Drug Ratings for PROZACAverage Rating: 3.3 (753 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | Depression (SADS, anxiety) | Heart burn | Prescribed by psychiatrist for SADs associated depression. Initially took a low dose (20mg) with light therapy. It took a month to work but I definitely feel better. I don't feel like sleeping in anymore. My social anxiety has decreased, I don't feel like I'm a downer in conversation anymore. Still have trouble staying motivated on some things (like work). Definitely not pro-medication but given that exercise and diet only helped a little, I appreciate this drug. | F | 27 | 9 months 30 MG 1X D | 5/15/2013 | 1 | depression, anxiety | strong suicidal thoughts, unresolvable stinky armpits! flattened cheeks, slight decrease in appetite, sleepy, lethargic, dull, irritable, overly sensitive, nervous, anxious, felt like I was losing myself, going a tiny bit insane. | This one's a no no for me. I experienced more pain and depression. I wanted to stick it out longer but the side effects became increasingly harsher for me to tolerate. I took the brand name. | F | 30 | 2 weeks 10 1X D | 5/4/2013 | 3 | Depression OCD anxiety | I have been on various doses of prozac. I was on 80 for obsessive compulsive i used to be really funny wrote jokes did standup on high dose of Prozac I stop laughing feel sluggish dull numb. When i went off tried other i gained 15 lbs so i went back to prozac I like being on 40 mg but then i obsess over guys anxious. I am also on Wellbutrin I am bipolar | F | 52 | 10 years 80 | 4/20/2013 | 3 | Depression and anxiety | When I had my dose doubled from 20mg it had a dramatic affect on my concentration, I couldn't work or even watch a whole TV programme but this became less of a problem after a couple of months. I feel sick every day but am never actually sick, it's a managable problem. | F | 16 | 6 months 40mg | 4/20/2013 | 4 | Depression | Depression lifted, became motivated and happy. felt i had a reason to live again. my head became clearer. i did lose weight due to lack of appetite that leveled out after about 3 months. | F | 25 | 7 years 20mg 1X D | 3/29/2013 | 2 | depression | Emotional numbing, reduced libido | I felt so much better initially after starting Prozac, I wanted to keep going up on the dosage. Psychiatrist started me at 10 mg, then 20, now 30. I am a poet and lyricist. I feel as though I don't have anything to write about anymore. I seldom cry anymore. I can't have an orgasm during sex anymore. The lack of emotion is, in and of itself, depressing. | F | 51 | 3 months 30 mg 1X D | 3/22/2013 | 1 | Depression | Was so depressed I couldn't move or speak was given Prozac after 2 tablets was running around doing aeroplanes,then hysterical laughter,then collapsed on floor crying,then profuse sweating and muscle spasms. Spent 12 hours rapidly switching between these states until given high dose of diazepam. | Does this mean I could have bipolar 2.then put on seroxat and was totally out of control for two years. | F | 32 | 1 days 1X D | 3/21/2013 | 4 | Depression | I have been on Prozac since 1988. It is a wonderful drug and I'd be dead without it (suicide). I've had two side effects that I can recall. One is severe heartburn.. I have been told, by several doctors, that this is very rare. The other side effect is that I CAN'T CRY! I had to have my dog put down on January 7, 2011 and I cried like a baby.. Yesterday, I had to have my other dog put down and also cried like a baby but I haven't cried in 26 months, otherwise! I feel numb. Oh we'll. | F | 40 | 10 years 30 mg | 3/6/2013 | 5 | Panic Attacks, depression | mild headache | I just started taking this medication and so far I love it! The only side effect i have is a mild headache! I already feel much better!! | F | 2 days 20mg 1X D | 3/4/2013 | 5 | clinical severe depression, panic | feeling giddy and euphoria | F | 57 | 3 days 20mg | 2/24/2013 | 5 | depression | No side effects. But it only works for Depression, not nightmares or anxiety | F | 28 | 10 years 40 | 12/23/2012 | 3 | Lifelong Depression & Anxiety | Decreased ability to concentrate, apathy, excessive sleepiness, headaches at 60mg | Prozac significantly lowered my anxiety, but eventually everything rolled off me to where I couldn't motivate myself to get things done. It did its job as far as balancing out mood swings/panic attacks though, and wasn't too difficult to get off of (unlike my experience with Effexor). No sexual side effects or significant weight loss/gain. Prozac was definitely less harsh than a lot of the other medications I've tried (Effexor, Lexapro, Abilify, Wellbutrin, etc.) so I would more readily recommend it to others. | F | 22 | 2 years 40-60 1X D | 12/10/2012 | 4 | Depressive half of bipolar disorder | Less depressed, not too agitated, eating better, not sleeping too much, less anxiety, and actually talking to people. | F | 15 | 1 years 20 MG | 11/28/2012 | 1 | Major depressive | Wanted to die more. Homicidal(never there before) and suicidal thoughts. Would write things that made no sense. Disconnect from the world, life felt like a dream. | F | 14 | 6 months 20-40 MG | 11/16/2012 | 5 | depression and stress | I never considered myself stressed or depressed. I just figured I was not one of those cheery cheery kinda people. I went to my Dr and he said I was as stressed and depressed as he has ever seen anyone. He prescribed prozac and told me to give it 3 weeks before casting judgement. I cannot explain in words how much better I feel. It's amazing. I'm not angry, I don't scream and yell all the time. I have patience! And a lot of them. My sex drive is back and dh loves it. I want to hug my Dr and thank him but that would be weird. The absence of my anger and stress is very strange... It's almost like, wait a minute somethings missing but I got over that. Lol one more thing, killed my appetite. Yay! No more eating all day out of boredom. | F | 35 | 6 days 10 | 10/19/2012 | 4 | major depression anxiety | Works pretty well for me so far, going into 3rd week. Definitely feel more even, chilled out. Was highly emotional up& down ALL the time with severe crying episodes. Now just sort of "it is what it is" feeling. Drawback: went to a best friends funeral yesterday & couldn't cry. Emotions seemed muffled & constipated a lot. Switched to prozac after being taken off of Wellbutrin, which caused hair loss like bald spots, severe muscle aches & increased anxiety. Definitely favor the prozac! | F | 39 | 3 weeks 20 | 10/7/2012 | 1 | anxiety depression | Everything has happened. I feel like death. And I am homeless with chronic headaches. I don't have any help. Please help me if you can. God Bless. | F | 57 | 9 days 10 | 10/7/2012 | 1 | Anxiety depression | I have Gaatroparesis, so was given the liquid version. Was doing 5 mg. basically 1 tsp. Per day, a very low dose. This crap is making ne feel numb, trapped in my head, and overall WORSE! Would not reccomend this to anyone. Also gave me bad mood swings. Angry, then depressed. No joy at all. Headache, nausea ( worse than usual ) im calling my doc tomoorow, and stopping it! | M | 38 | 1 weeks 5 mg | 9/24/2012 | 4 | OCD/anxiety/Depression | No sexual desire, lack of sensation in genitals, genital pain (subsided somewhat) | Other than the previously mentioned side effects this drug works very well for all of my complaints. Too bad about the sexual side effects. | F | 26 | 2 months 40mg 1X D | 9/16/2012 | 1 | depression | At first thought this was a wonder drug felt spaced out. The longer I was on it waking up every 2 hours at. night,sweating,craving alcohol, weight gain that I couldn't lose even when hardly eating nothing. Became like numb didn't care about anything, also loss of libido thought of it made my skin crawl. Anyway came off it 6 weeks ago cold turkey and just starting to feel better also used to get a wierd pain in my head and eye pressure. | F | 47 | 2 days 20mg | 9/6/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | dizziness, confusion, mood swings, headache | This medication made me feel like I was constantly "buzzed". I had trouble remembering things and it made me feel like I had a constant weight on my body. It also made me have mood swings, one minute happy the next crying, the next angry. It made me be a whole different person than I am. | F | 30 | 10 days 20 mg 1X D | 9/1/2012 | 2 | For anxiety and OCD | Made me emotionally numb, tired, and have a reduced sex drive/ability. | Prozac didn't help me one bit, or to be more accurate it made my anxiety slightly better but caused other problems. It is a mood leveller; it may reduce anxiety, but in doing so reduces emotions like happiness and excitement. Emotions become indistinct; everything is dull. It is like a big steamroller flattening out the emotional landscape because it does not discriminate between feelings like anxiety and those like happiness. Think carefully before you take it. | M | 18 | 2 months 20 mg 1X D | 8/29/2012 | 4 | major depressive disoder | adrenline rush, drowzinez | I have only taken it for a short while, but it has helped tremendously; the side effects are already subsiding! | F | 49 | 30 days 20 1X D | 8/10/2012 | 4 | Severe Depression/Anxiety Attacks | I noticed dramatic mood change within two days. My only issue is excessive yawning. By excessive yawning, I mean I'm yawning every minute or less to the point where it hurts my jaw. However I found that's fixable with a sprite. I haven't had any anxiety issues which is a big deal for me because I was taking xanax up to four times a day. The only major problem I'm having besides excessive yawning is it makes me sleep. I have to take it at night because it works like Benadryl for me. | F | 23 | 1 months 20 MG | 7/21/2012 | 5 | Panic disorder, agorophobia | increased anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, and decresed sex enjoyment( but still able). However this was in the beginning and is usuall. Take a low dose to minimize this. My side effects were still mild. Now my life is back to being good. No panic attacks in 2 months. By the way, ssri take 5 weeks to work. Sometimes 3 months. Be patient and take everyday at sametime. Blessings | M | 28 | 3 months 20mg | 7/11/2012 | 5 | Depression/CFS | Have to say after trying all the newer SSRI,s going back to Prozac was a god-send. A little anxiety at first which I dealt with with 10 mg diazepam, and then went off diazepam. Better sleep, better mood, less vegetive, more motivation unlike all the other AD's where I felt like a slug and gained weight. Added 150 mg Wellbutrin XL to deal with fatigue and all 'round this has been a great combo. NEVER use generics when it comes to antidepressants! Make sure doctor writes "no sub" on prescription. Took the generic and felt like jumping out of my skin. Felt like totally different drug! Get brand-name only when it comes to AD's! | M | 40 | 2 years 20 | 6/18/2012 | 5 | fibromyalgia | Basically no side effects but lack of appetite | Worked fantastic. helped control mood,depression,and pain associated with fibromyalgia. helped mr able to become somewhat active. improved my mood ftom vegative to positive............................ IMPORTANT! ON A PERSONAL NOTE I DON'YANYONESHOULD BE ALLOWED TO POST THEIR EXPERIENCE UNTILHEY HAE GIVEN THE MEDICATION 30 DAYS.........NOTE MOST WHO RANKED MEDIATION INEFFECTIVE ARE EITHER TEENAGERS-24 OR ONLY USED THE MEDICATION A FEW TIMES WHICH IS N0T EVEN A TRIAL.AVD CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH EXPERIENCES YO GIVE AN INFORMED OPINION!. I WISH ASK PATIENT WOULD ESTABLISH A SET OF RULES | F | 46 | 90 days 20 MG 1X D | 6/14/2012 | 4 | Panic/anxiety attacks | At first yawning/ tiredness, dizzy at times, nausea, rash on hip, sweaty feet, increased thirst, increased anxiety at 20mg but felt great at 10mg | Dr first started me on 20mg but made my stomach spin and couldn't eat and pretty much bed bound, made anxiety worse, feet just poured sweat, after 10 days got a rash on my hip. Called and Dr gave me new Rx for 10mg and within 3 days could eat again, mood felt good and anxiety was finally under control and made me happy! Felt increased energy and no more panic attacks. Now at 3 weeks I feel like a normal person again and even checked today and blood pressure down from 140/100 to 115/77, so does make me stress less! I rarely take medicine so maybe starting at 10 wouldn't have gave me any side effects?? | F | 38 | 3 weeks 10mg 1X D | 6/11/2012 | 2 | PMS/PMDD | I felt nothing for the first few days I took this medication...then WHAM...I had a major headache (lasting 24 hours), nausea and vomiting. I took the 5th dose and within hours I had a splitting headache. The problem there is that you are not supposed to take NSAIDS (Ibuprofen) or Aspirin when you are on prozac because of an increased risk of internal bleeding. I had hoped there would be no side effects to this drug, but no luck. I'm going to stop. I can deal with bad periods much better than nausea and immobilizing headaches that I can't take Ibuprofen for. | I was on the generic version for PMS. My doctor recommended this instead of the pill and told me to take it for 14 days and then stop for 14 days. | F | 30 | 6 days 10 1X D | 6/3/2012 | 5 | anxiety | LOVE IT, LOVE IT!! at present, insomnia, pattern forming of sleep few, wake up few, sleep few again.. Past month, but not sure if from Prozac, deep and repeatable yawns, then deep sleep for 2 hrs,,, This takes place hr after I take dose in morning.. after breakfast (carbs),,, tried taking at nite, not eating after I take, etc,, no sure pattern or cause yet! Also take 10mg amitriptiline at bedtime. | WONDER DRUG! Improvement within 24 hrs! It stopped the constant internal fighting within. Stopped snake phobia when I did not run