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 |
| 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 |