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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Major Depression and GAD | Headaches | Just starting Prozac after 20 years on Paxil. Drs just take their best guess. I hope it works I really need to work Going through separation or divorce moved back home | M | 52 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 3/14/2021 | 1 | Anxiety | My son committed suicide after taking this for roughly 2 months. My son never took pills as an adult , went in to see his "new" doctor for anxiety from an accident. The new doctor put him on 20 mg. in November and 40 mg. in December. My son took his life on 12/24/2020. | M | 25 | 60 days 40 1X day | 2/2/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and Seasonal Depression | Drug make my anxiety go up a little in the beginning. Gave me some diarrhea. It started to work on my 5th week but I started to feel weird pins and needles in my feet. I also notice every time I take Prozac the chest discomfort comes back and acid reflux is almost unbearable. I can't take something that causes your chest to feel that way. Trying something else. This is my second attempt with this medication however it works well and the panic attacks lessen but you feel kind of numb. | F | 43 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 1/17/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Headaches, nausea, brain fog, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, fell asleep randomly, completely lost libido | Made me attmept suicide and started having severe withdrawal effects the 3 times i tried to taper off it. The "upsides" of antidepressants, contrary to whatever your GP is trying to sell ya have been proven by scientists to be almost no better than placebo and should be used as a last resort if at all. | M | 18 | 4 years 30 MG 1X day | 1/10/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | -Emotional numbness -decreased sex drive | Although this drug helped me when i started taking it for anxiety at age 14, i wasn't aware enough at the time to realize it was due to the overall emotional numbing effect. Spent high school feeling like this with little to no motivation to do anything in life and finally snapped out of it at age 20. Had no withdrawal symptoms im aware of even after 5 months off of it. I still feel like my personality hasnt come back yet. I wouldn't recommend taking it. | M | 20 | 6 years 20 MG 1X day | 1/7/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Insomnia, less sex drive, headaches, excessive sweating, and strange dreams. | M | 28 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 9/28/2020 | 1 | Depression | Diarrhoea, vivid dreams, headaches, decrease in libido, stomach ache ,confusion | M | 26 | 2 months 20 mg 1X day | 9/1/2020 | 1 | Depression | Tinnitus, low sex drive, anxiety, grinding teeth at night, jaw pain, kidney problems, dry eyes, anger, dry mouth, osteoporosis, stomach bleeding, GERD. | I took Prozac for 25 years. Each time I tried to quit, I had withdrawl symptoms. Finally I am tapering off the drug. It is highly addictive. Hard to stop taking. I wish Id never taken it. | F | 61 | 25 years 20 1X day | 6/25/2020 | 1 | Anxiety Depression | Suicidal thinking, anxiety, insomnia, gastrointestinal bleeding, tremors, pulsatile tinnitus, brain zaps, aggression, | I regret not knowing what was to come and believing in psychiatrists. | 57 | 15 years | 12/18/2019 | 1 | Anxiety, OCD | Anger outbursts, not feeling like myself, on edge, chest tightness, irritable, lack of sex drive | I hated myself on this medication. I couldnt sleep and I didnt recognize myself. I was hostile and angry and i found myself blowing up over minor issues. This is absolute garbage and Im so upset I began taking it at all. DO NOT DO IT. | F | 25 | 5 months 40 mg | 11/27/2019 | 1 | Anxiety Depression | Tinnitus, insomnia, gastrointestinal bleeding, low sodium & chloride, 0 emotions, 0 labido, brain zaps, cognitive issues. Kidney issues. | Biggest mistake in my life starting SSRI's. I'll be tapering off for years from a remodeled brain. Very difficult long tapering to get off at 2-5% every 4+ week's. | M | 57 | 23 years 40 | 8/2/2019 | 1 | depression | vicious nose bleeds, shaking, insomnia. | made me worse. and gave me awful side effects. | M | 48 | 3 weeks 30mg 1X day | 9/25/2017 | 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 | 1 | Dpression | Promiscuity | Teenage relative became out of character promiscuous using Prozac. When it was stopped she went back to her usual non-promiscuous behaviour. | F | 18 | 2 months 40 MG 1X day | 10/18/2016 |
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)