screaming when I saw a garter snake on ground. BIG PLUSSES: My 37 year old son and I have always had severe antagonistic relationship since he was a child, Now he tells me how much he loves me. I was cured of my need to control, to listen first before speaking, and not to take personally everything. PERSONALIZING: Prior, every comment, attitude, reaction etc made in my presence was a personal attack on me which I reacted to over and over again. I can now disagree without yelling, and have recently been able to have the first disagreement that did not escalate into drama! I listened completely, and then was able to explain fully and quietly where I was coming from, and I was apologetic to their point of view, but said quietly and firmly that I stood by my stand, was not going to change it, but, I offered up a middle road, which was accepted happily. Finally, IMPORTANT TO ME: I have been able to identify and verbalize my feelings. Before, emotions, feeling, and logic were all mixed up, and since I was unable to differentiate one from the other, I never knew what I was upset about, or why I wasnt understood. Started out at 10 mg for about 6-9 mos. Raised another 10mg/year. Each new level opens up new areas of understanding, of old patterns, and changes to be made, with this medication and therapy. | F | 57 | 2 years 10-20-30mg 1X D | 5/31/2012 | 4 | depression; insomnia | periods of sweating; increased dreaming | it actually HELPED me sleep better and lifted my mild but persistant depression | M | 50 | 2 years 20 1X D | 5/28/2012 | 1 | depression/anxiety/ocd | chronic headaches,eye pains,neausea,vomiting,shaking,shivering,stiff muscles,hot flashes,burning skin,muscle cramps,nightmares,sexual dysfunction,hyperactivivty,lack of energy,lack of emotions,ringing in ears,massive mood swings,muscle twitches,skin rashes,crying,dehydration,weight loss then weight gain,extremely violent thoughts to others or myself,stomach swelling,pains in my back/stomach,indigestion,acid reflux,dizziness | i started taking fluoxetine/prozac in january 2006.i felt ok but had a lack of emotions.i also found i could drink large amounts of alcohol compared to what i could before i took it.i then stopped taking it in september 2007.i just quit from 40mgs aday.i started to fell dizzy and have nightmares,then lack of energy .i went to my doctor and told him.he said it would be fine to just stop as it had a long half life in the body.i went for 12 weeks like this without taking any.it was the worst 12 weeks of my entire life,my body felt like it was dying,i had severe pains in my back like a hot knife was being pushed into me permanently.i couldnt walk,i had thoughts of stabbing my mother and myself,my mind and body were twisted beyond belief.i then started taking it again and have cut down to 2 mgs.i have suffered everyday since then for nearly 5 years with all the effects i stated.it has made my life absoloute hell. my advice would be dont ever take any ssris,they are poison. the low serotonin fact doctors/psychiatrists tell you is a lie to get you to consume the drugs.there isnt any test/proof of low serotonin.nor is there proof that serotonin is the cause or plays a part in any mental illness.its all lies.go and have a look .its all there to read up on.the company eli lilly are a bunch of scumbags who have included george bush snr on their board.what a massive money making scam.psychiatrists and the pharma industry is.watch making a killing on youttube. avoid this shit like you | M | 43 | 6 years 40mg 1X D | 5/24/2012 | 4 | bipolar depression | Loss of appetite, slight nausea | Anti-depressants can make me manic but so far this has been ok and lifted the depression after less than a week. I previously took this for 7 years and it was great - only stopped as it made me manic eventually. This time I'm taking it with Lithium and olanzapine | F | 43 | 14 days 20mg 1X D | 5/17/2012 | 5 | Depression | Slight restlessness Maybe too laid back Increased sex drive | M | 44 | 2 months 20 | 5/12/2012 | 4 | depression, | mild loss of hunger at first, but after the first couple months it became easier to eat. sometimes i would feel dizzyness and nausea if i had an empty stomach and took the meds, helped with my depression though after like the first or second month, but i didn't feel a difference in my outlook on life untill i moved up to 40mg from 20mg prozac, anything under 30mg doesn't really do much. but all in all, i think it has helped me quite alot and has had minimal side effects, i approve and reccomend this medicine to any parents with depressed teenagers, being