PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)

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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)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZACCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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DATE ADDED
 
 3   F 30 1 days
7/8/2016
 3  Aniexty At first, restlessness, agitated, cold sweats in the night, sometimes extremely painful acid reflux after taking (I used to take mine in the morning) Definatley helped a bit. Felt extremely happy a lot of the time and comfortable but after a year of taking it decided to stop taking it just because I thought I couple cope without it. I'm fine now but Have gained weight and I blame it on Prozac because I've always had a fast metabolism and seems like no matter what I eat or what I do I'm stuck this way F 25 1 years
20mg
6/28/2016
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 4  Severe Anxiety Weight gain ( 20 pounds in a year and I exercise and watch my diet). Not as interested in sex. This medicine gave me my life back in the sense that I had debilitating anxiety and could barely leave my house, except to go to work. I was extremely anxious and paranoid. The medicine definitely helped me with those aspects, but the weight gain is causing depression now. F 31 1 years
10 MG
6/21/2016
 4  Depression, anxiety, worrying Makes my hands shake. I believe I am already feeling better. A little more energy and I am not worrying about everything. Have not had any suicidal thoughts since starting it. Feel like this might be the one that helps. F 49 9 days
20 MG
6/8/2016
 4  anxiety cons: -nausea -dizziness -lethargy -headaches -flat emotions -low sex drive pros: almost completely eliminated anxiety, depression and invasive thoughts, reduced appetite, increased energy. negative side effects generally lessoned after a month or two. pretty easy to control effects with dosage tweaking. F 29 1 years
20mg
6/4/2016
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 1  Anxiety Side effects started right away in the first week. I had a sense of numbness and lack of feeling. Then stomach and gas issues. My panic attacks were worse and muscle tensions really bothered me. This drug is strong. Dont let someone tell you this a mild antidepressive. Although it takes time to work, the side effects can be worse then before taking the drug. I worked with a therapist to work through it, but I only had maybe 3 really good days in 4 weeks. I decided on the 30th day (after bad heartburn and uneasiness) to just stop. I am going back to just taking xanax as needed. M 45 30 days
20 mg 1X day
6/2/2016
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 5   First week no sleep restless legs ,very real dreams.the restless legs is ok some nights I still get the tremers . Any side effects from this drug are totally worth it. I too though it wasn't working and I felt more depressed then I felt great I thought is this what it's like to be normal.for me it is working great and any side effects are nothing compared to the 20years of anxiety and hell i have been suffering .it works for me im not paranoid im not argumentative and im so chilled out these days😊 F 42 7 weeks
20mg
5/29/2016
 5  Depression, Anxiety Gave me weird dreams at first but that went away once my body was adjusted to the medicine. Prozac has saved my life! Before Prozac I didn't know what it felt like to live without debilitating depression and constant suicidality. Thanks to this medicine I am able to go to work, be an involved parent, and do many other things that I enjoy. I no longer lay in bed all day wishing to die. I know now what it feels like to be okay! F 22 5 years
80 mg
5/17/2016
 2  Moderate depression and social anxi Nausea and acid reflux on the first few days, then just headaches and feeling even more numb and disconnected from the world. Not too bad. Did not work for me personally so I changed to a different SSRI (zoloft which worked great) however not all medication works for everyone and if your medication doesnt work after a month then try switch to something else. F 17 1 months
20 1X day
5/13/2016
 2  Mild depression My mom took me to the doctor, thinking that I was depressed. The doctor prescribed Prozac for me. The next morning I took my first dose. Within about an hour I experienced intense paranoia. I literally believed that "someone" was waiting outside of the school to come and get me! It was a horrible experience. Luckily, the fear and paranoid thoughts left that evening. I would never take that medicine again! F 14 1 days
5/8/2016
