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| 5 | OCD, depression, BDD. | inesistent sex-drive. | i've tried many many med, like Celexa, Wellbutrin, Lamictal, but before or after i had to quit taking them for increased anxiety, anger, mood swings, irritability, lack of response. Prozac, the original one is the only med that works very very well for me, deleting anxiety symptoms and let me to organize my thoughts. i'm on it in combo with Gabapentin, 600 mg three times a day. it's a new life. i'm ready to dance now. | M | 24 | 2 weeks 60 mg 1X day | 7/7/2010 | 5 | OCD, Anxiety | very vivid dreams, night sweats. | Would definitely recommend it. Definitely works. | M | 39 | 6 months 20 1X day | 1/26/2011 | 5 | nonstop pooping | moderate to severe heartburn, indigestion, severe buttrot, death | i took way too much prozac and died. it sucks being dead, you have NO IDEA how hard it was to post this from beyond the grave. | M | 26 | 7 years 600 MG 2X H | 5/11/2011 | 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 day | 2/29/2012 | 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 | Depression | Slight restlessness Maybe too laid back Increased sex drive | M | 44 | 2 months 20 | 5/12/2012 | 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 | major depression | initial loss of appetite | It worked for me. Thank goodness | M | 57 | 7 months | 9/9/2001 | 5 | OCD/stress | Delayed sexual functions, increased energy, sometimes I feel like I'm sailing past Saturn with that spaced out feeling. | Started out taking 20mg/day, helped somewhat, after talking to my doctor, I went to 40mg/day after 5 weeks. Very noticeable difference, I'm going to consider 60mg/day in Feb. I was sued in court over a road rage incident as I've never handled stress well, although driving with the morons in Pennsylvania who don't know what the left lane is for doesn't help much either. I can now handle stress very well compared to before I started taking Prozac, and I enjoy being around my two stepsons more also. Prozac, obviously, is not for everyone, judging from the comments here & elsewhere. Prozac has helped me tremendously & I highly recommend for others to at least give it a chance as it may be the happy pill you're looking for. | M | 39 | 7 weeks | 12/9/2005 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Barely any, slightly resless and hard to fall asleep at first | As a young child, i always had slight to moderate anxiety and depression, the anxiety was more profound than the depression when i was a kid. I may have been depressed also but it wasnt as profound because i wasnt really in touch with my feelings as i am today. My anxiety was usually centered around things the average kid would find slightly or not even stressful at all, such as school and homework, i was extremely claustrophobic and very fearful of being on elevators. I would really freak out whenever my family was out and didnt get home on time. I would assume the worst, maybe they got into a car accident and died? My parents thought i was more depressed than anxietic, it IS hard to tell with kids, because like i said kids arent very intouch with their feelings and emotions. So anyway, i was put on a couple different medications form when i was 8 til about 11, including Ritalin (i was assumed to have ADD also, but i think i was more or less just compulsive due to my anxiety) but Rita | M | 20 | 6 years | 8/18/2006 | 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/Anxiety | The first 7-8 days were rough, increased anxiety and depression, felt absolutely horrible. Days 9 and 10 were getting progressively better, although I was very lethargic. Today though my anxiety and depression is up again but not as horrible as before. I'm hoping this is the beginning of my road to recovery. | I Posted a 2-part comment here about two to three weeks ago, it's three comments down from this one. Just to touch base...I have moderate to severe depression and anxiety with obsessive negative thoughts which sometimes lead to borderline panic attacks. My depression started up back in January, just over a year after I was taken off Prozac, which worked wonders for me for 6 years prior. Within the past month and a half though, my depression has noticeably worsened. I've tried Lexapro then Paxil, both for a week and it seems they both just made me worse when I was taking them. I've been back on Prozac for 11 days now though. If anything there's maybe been a subtle change in my feelings, slightly less anxiety and depression, obsessive thoughts don't seem to be as invasive, my "good" days seem to be a tad brighter now, and my "bad" days (such as today) aren't as debilitating. I still do feel lethargic and indifferent regardless of how I feel though usually. Hopefully t | M | 20 | 11 days | 9/10/2006 | 5 | bad Depression | constant wakenings at night. a lot of gas :-( loss of apetite ( which is a good thing for me since im overweight), and frequent headaches. o and decreased sex drive | ITS A GREAT DRUG! i feel like life is an adventure and u hafto go for it... im taking 30mg and i usto be really messed up... i cut myself, had suicidal thoughts, and cried everyday... prozac definatlyey gives you more energy to the point where you feel like yourconstantly on speed ( which is good, i can focus better in school) ITS