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  1. Khal

    Flu like symptoms - medication side effect or new symptoms?

    Indeed, it would be great if it was just the medication! Yeah that's a good idea as well to give it a bit longer, especially given the half life and mechanism of action of fluoxetine. Thanks, I will post back if and when I find any specific cause for the current symptoms.
  2. Khal

    Flu like symptoms - medication side effect or new symptoms?

    Thanks. I think that is the best way forward and only way to find out for certain, like you say. I will come off for maybe a month and see what happens to the symptoms over that time.
  3. Khal

    Flu like symptoms - medication side effect or new symptoms?

    Thanks for the reply! Yeah these symptoms seems to be quite common for m.e/cfs. At first I did assume it was flare up in symptoms rather than the medication; but the fact that rest from both physical and mental activities hasn't helped was making me wonder whether something else was causing the...
  4. Khal

    Flu like symptoms - medication side effect or new symptoms?

    So I've been taking prozac (fluoxetine) 10 mg for just over two months. From about 4 weeks in I've been getting quite bad flu type feelings - muscle aches, swimming head and weakness. Also I have been sleeping more and just generally feeling like I've got the flu (even though I'm sure I...