 2  depression, possible adhd Headache, nausea, extreme fatigue I was taking lexapro and what a difference. This drug, after 3 days, made me feel suicidal and irritated. Now it's been about two weeks and again I'm feeling suicidal and irritated. It's definitely the Prozac. Not taking again. F 21 3 weeks
20
4/26/2016
 3  Anxiety Unable to sleep (if taken at night), Drowsiness (if taken during the day), increased depression. Prozac has helped with my anxiety but worsened my depression. F 17 30 days
20 1X day
3/27/2016
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 1  Anxiety/Depression For the first few days I didn't have any side effects and I was super pleased with it. But on the 4th night, I was woken out of my sleep with a terrible burning in my stomach, extreme, dizziness, vomiting, and shaking uncontrollably. I was vomiting all night. This was last night. I still have a burning in my stomach the following day. My Doctor just proscribed me Wellbutrin so hopefully I don't have the same problem... F 21 4 days
20 MG
3/8/2016
 1  Depression Extreme weight gain, headaches This is definitely not something I would recommend, especially if you're someone who has weight problems. I was on it for two years and it didn't help. I gained over 100 pounds while on it even with dieting. Since getting off of it dropping the weight I gained while on it has gotten so much easier. F 19 2 years
3/7/2016
 2  PMDD Anxiety Pins and needles and numbness all over my body, tired, yawning all the tume Been on Prozac for 4 weeks now and not really noticing much difference, hoping it will kick in soon although I am doubtful F 40 4 weeks
20mg
2/19/2016
 4  anxiety and depression dry mouth, although this was taken along with Cogentin, which also causes dry mouth, loss of libido, ED So far, I am impressed with how quickly Prozac began to work. We shall see if it continues to be a benefit. I have high hopes. M 52 15 days
10 mg 1X day
2/16/2016
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 4  depression At first you get tired but I felt good overall F 14 7 months
20mg
1/25/2016
 3  anxiety First week brain zaps,scared I was,gonna,have ceaser ,stomach gas and bloating ,feet legs tingle and feel numbness,but no more anxiety if I could just get rid of side effects. Still taking it and on week 11 took 20 MG for 9 wks.went to 30 mg two weeks ago,if anyone had leg or feet tingling or numbness please let me know . F 49 10 weeks
30
1/23/2016
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 1  depression/anxiety It modified my behavior, more confident, but also I didn't feel much, It's like I was numbed to my emotions. I was also overly activated/wired. I don't recommend it, try therapy and life style changes instead. Also time heals a lot of wounds. F 18 9 months
20 mg 1X day
1/12/2016
 1  Depression/Anxiety (I'm currently still on it.) Worsened both of the previous mental disorders and my suicidal tendencies, while giving me more mental illnesses. I'm almost completely sure I have Schizophrenia, as I feel like someones always watching me, and Bipolar II, as a friend with the disorder said I had a lot of the traits of which she had. Not as many physical side effects as mental, but in worsening my anxiety it did make me start to develop tremors. I was actually told that I either needed to go onto Prozac early this summer(2015) or go to a mental hospital. I'm a 14 year old, 5'3'' girl, so I wanted to get out of the mental hospital thing as fast as I could.(Before someone comments on my age, this is a better description of what could happen to other minors on Prozac. I simply want no one to have to go through what I did.) I decided to take Prozac, a relatively small dosage. I was on Zoloft about 4 months before that, for 8 months, which had made me either develop anxiety or had worsened pre-existing anxiety to the point it was noticeable. I had almost every single symptom of anxiety, and they've only gotten worse on this drug. I want to kill myself extremely badly, I have about 30-40 plans too. I have much less emotion or apathy. I get scared when someone gives me a present because I won't seem happy enough, when pets die I don't care or seem sad, etc. I can't think, my grades dropped, I can sleep for entire days if given the chance, and I cannot sympathize with people. I can only hate, but hate some things less than others, as I am completely void of love and cannot even tolerate most things or people. I have no hope and my only aspiration in life is death. Instead of taking away depression this seems to have wiped away the remaining traces of happiness, while giving me multiple mental disorders. Never take this. Please. F 14 6 months
10mg 1X day
1/3/2016

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