PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROZAC with similar:
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| 3 | Depression | Initially I had a lot of nausea, really strange sensations in my head. Pains in my chest. Hypo-manic, and super sleepy a few times a day especially after eating. Anxiety. | I abused substances for the greater part of a year totally exhausting my seratonin supplies and damaging my neuron transmitters. After realizing recreational drugs no longer had the same effect on me, and figuring out how much damage was done memory wise I quit using and drinking, only to find an extreme dose of depression. I cried randomly all the time over nothing. Any bit of emotion whether happy or sad made me teary. I started to binge eat all the time which led to great weight gain. Then I decided to try my first anti-depressant. Prozac. It was kind of a crazy ride to begin with. I'm pretty sure I was Hypo-manic, because I started feeling extreme emotion. Either getting extremely excited or upset. More happy than upset. My brain was running miles, but I had trouble thinking straight. I'd forget what I was even saying as I was saying it. I just got lost in thought. I felt like an idiot. I experienced higher brain activity for sure, I just wanted to talk! it sucked though because my mind was in such a jumble so words didn't come out right. My brain was a mess. I didn't know if I should blame prozac or brain damage. But the high that I had on prozac was amazing, I was just bursting with energy and laughs. Actually felt happy. Loved talking to people when normally I'm reserved. But not on a high dose of prozac (similar to recreational drugs) Had crazy amounts of energy throughout the day, had shaking leg syndrome, hands shaked like crazy at first, would get super tired rando | F | 25 | 2 years 15-60mg 1X day | 10/25/2014 | 3 | panic depression anxiety phobia | This drug only works for me when I combine it with 25 mg of doxepin, another antidepressant. That helps block the side effects of too much anxiety from the Prozac. Doxepin blocks the 5ht2a receptor which Prozac stimulates and this will let you sleep better if it gives you insomnia and or anxiety. If I take too much Prozac it will make me irritated and cranky. | Works ok for me mild depression and anxiety but still have panic at times. Withdrawal is easier on Prozac than some other SSRi'S because it is self-tapering. Cost less too-- you can get generic now. | M | 50 | 5 years 10 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 3 | Mild depression, self harm | At first: yawning, sweating, shakes, didn't feel any better on 20mg, dosage doubled. At first couldn't think about suicide or self harm, even when I tried. Yawning and sweating have tapered off, have terrible teeth grinding, thinking about suicide / laughing a lot, confusion, lucid, upsetting dreams, inability to cry, difficult to orgasm. | F | 28 | 6 days 40 MG 1X day | 9/28/2014 | 3 | Chronic Depression | At first nothing, and then doubled my dose. Then, appetite reduction, slight weight loss, hard to sleep at first, vivid dreams, renewed desire to be involved, lethargy. | The first few weeks there was no effect, so we doubled the dose. It worked pretty well, at least at first. Over a year into it now, I am not so sure. I had noticed that I have had some pretty vivid dreams, but I did not associate those with prozac until I read that could be one of the side effects. It is definitely not a cure. I used to never be a crier, but right before I started taking this it's like a switch flipped. Now everything makes me cry, and Prozac has not changed this. It did help with the destructive thoughts so that I could actually interact with society. I think I still have that effect, but the initial other benefits have worn off. I don't have reduced appetite anymore. It's actually increased. I did experience some weight loss at first, but obviously that all came back. I am not sure that this medicine works for me anymore. I am not in the black pit that I was before, and I am grateful for that, but as far as is this a miracle drug? No. | F | 23 | 13 months 20 1X day | 9/15/2014 | 5 | Depression and Generalised Anxiety | week 1 :At the beginning I felt my appetite suppressed immediately. Very tired and helped sleep Yawning a lot lol. I did feel worse before feeling better. week 2: Dazzy, relief from some anxiety and depression. Emotional numbness, which was great considering my emotions were crippling me :D week 3: Flattening out a bit. Medicated feeling dropping off. Some very vivid dreams. Could read a wikipedia page from my brain word for word (incredible side effect lmao a bit spooky sometimes with scary things but go with it I got through it). week 4: Felt like the medicine stopped working and symptoms appeared again so upped dosage to 40mg. week 5,6,7,8: Not much improved so upped to 60 mg. week 9-: Working very well for depression and anxiety. Sleeping a bit better. There are still days I feel rotten but then I know if I get through it a good day will come with Fluoxetine doing its work. Still get wierd feelings when trying to sleep like anxiety symptoms (can cause