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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 2  Stress and anxiety Really tough 1st 6 months - sweating, nausea, vomiting, insomnia. Those side effects eased but numbness, headaches, loss of libido, and some dizziness remain M 49 2 years
20 mg 1xd
12/30/2015
 3  Depression, Anxiety, Mood Disorder Irritability I took this when I was recovering from Anorexia, started in 8th grade continued til the beginning of 12th. The first week taking prozac I felt amazing, but like most SSRIs I took this feeling quickly wore off. It stabilized me for a while then just wasn't effective. I've heard many success stories about Prozac but I'm not one of them. I think this medication is good for people with short term depressive episodes, but not for people like me who struggle with long term depression and mood problems. My highest regular dose was 40mg my lowest was 20mg. I noticed on the higher doses I was more irritable, another pattern typical of me with SSRIs. It took the edge off, but really didn't do much in the long run. I've been off it for a long time now. F 20 4 years
20-40mg 1X day
12/29/2015
 2  depression and anxiety stomach aches, loss of appetite, emotionless, dazed, scared, not fully there I've been taking it for a short while and I'm not sure if it will help me. I'd rather have emotions and be myself again than be an emotionless robot. F 13 3 days
10
12/26/2015
 1  Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue Libido loss, loss of emotions/thoughts, horrible withdrawal symptoms (for the love of god taper off of this poison as slow as you can, hell-like experience) Avoid this poison proven less effective than placebos!! Also it was never approved for long term usage or for children!! Ruined my teenage years and I am still recovering 1 year later! M 17 300 days
60 MG 1X day
12/5/2015
 5  Depression and anxiety Loss of appetite (which is not a bad thing) lol I was constantly having depressing thoughts about death and just worrying myself silly but then when I started the Prozac after a few weeks I never have any thoughts like that. It really has changed my life! I am more affectionate towards my husband and I am more positive and happy!! F 36 10 weeks
40 mg
11/17/2015
 5  anxiety and panic attacks I no longer had panic attacks. My chronic anxiety became a thing of the past. There is a warning about prozac that it causes teenagers to kill themselves. I believe that these things happened because they did not take it long enough to receive any benefits from it. F 58 2 days
20 1X day
11/13/2015
 1  Depression and anxiety I was on lorien which is one of the generics i think. Took one a day, eventually started to work, but then found it started making me more depressed, then went up to 2 a day, same thing started to work then took a dive, Took me to dark places i will not voice out loud,and almost like i just didn't care any more, not that i wasn't anxious, i just didn't care or have the energy to care, also wanted to eat, put on over 2 kg in just over a month. I've stopped taking them before things could get worse... F 43 2 months
11/1/2015
 2  Panic attacks, anxiety Irritable, more anxious, restless, no sexual desire, craving for sweets, junk food. This was prescribed to cure my panic attacks, I find this strange as my anxiety got a lot worse! Yes, the frequency has decreased but I also take xanax 1 mg and 0.25 mg klonopin/day. I did not experience any mood improvement except I now find pleasure in eating sweets and drinking mochas. F 39 2 months
10 mg 1X day
10/27/2015
 4  Agressive Depression Loss of appetite, dizziness, vertigo, headaches, tinnitus. I actually like the numbing feeling however, it doesn't seem to help me with my aggressive side. F 30 2 weeks
40mg
10/26/2015
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 1  Bipolar 1 The first week I was very sick to my stomach, and had the runs. I had plenty of energy though and set about my tasks proficiently. The second week my symptoms got a bit better, still nauseous. The third week has been hell. I'm not me, but I am, I'm trapped in my head. The rest of my body doesn't feel connected to my head. I'm lucky if I even remember to eat once a day, I've become lazier, my body and emotions feel sort of numb, like I'm just here but I'm not really. I space out frequently, I'm losing my depth perception (bumping into things a lot and accidentally banging my head on things from misjudging distance), I feel weak, a pitcher of tea feels heavy, my legs..... Whenever I try to walk my steps are very shaky, and I've started breaking out in rashes that come and go. My menstrual pain which was always a nightmare due to a tilted uterus and a couple ovarian cysts got even worse. I would feel ok at the beginning of the day, by mid day I felt high as a kite, by night time I am fee Don't be an idiot like me and self medicate, this drug was not prescribed to me, I was essentially taking it as something to hold me over