PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)

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PROZAC  (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Fluoxetine is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, a certain eating disorder (bulimia), and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. It may also reduce the urge to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, and checking) that interfere with daily living. Fluoxetine may lessen premenstrual symptoms such as irritability, increased appetite, and depression. It may decrease binging and purging behaviors in bulimia.   FDA Approval Date: 2000-07-06 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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DATE ADDED
 
 1  crippling depression sleepy i either felt absolutely no difference or felt actively worse, but the damning thing is that as soon as i stopped taking the medication i started promptly feeling way better and stayed feeling drastically better than when i was on the medication. i went from depressed to feeling like i was flat out going insane on the med it was, well, INSANE. attempted suicide on the medication. fuck this shit. F 16 2 months
20MG 1X day
1/20/2024
 5  sleeping disorder First 2 weeks was a bit of insomia and foggy feeling in the head not bad tho.Sex drive ok.Very little side effects. This drug was fantastic in helping me sleep and many other trails. My mood improved overall, and my wife noticed a level minded husband which didn't jump to the ridiculous over the top in hard decision making.It made me more confident and brazing in many ways. Help me find a higher-level vocabulary. Stop dead my sleeping disorder which partly was mind racing which won't shut off when in bed. Great over all for me. Went from 10 mg to 20mg after the 1st yr. and stayed on 20 mg for 2 more yrs and stop taking it very easily. This is how I did it.I would stop taking prozac for 1, 2 to 3 days at a time and went to 4 days a week. Within 3 to 4 weeks, I stop taking prozac and started taking rhodiola and medical marijuana. After a week or two drop rhodiola and stuck with Med Marijuana because I enjoyed that relaxing very happy feeling.I have heard of other sort of unknown supplements helping in transitioning off such as Kratom and some adaptogens' like Rhodiola. Hope this helps. M 65 3 years
20 1X day
6/21/2023
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 2  Depression, OCD At first mood improved, but then binging/ craving sugary/ carby foods, drowsy (though better on 10mg than 20mg) bizarre and disturbing dreams, irritable and generally feeling out of control of emotions. Definitely start on 10mg. You might find that's all you need. The dispersible tablet tastes reasonably pleasant. You can swallow it like a normal pull, but it does start to dissolve in your mouth. I went on it because it has less sexual side effects than other SSRI s and my experience is this was true, but feeling crazy kind of counteracted that. F 55 2 weeks
10 mg 1X day
6/10/2023
 1  Anxiety and Depression Cool if you've got a panic disorder and decided to become a serial killer, may as well have bipolar. Might beat the sh*t out of my doctor lol If you value the life of others you may as well kill yourself, it's better then becoming a crazy crackhead without the bathsalts F 23 2 months
20mg 1X day
11/29/2022
 2  Depression and Anxiety Headaches, increased my anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal, unmotivated, dizziness, nausea, emotional. Doc put me on 10 mg to start off for two weeks then to 20 mg for a month. But i do not prefer to be on it any longer i'm going to look for natural solutions. Going to stop after consulting my Dr. F 17 7 days
10 MG 1X day
11/11/2022
 1  Episodic unhappiness in a former marriag Do not start Prozac (or any similar SSRI.). Your brain will change and you cannot discontinue. If you try to stop, there is a SEVERE MULTI FAUCETED withdrawal effect. 30 years I have been on Prozac. Three times I have tried to stop and cannot. Do your research first! I am not depressed, but I am not normal because of how prozac has changed me. I say things out of place at times because prozac has numbed my mind. My memory is shot, long term and short term. I do not have the ability to stop Prozac. I've tried and experience physical and emotional symptoms. I can't go around friends if trying to quit prozac. I become a raging bull in a china shop. Prozac altered my life and dulled my senses and personality. I am 66 now and wished a Dr. had never started me on this drug. I was ONLY in a bad marriage. I was not advised Prozac would be addicting to the brain. It is not a craving addiction, your brain becomes addicted. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE FILLING THAT PRESCRIPTION! F 66 30 years
40 1X day
11/6/2022
 4  Depression Severe night sweats, dry mouth I feel my depression has improved, but the night sweats I have are so severe that my I never sleep well. Looking into medication to ease this side effect currently. F 31 2 years
