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