PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROZAC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Depression | Dizziness, brought Trigeminal pain back, feel tired, on bed most of the time. Decrease in urine. Feel Suicidal | Going to stop after consulting my Dr. | M | 76 | 5 days 20mg 1X day | 11/4/2020 | 1 | Depression | Terror, sleepnesees, ljnd filled with dumders when trying to sleep.amnesia | J hate it | M | 75 | 60 days | 3/2/2007 | 4 | DEPRESSION | pOSSIBLY SEVERE HEARTBURN | I think it helps with neuropathy pain in my hands and legs. | M | 72 | 30 days | 3/24/2008 | 5 | OCD | None | I think it is the best!!!! | F | 71 | 16 years | 3/29/2009 | 2 | anxiety & depression | severe gas and loose stools - killed off the bacteria in my colon - took 2.5 months to get things back to normal. I also was taking 30 mg Remeron - I've been taking Remeron for several years. | My prozac was the Wal-Mart generic - not the brand name. I never got above 15 mg per day. | M | 71 | 60 days | 12/18/2007 | 1 | depression/anxiety | At first taking intermittent feelings of panic. These went away. With further taking of Prozac a rash appeared on both ankles. Next I had difficulty sleeping, and then complete insomnia. Dead tired, I would fall asleep only to experience a weird, terrifying dream and wake up immediately. I thought I was losing my mind, but then quit taking the drug and recovered. | As an adult I had enough sense to quit taking Prozac. Anybody who would experience such dreams and lack of sleep long enough might consider suicide. Absolutely unacceptable! | M | 71 | 4 days | 9/27/2004 | 4 | anxiety | none | well satisfied with results. started on 10 Mg. increased to 20 mg. made a great difference | F | 70 | 1 years | 7/2/2003 | 4 | Anxiety | Yawning loss of appetite | F | 69 | 1 months 20 | 4/23/2012 | 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 | 1 | Anxiety, depression, and OCD. | Lethargic, increased depressed and binge eating. Which I didn't need as I am still battling off weight from last antidepressant. la | F | 69 | 7 days | 2/9/2017 | 2 | depression | only 20 mg's; trying to see why its not working | F | 67 | | 6/26/2006 | 5 | Depression / Anxiety | Only briefly - 3/4 weeks - it didn't help & I couldn't sleep. | Greatest invention of 20th century. But one must be patient. I wasn't and discontinued use after a few days. Tried again a couple of years later and it saved me! | M | 66 | 6 years | 2/1/2006 | 5 | depression | none | Great Drug | F | 66 | 20 years 100 1X day | 1/25/2014 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5 | persistent depression | I did not take it daily as prescribed. Doing so caused me to be irritable. Taking the drug on an as need basis worked extremely well for me.By far, the best help for my depression ERY well for me | I think Prozac is an excellent drug for depression. However, it appears to be easy to take too much even if you are taking the prescribed amount. Patients should be encouraged to try taking less, or less often and see how it works then. | F | 65 | 3 years 20 MG 1X day | 5/10/2020 | 5 | depression | none | M | 65 | 3 years | 10/22/2002 | 4 | suicidal depression | There is no question that this drug saved my life and I am grateful for it. But it certainly doesn't enhance one's sex life, as so many others have mentioned. Still, I suppose that a life with diminished sexual pleasure is better than no life at all. I agree with the person who compared the necessity for prozac for someone with the kind of biochemical imbalance that leads to the kind of suicidal depression prozac alleviates with the necessity for insulin for someone with type I diabetes. | F | 65 | 21 years | 10/2/2005 | 5 | depression - widow ; business etc. | UNFORTUNATELY AFTER TWO OR THREE YEARS STARTED HAVING FACIAL TICS. EVEN NOW TAKING ONLY 10 MG A DAY IT CONTINUES. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO COUNTERACT THIS. AM NOW TAKING 10 MG ONLY 3 TIMES A WEEK BUT NOT GETTING BETTER | F | 64 | 5 years | 4/11/2003 |
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)