10mg 1X day
10/2/2022
 2  OCD At 20 mg, none. When bumped up to 40mg, crazy palpitations. At first, a couple of times a day. Now it's everyday most of the day. Prozac has a long half life and I have kidney disease. I think the combination has caused a buildup. Only put on Prozac because my insurance stopped paying for my Viibryd, which worked great! F 54 4 months
40 mg 1X day
9/2/2022
 2  Depression anxiety adhd I felt my anxiety was not helped by this medication. I have ADD and I do not think it's a good fit to use SSRI. I'm off it cold turkey for 10 days and i feel so much better without it. F 38 6 months
10 1X day
5/22/2022
 5  OCD, binge eating disorder Initially minor heart burn and fatigue. Prozac really helps my binge eating and ruminations. But, it wasn't that effective until the dose was raised to 60 mg. M 65 1 years
60 mg 1X day
11/22/2021
 1  anxiety NOS/ocd/mood disorder NOS Would not recommend this medication to my worst enemy. Not sure why it's even still legal. No real improvement on the meds. Worsened anxiety, worsened depression, worsened intrusive obsessive thoughts. Aggression, irritability, mood versatility, behavioral concerns, personality changes, drug-induced sudden suicidal ideation. Horrible withdrawal syndrome that lasts way longer than webMD/ the APA would allow you to believe. Withdrawal and ignorant psychiatrists nearly killed me. Caused PSSD, orthostatic hypotension, low sodium levels, emotional blunting, akathisia, painful withdrawal/dependency. F 20 6 years
40mg 1X day
10/6/2021
 4  Depression Sexual side effects. Satisfied with this antidepressant after trying 8 others. Would rate about 4 stars. I am a same-day-responder for antidepressants and tend to have bouts of depression lasting 3-4 days and usually mid-weed. The half life of prozac is so long that 1 pill is about all I need to get through the week and be active again on the weekend. M 40 14 days
20 mg 1X day
9/11/2021
 3  Major depressive I've been on it for 2 years. Roughly. I tried stopping 2-3 times this year. Started at 30mg. Went to 10mg this year. I stopped it for 1 month...But the withdrawal symptoms were bad. My husband is unemployed. So, we're going through a bad time. I went back on it 1 week ago on 20mg now. I seem to wake a couple of times, with panic and tremors at night. What can it be? I hope it goes away with time. It's scary. Take it, when you need it. And Resume life. I pray the rosary. When I get bad side effects F 29 2 years
20 1X day
7/29/2021
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 5   0 days
1X day
5/5/2021
 1  Anxiety and depression More anxiety. Sleep awakening with racing pulse and nausea. Leg and feet pain. I stopped this for 3 months and still wake up several times a night with racing pulse, nausea and headaches. Has this happened to anyone this long after stopping medicine? F 69 2 months
10mg 1X day
4/8/2021
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 4  MDD l started 2 weeks ago it was a change from duloxitine , Cymbalta .My MDD is much better on Prozac but struggling with thee diarrhoea. Not sure if still cymbalta withdrawal , starting on Prozac or both Lol F 57 0 weeks
20mgs 1X day
3/27/2021
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 4  MDD l started 2 weeks ago it was a change from duloxitine , Cymbalta .My MDD is much better on Prozac but struggling with thee diarrhoea. Not sure if still cymbalta withdrawal , starting on Prozac or both Lol F 57 0 weeks
20mgs 1X day
3/27/2021
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 4  MDD l started 2 weeks ago it was a change from duloxitine , Cymbalta .My MDD is much better on Prozac but struggling with the diarrhoea. Not sure if still cymbalta withdrawal , starting on Prozac or both Lol F 57 0 weeks
20mgs 1X day
3/27/2021
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 3  Anxiety, feeling down Drowsiness, energy at the beginning then just feeling sluggish, head in the clouds, no motivation. it works really well for anxiety but at the expense of me not giving a sh* about anything. Projects at work take me longer because I can't focus. It's frustrating... F 44 1 months
20 mg 1X day
3/19/2021
 1  Anxiety Confusion, anger, mood swings, diarrhea and not caring about anything. I wish I had never took it. Psychiatrist wanted me to try it. F 35 1 months
40mg 1X day
3/18/2021
  

PROZAC  (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Fluoxetine is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, a certain eating disorder (bulimia), and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. It may also reduce the urge to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, and checking) that interfere with daily living. Fluoxetine may lessen premenstrual symptoms such as irritability, increased appetite, and depression. It may decrease binging and purging behaviors in bulimia.   FDA Approval Date: 2000-07-06 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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