a teenager myself, i as well as countless of my friends are on prozac. and i used to do lots of hard drugs(muchrooms, cola, ex, ect..) but i feel this has helped me cope with having a fried brain and helps me maintain a steady mood throughout the day, the only thing that i have to stress is you MUST take it EVERY SINGLE DAY, otherwise thats when the bad withdrawl symptoms and side effects start happening. | M | 17 | 1 years 40 1X D | 5/3/2012 | 3 | anxiety panic disorder depression | Nausea, drowsiness | I was put onto sertraline 8 months ago after an episode of demobilising panic attacks and severe anxiety. After HORRENDOUS side effects (severe panic attacks, feeling extremely depressed) I changed onto citalopram. I experienced side effects and panic attacks for around 2 months until my symptoms started to improve. 3 months later I was back at university and panic anxiety almost felt like a thing of the past. People say it doesnt work but it made my life bearable again!! I have recently changed to prozac and feel even more relaxed. It has only been two weeks, but I have found that I feel really tired and am lacking motivation. I feel that prozac has helped my anxiety amazingly more and I feel more relaxed than I even did on citalopram. I used to cry daily and feel that I couldn't cope with even the smallest things, and now I barely cry. I feel like a different person. My only concern is that I may be feeling a little too relaxed! | F | 21 | 14 days 20 MG 1X D | 4/24/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | Yawning loss of appetite | F | 69 | 1 months 20 | 4/23/2012 | 2 | ocd, depression | interacted TERRIBLY with birth control, weight gain, didn't work with my moods or ocd, made me irritable | i took this when i was 14, and i would not reccommend putting your children on medication unless they ABSOLUTELY need it. | F | 18 | 6 months 25 mg 1X D | 4/18/2012 | 3 | OCD and Depression | I felt better at first and was happy for awhile and then I stopped laughing. Dull, no emotion, life had no meaning. | I have been going up and down on Prozac for a while. I used to take 80 for OCD dose. It worked. When I go down I get obsessed about guys who didn't want me and couldn't let go, was cluttering, shop on web all night. I went down to 40 and felt depressed again and bad obsession. Finally got off and went on Lexapro, felt way better, but then gained 7 lbs in a month. My P-doc is out of town. | F | 45 | 4 years 40-80 1X D | 4/14/2012 | 3 | pmdd /depression /BPD | first few weeks felt great, then I got bumped up to 40mg. then I felt headaches, nausea, yawning all the time, dry mouth, vivid nightmares, and more random pains. oh and constipation.. I immediately went back to 20mg. I hope to feel normal again soon. | F | 22 | 3 months 20mg | 3/27/2012 | 4 | Depression | In the beginning i started out at 20 mg and it took about 6 weeks to kick in, then it was increased to 40 mg for about 2 weeks i experienced intense anxiety, brain felt speedy, and restless. I is leveled now and I feel great, well not depressed. Cons: NO sex drive, sometimes I cannot sleep, sometimes lack of emotion, and slight anxiety. | F | 32 | 1 years 40 1X D | 3/2/2012 | 5 | Severe Depression | Lessened appetite, weight loss | this drug has changed my life around. People say it doesn't work but it has been amazing for me. I had tried to commit suicide. Not only has it eased my crazy thinking, I have been able to replace the negative thinking with only positive upbeat thinking and it has changed my entire life perspective. We have to take some kind of responsibility for our behavior. The prozac helped me enough to realize that I was not behaving properly, that I was angry, that I was mean and spiteful. I decided to approach life with a totally new perspective. No judgements, letting go of anger, forgiving and accepting responsibility for actions, no gossip or drama. What a huge difference this has made in my life. I challenge everyone to try this!!! I feel great, I see life completely differently than I did when I tried to take my own life. It's still tough, life is hard, but when I don't blow the molehills up into mountains, it sure is different. When I stop beating myself up, it lets me control who is beating me up...and I don't allow it anymore. | F | 48 | 8 months 20MG 1X D | 3/1/2012 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Initially some anxiety and increased energy. Sexual side effects less than any other SSRI I have taken (all of them) I've gotten used to everything I guess. Still have some erratic energy levels (tired then energetic) | I