what.

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Dolphin14 in reply to Shadow19422

I had a once a day Med. So exampleI took it at 8pm monday

Now I want to get it to the morning I move the times

Tuesday maybe 6

Wed maybe 4

Thursday mayb 2 etc etc till you get where you want it

Your md with assist with the schedule. This is an example of what I did. Not to be used as medical advice.

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