GREAT! | M | 15 | 2 months | 12/16/2006 | 5 | severe depression | first week easily angered. | this is number 4 for me. the last was celexa which did really well but the problem was it made me so tired i could fall asleep anywhere. after 3 months i had to change. i like what it did for me except the extreme tiredness. if wasnt for that would still be on celexa. NOW on to the prozac. first week was hard. easily angered. not just mad but very angry. it had two sides to it. felt very good in control but could lose it quick. in second week now and that is gone. definately helps knock the edge off and feel like im leveling out. dont let the name scare you. its in the same family of meds that celexa is. wish you all luck. | M | 36 | 2 weeks | 3/6/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Attacks & Depression | Possible weight gain, not sure if directly related | I am sorry to see so much negative postings on Prozac, and hope readers understand all drugs effect each of differently and that this drug could possibly be a solution for you. As a result of a divorce & ending of a 13 year relationship I began having severe panic attacks. I was contemplating suicide daily and put myself in positions where I was hoping/inticing negative outcome (I was a Police Officer at the time). I turned to my Doctor and shared with him my thoughts..after trying 3 different meds he put me on Prozac which completely eliminated my attacks and gave me a general better outlook on life and living. I must admit, as a added bonus it gave me 95% complete control of my orgasms, which has been nice through the years. As a youth I was very tempermental and hot headed at times, Prozac took all this away and made me deal with things much more clear headed. I have been on Prozac for 12 years now and I am certain I would probably be in jail or dead had it not been for this dru | M | 37 | 12 years | 2/5/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | i went over the text limit, okay this is the 2nd part. i took ritalin for apparant ADD and gave me mood swings and depression. wellbutrin didnt do much, neither did st. johns wort. I was put on prozac at 12 yrs old and within a week or so most of my feelings of anxiety were greatly diminished and i had almost no feelings of depression. My fear of elevators went from 8 or 9 (1-10) to about a 2 or 3 at the most. I continued it for 6 more years til i was about 18 1/2 year old, with fantastic results. I decided to discontinue it though and i had no withdrawal symptoms. no depression or anxiety, until about 6 months ago, about a year after i stopped taking it. Since then my depression and anxiety has been taking over and ive tried lexapro and im currently on paxil for the past week, neither seem to work, they only seem to worsen it. I want to be on prozac again :( worked wonders for me and hope it will if i take it again. | M | 20 | 6 years | 8/18/2006 | 5 | Depression, panic attacks | Slightly lower libido. Happier, but not as productive. | I feel normal now. Before Prozac my emotions controlled me. | M | 58 | 10 years | 3/7/2006 | 5 | Obsessive OCD | None | Worked for 9 years. Extremely minimal if any obsessive thoughts for the entire nine year period. Unfortunately, it stopped working after this time span. Only on 20mg/day dosage | M | 26 | 9 years | 11/1/2006 | 5 | suicidal thoughts | none at all | Prozac has saved my life. I have gone off of it twice and both time ended up with a gun to my head. Thankgod I didn't pull the trigger! I will never go off of it again. Before I started on it I was alway mad and yelling, crying and just felt bad all the time. It took about a week to start making me feel better. Try it- you'll like it. PS. My husband just started taking it for depression and it has made a difference in him also-not always down about everything. | M | 52 | 5 years | 6/15/2006 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | increased anxiety initially, borderline panic, mild in[para]somnia, listlessness and lethargy. Sometimes I still feel like the prozac still gives me anxiety, but I'm not too sure as to whether it's a decreased form of residual anxiety that will dissipate as the dosage is increased, or if it's caused by the stimulating effect of prozac itself. | I've taken this medication when for 6 years from when I was 12 til I was 18 and worked great. I stopped it and within a year my depression began to take hold. This time around, I feel as though my depression is somewhat different, the prozac has taken the edge off my depression and anxiety but it hasnt cured my like it has before. I may need to increase the dosage and augment it with a medication that inhibits the reuptake of Dopamine and Norepinephrine such as Wellbutrin (which I have actually began today). As of now, i've been on 40MG daily for the past 2 months. Averaged out, I feel about 60% better than I was at my worst, 80-90% better on my good days, only 30-40% better on my bad days. My trend of depression is rather odd and close to that of "double depression". I'll usually feel fine for a few days and almost forget i have depression, then i'll fall back into depression for the next few days. The prozac hasnt worked as well as it has before. But considering that my hor | M | 20 | 4 months | 1/4/2007 |
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)