til I got my own meds, it was a huge mistake. Bipolar 1 and Depression are not the same by any means as far as treatment goes, I also have PTSD not sure if that makes a difference. My body has become so numb I can't even feel it when I cut myself, shadows move, I find myself wanting to get drunk or high now, I feel like I want to elevate the feeling but it's not even that great, and I keep taking even though I know it's making me sick. No more. Please do your research before you start taking this, and if for one second you think that self medicating is a good idea and don't think there's harm in it, think again. This is my mistake for taking something not prescribed to me. I have seen countless stories now of how it's helped some while not others. If you are taking this and notice anything resembling any of these symptoms you need to tell your doctor ASAP. They usually wean you off so I hear, there's apparently withdrawal symptoms in some cases. The important thing is, if you feel like this drug isn't helping you and that it's making you worse, tell your doctor right away, write down any differences in mood or behavior, they can't help you otherwise. Good luck to you all in your endeavors to feel whole and happy, feeling like a "normal" person. I hope you guys find whatever it is that works for you and helps you achieve your emotional F 27 29 days
40 1X day
9/28/2015
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 1  panic attacks I am so agressive and irritable, and now that I have not taken it for 3 months, I am still agressive and irritable... my initial problem was fear... and now the people is afraid of me because I am so irritable... I hate myself. I hate what prozac has converted me in. And I have not taken it for 3 months and the effects persist. M 19 5 months
20 mg 1X day
9/21/2015
 1  Anxiety/Depression Before starting Prozac, I had been vomiting (apperantly due to anxiety) without reason for several months. I missed several weeks of school, and was severly depressed because of it. In my few years of using Prozac I threw up maybe four times. Life was good... Except my grades were plummeting, everyone thought I was an idiot, and I found myself unable to think clearly. I looked online, and found many people had the same issue. Eventually I switched to Zoloft, and found that for the first time in years I could think clearly, and I still wasn't vomiting. Prozac may do as advertised, but for me and many others, it traded a horrible problem for a bad problem. Do NOT use! M 17 2 years
100MG
8/21/2015
 1  panic attacks loss of feelings. Lack of sex drive. my life is so ruined by this drug. This drugs are as harmful as the ilegal ones. M 23 2 years
20 mg 1X day
8/17/2015
 1  anxiety I completely lost myself. Complete change of personality. I wish I would have given myself a chance to overcome anxiety without drugs.... I hate what it has done to me. I hate those who pushed me to try this medicine and I hate those who promote this medicine as it was a wonder. It is not. I will not step in the room of another psychiatrist again in my life unless someone is aiming me with a gun. M 19 6 months
20 mg 1X day
8/16/2015
 5  Depression, BDD, Binge Eating Vivid dreams, teeth clenching, loss of appetite(a welcomed side effect) Prozac has helped me more with my binge eating than my depression. I take Wellbutrin SR and Adderall for that. But I no longer wake up at 2 in the morning and stuff myself with sugars. M 38 2 years
40mg.
8/14/2015
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 1  poor control of anger/depression/an I'm just now beginning this medication. What do I need to expect within the first couple days? I need great results.. F 27 1 days
20mg
7/30/2015
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 1  anxiety Prozac made me completely apathic, now I don't laugh, I don't get excited, I don't have libido, I don't feel sad, I don't feel anxious, I am not alive. The worst mistake in my life so far... And I was doing the "correct" thing... Fck psychiatry and their poisons. M 25 7 months
20 mg 1X day
7/29/2015
 1  anxiety/depression I was ruined by this drug. At the begining when I was 14 it was awesome, 8 years later I cannot live with it (side effects) nor without it (withdrawal). There is no hope for me. I was ruined by this drug M 22 8 years
1X day
7/27/2015
 1  anxiety/depression It made me gain weight like crazy. Didn't feel like myself and feel wired. I don't recommend it. Actually i don't recommend any psy-drug. I think 90% of the people who take them would have done better with changes of lifestyle and/or teraphy. F 26 1 years
20 mg 1X day
7/25/2015
 1  anxiety It helped with my anxiety and panic attacks but it numbed my feelings a lot. I stopped to feel love for my girlfriend of 4 years and we broke up. Now I cannot feel romantic love anymore. I stopped it 1 month ago. This drug is poweful!, its not candy M 24 6 months
20 mg 1X day
7/25/2015

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