trust this drug, period. Helps my focus/attention. I can get anxiety, but no panic attacks. Like the long 1/2 life. Can miss a day or 2, no big deal. Brand is BETTER than generic. I take generic because the brand wires me up too much. Best SSRI IMO. | M | 36 | 7 years 20mg 1X D | 2/29/2012 | 4 | depression, anxiety | Initial loss of appetite and disturbed sleep patterns. Weight loss and increased appetite after a couple of months. This medicine helped me get back some normality. | F | 24 | 8 months 20 mg | 2/18/2012 | 2 | bipolar depression | Mania | It didn't work for me because of my circumstances it could work for you. Any anti depressant made me manic but I think prozac is one of the better ones. | M | 21 | 2 years 30mg 1X D | 1/25/2012 | 1 | Depression | made my depression worse, didn't want to get up, layed in bed, couldn't sleep, didn't want sex, didn't want to live, didn't care about anything. | Nearly lost my marriage and kids because of the way I acted toward my family on this stuff... I know it has helped many but for me was a horribly choice! Make sure you have open contact with your Dr while taking any kind of depression meds. If they don't have time for you, find another Dr.!!! | F | 45 | 3 months 1X D | 1/15/2012 | 4 | Depression/Social Anxiety | Minor nausea after eating while I was taking the drug, extreme nausea at all times of the day once I stopped taking the drug. | For me personally this drug worked wonders the first six months of taking it. I was started out on 20mg My confidence was high, I began to love social events and meeting new people however larger groups still tended to raise slight anxiety just not nearly as bad as before. Before starting prozac I was about 150lbs and five feet tall because I would turn to eating to try and help my depression. After starting the drug I lost 30 pounds. My severe fatuige and constant emotional numbness and lack of motivation vanished after a month of taking Prozac. However after about a year I began to feel the effects of the medication wear off. Over the next four years I increased my dosage to 40mg and added Wellbutrin, I never felt nearly as amazing as I did those initial six months however the medication did help tremendously. I quit cold-turkey and have been off Prozac for about 3 weeks now with no emotional side effects but SEVERE nausea. Personally, my experience was great, but everyone reacts to anti-depressants differently. | F | 19 | 4 years 40mg 1X D | 1/12/2012 | 1 | anxiety, bpd, depression, ocd, | hot flashes, insomnia MORE ANXIETY then I already had, night sweats sexual side effects, tingling in hands | THIS DRUG IS AWFUL the side effects were a nightmare. I would rather be depressed, and wash my hands 50 plus times a day then be on this crap it really didn't do much for my depression or ocd anyways... I would have anxiety attacks in my sleep, thankfully I didn't go through withdrawl because I didn't take it long enough… | F | 42 | 21 days 20 mg 1X D | 1/6/2012 | 2 | severe depression/anxiety | headache, upset stomach, insomina (woke up many times during night) sweating, hot flushes in body, nervousness, more anxiety, suicidal ideations (worse) | It might work for some people, but it didn't work for me. I know they say it takes time, but it seemed to be working opposite for me than it was supposed too. Had to go to a crisis stabilization center to be changed to something else. Prozac not my favorite drug. But you have to try what your doctor says -- if you have problems - let them know ASAP!!! | F | 41 | 2 weeks 40 MG 1X D | 12/16/2011 | 1 | anxiety | Nausea, neck, shoulder and back pain, constipation, blurred vision | I stopped after 3 weeks due to side effects and have been miserable. I still have neck and back pain, stomach aches, hot flashes, chills and mild nausea and dizziness | F | 61 | 3 weeks 20mg 1X D | 12/6/2011 | 3 | depression/anxiety | At first I lost about 10 pounds when I started, but after 8 months I gained 20! Probably because it increased my appetite a ton after my body got used to it. I also had shaking, anxiety, agitation, fatigue, constipation, SWEATING, stronger obsessive compulsive feelings,nervousness,and antisocial behavior | In a way it seemed to help with depression,but not enough because I still had crying spells,anger outbursts and felt easily annoyed. The withdrawal symptoms were NOT pleasant,and I did cut the dose down gradually to 10mg.I have been off it for two months now and still not feeling all that great. | F | 34 | 2 years 25mg 1X D | 11/6/2011 | 1 | grief, PTSD | Increased anxiety | This stuff has