almost anyth | Give it time. I was told to see results in 6-8 weeks but my experience has been different. A reaction straight away in the first 3 weeks then nothing. Had to up dosage to find the right level. It took 3-4 months before I was satisfied. Even though I am not fully satisfied with my life atm, I am very satisfied by how the medication has picked me up from how bad I was before I took it. | M | 22 | 4 months 20 3X day | 9/2/2014 | 5 | anxiety,fear,panic | Stomach upset,abit drowsy in the beginning,but now my appetite has increased" | 3 years 30mgs | 8/25/2014 | 2 | because ive had anxiety and dep. | Brain zaps, numbness, indifferent to everything, not happy, emotionless, crazy irrational thoughts, feeling crazy | withdrawl is awful and still experiencing symptoms after 3 months off of it. | F | 22 | 4 years 20MG 1X day | 7/30/2014 | 4 | Depression | Difficulty getting off to sleep for 1st couple of weeks. More headaches than usual | F | 54 | 6 weeks 20 | 7/28/2014 | 4 | PMDD | Upset stomach. | F | 39 | 2 weeks 40mg | 7/22/2014 | 3 | depression & OCD | It helps the OCD, but not the depression. I have weird dreams , feelings of loss of every thing, no desire for sex or touch. Just want to die and get it over with. I'm content with just tv , beer & dog's for now. Only 1 place makes me happy, but I can't afford to up and leave and start all over again at my age. Plus , I'm paranoid too on Prozac, weight gain as well. My heart beats so fast when things at work don't go as well. I feel useless, burden on society. I'm sure some one out there has it worse than me. I don't know how I got this way. | F | 47 | 2 days 25 mg | 7/20/2014 | 3 | Depression | Headaches, weakness, numbness. This medicine has made me feel very numb and emotionless; I almost feel robotic. | F | 20 | 11 months 20 MG 1X day | 7/14/2014 | 1 | Depression | Extreme restlessness, anxiety, insomnia. | I was so restless I couldn't stop shaking my legs and arms. I woukd pace. I took up running just to get rid of that feeling. I couldn't sit or lay even while exhausted. I had to take a Xanax to fall asleep. This lasted for weeks after discontinuation. | F | 36 | 5 days small 1X day | 7/13/2014 | 4 | depression anorexia ocd anxiety | Headaches mild heartburn dry mouth night sweats anorgasmia mood swings lethargy | F | 27 | 9 months 20 mg | 6/30/2014 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | I've been on fluoxetine twice now, I was weened off but then found I wasn't ready when the depression came back intensely. The side effect I notice the most is freaky hyper-realistic dreams. Sometimes they're cool, occasionally they're the worst nightmares I've ever had, and a few times they've actually gotten me trouble. The dreams are so realistic that you can dream of doing your taxes or dream your boyfriend cheated on (both happened to me), and wake up thinking it happened. I only figured out the taxes thing when I hadn't received my refund and couldn't find the copies of the paperwork I dreamed of filling out anywhere. I hadn't been warned about that potential side effect because apparently it is uncommon. | F | 26 | 1 years 80mg | 6/29/2014 | 2 | Depression | Weight gain, suicidal thoughts | F | 18 | 10 months 30mg | 6/21/2014 | 4 | depression anxiety | Hot flashes, dry mouth,headaches | F | 29 | 5 months 40mg | 6/13/2014 | 1 | Misdiagnosed with depression | Depression, anxiety, severe insomnia, panic attacks, abnormal dreams, waking too early, hair loss, irritability, weight gain, crying, severe fatigue | F | 25 | 3 months 10 | 6/10/2014 | 3 | Major Depression, Anxiety | Unable to cry, severe heart burn and dry heaving in the mornings, able to fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Other than that, the pill has been alright, it has evened out my emotions to where I am in one constant state of going with the flow. I don't seem to be completely against everything anymore, but I'm not passionate for much of anything either. I suppose it depends on what kind of person you are and whether you'd prefer an even state of "ehh" over the rollercoaster that is life. It did manage to help my anxiety, hyperventilating is a rare occurrence now. | F | 16 | 3 months 10 MG | 6/3/2014 | 5 | Combow/Wellbutrin ChronicDepression | None of sexual side effects I'd been warned about. Then Again, after being chronically depressed for most of a decade---sex was not foremost on my mind. It actually made me desire time with my spouse more vs. Sleeping as much as humanly possible. | I thought everyone hid out in their bed all day everyday after getting kids to school. Laying there thinking of death and life is pointless anyway....dr put me on Prozac and Wellbutrin. Oddly enough two weeks later, I was singing to radio and slowly getting out in the world again. I thought turning 40 was a death sentence. Grateful for these meds. | F | 45 | 10 years 1X day | 6/1/2014 | 1 | depression and anxiety | Night sweats, sleep disturbance, foggy dream like state at times, lots of energy, made me paranoid and increased anxiety to the point i had an panic attack without reason,confusion and short term memory loss | F | 22 | 2 weeks 20 mg | 5/21/2014 |