made me much worse. At first, I thought it was anxiety over upcoming colonoscopy but I now think it's the Prozac. I'm worse than I was before I started taking it. I take it in the AM but it still disrupts my sleep (not good). I wake up wishing I was dead. I fight the anxiety all day long, it has affected the efficacy of the Xanax I take throughout the day. I took one this morning after not taking it for the past two days and now wish I could throw up to get it out of me. I don't know why doctors think they can medicate grief. I lost my 23 year old daughter 7 months ago, how am I SUPPOSED to feel? This stuff is making my life a living hell as if it wasn't bad enough to begin with. It is going into the garbage. | F | 64 | 2 weeks 20 MG 1X D | 10/27/2011 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | It didn't help my depression/anxiety. I don't remember my exact dosage, but I was on it for almost a year. I stopped it abruptly, without tapering. This was terrible and made me want to kill myself, violent, extremely angry, agitated. I was a senior in High School at the time (so, 17-18 when taking Prozac) and it also made me moody and unmotivated. During the withdrawal, I cursed at everyone, rocked back/forth, and sat in a corner and cried. | F | 21 | 1X D | 10/4/2011 | 1 | Anxiety | Headaches, stomach aces, emotional rollercoaster | Don't take it | M | 17 | 1 weeks 1X D | 9/29/2011 | 5 | OCD Symptoms | Feeling hyperactive, trouble sleeping if taken at night, but other than that it has really helped me with my symptoms. | Not | F | 32 | 2 years 40 mg 1X D | 9/25/2011 | 4 | OCD, Anxiety, Depression | I keep forgetting my password so I cannot edit my previous rating; I am the 28 year old male who did a review on 08/08/2011 complaining about long lasting drowsiness after my last dose. I also did a review on 07/23/2011. To correct my review on 08/08/2011 where I stated I had drowsiness for two weeks after my last Prozac dose: I think there was initial drowsiness due to taking too much Prozac. However for most of the days the drowsiness was likely due to the depression itself. I say this because I was not on any medication recently and noticed drowsiness that lasted for two weeks. I tried Celexa and Prozac this week and within an hour any drowsiness I have goes away and I feel very alert. So I think for me, taking SSRIs in normal amounts causes me to be awake; however if I take way too much it causes me bad drowsiness. So I am changing my rating for Prozac back to a 4. The minus one star is for some dry eyes. I am also experimenting with using a really small dose now - so that 0.6 mg is not a mistake. | M | 28 | 56 days 0.6 mg 1X D | 8/31/2011 | 5 | Anxiety/depression | Possible tiredness | I have been on fluoxitine for about 5 years now and its been really great. It has helped me so much with my anxiety and depression | F | 20 | 5 years 30mg 1X D | 8/18/2011 | 1 | SA, GA, and Depression | 24/7 ANHEDONIA, NOT FEELING PLEASURE EVER, delayed orgasm, increased energy the first two months, suicidal ideation on withdrawal | Prozac shut down my emotional world. Sure you feel sleepy and you feel hungry. But I didn't feel emotions that made life meaningful to me anymore such as all the different flavors of happiness. They just went away. It did have an anti-depressant effect, so I wasn't crying and sulking, which made OTHER people feel better about me, but at the same time music meant nothing to me, exercise wasn't pleasurable, sex wasn't pleasurable, nothing was pleasureable! This seems to be a VERY common effect of the drug anecdotally. There is medical literature on this issue of the drug, sadly its sparse, and many doctors don't seem concerned even if it is true that most people who take the drug don't experience pleasure. | M | 20 | 4 months 40 1X D | 8/14/2011 | 4 | actually for perimenopause | waking up 3 or 4 times a night.Sometimes my back aches. | This medicine has helped me tremendously.Not only do I have more energy, I have also lost about 20 pounds. | F | 39 | 3 months 40 1X D | 8/11/2011 | 2 | Depression, Generalized anxiety,OCD | The long half life of Prozac has made my life more miserable over the last two weeks. I was noticeably drowsy two weeks ago and I stopped taking the medication. I am STILL experiencing drowsiness today - two weeks after my last dose. I am going to ask my psychiatrist to prescribe me a different SSRi with a shorter half life. | I was the one that did the review on 07/23/2011; did not save a password so I cannot edit my rating. Thus the need for a new rating | M | 28 | 55 days 2.5 1X D | 8/8/2011 |