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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | major depression, anxiety | Insomnia, hypersomnia, anxiety, mania, diarrhea, pain at base of skull, loss of concentration, mental fatigue, anxiety, | I had symptoms of excessive crying every day, negative thoughts, sad mood, emotional overeating, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, envy of everyone around me, oversleeping and taking at least one nap a day, inability to wake up in the morning for about 9 months. I had high hopes for this medicine at first. I was taking 10mg for 10 days and by day 6 and felt great-- I had more energy and ability to focus enough to write papers for school. Whereas my depression made me sleep all the time, I had insomnia for 5 days straight. By day 11, I crashed and the medicine pooped out. I slept so much (most of the time 16 hours on end, missed classes, and slipped into a worst state of depression). The worst thing that can happen to a depressed person is to be given hope one day and have it snatched the next day. Needless to say that after many dose increases--up to 60 mg for 2 1/2 months, I went from being a B+ student pre-depression to flunking out of school. I blame the prozac because I w | F | 26 | 2.5 months | 1/23/2009 | 1 | mild depression/anxiety | insomnia, mentally numb, delayed motor skills, not feeling like myself | Well, sure it works for anxiety, cause it numbs you. My life turned slow motion on this drug, at only 5mg daily. I quit after a few weeks, now I am taking high grade Omega 3 fish oil. Look up user ratings on fish oil at www.revolutionhealth.com. It's working for me and no side effects. I do believe Prozac works for major depression, but not for minor conditions. Examine what fuel you are putting into your body. Omega 3 is largely missing from our Western diet and the brain needs it. Good luck to all! | F | 39 | | 1/19/2009 | 5 | General Anxiety, Tension Headaches | some trouble sleeping at first, adjusted dose and it went away | Have been suffering from GAD for many years. Was on Prozac 10 years ago after divorce, 20 mg daily. Started having some anxiety issues again lately and started on 20 mg daily - wow - way too much this time around. I finally found my perfect dose at only 2.5 mg daily! Keeps my anxiety well controlled and no more daily headaches. I am much more even tempered as well, yet I don't have any side effects like weight gain or insomnia due to the low maintenance dose. Please don't give up to quick, talk to your Dr. You may just need a much small dose if side effects are bad. | F | 40 | 4 months | 1/18/2009 | 5 | Panic disorder | Complete lack of sex drive. Emotionally numb: no ups, no downs, just an emotional flatline. I honestly think Prozac made it possible for me to stay in an unsatisfying marriage for about a decade longer than I should have. | Prozac cured my panic disorder, which started in my early 20's. I went off Prozac after a few years and the panic attacks returned. So, back on the Prozac I went. I went off again a few years later and the panic attacks did not come back, yay. However, I became significantly dysthymic off Prozac. My doc then put me on Wellbutrin, as the negative side effects of Prozac had become intolerable. | F | 46 | 15 years | 1/17/2009 | 4 | Mild Depresion | Not many side effects. i had some problems sleeping for the first 3-4 weeks but it has improved. I think my libido is little bit lower but its still fine! No other side effects (yet..?:) ) | I take 20mg a day. It really helped me with my motivation! im more efficient at work, i clean my house regulary and do house work. I just do things without thinking "oh i cant be bothered" or "i'll do it later". I enjoy talking to people again- im more social now. Some things seem to be less annoying (like commuting to work on London Tube!). i could say im more "stress-proof". My thinking and memmory has IMPROVED! Im happy i have tried it!!! it really helped me!!! | F | 29 | 3 months | 1/17/2009 | 1 | Depression (was really Bipolar II) | deeper depression, complete loss of interest in anything, no longer cared about anything, severe mania(not the fun kind, the dysphoric irritable i hate everything and can't sit still kind), more suicidal thoughts | Prozac was the first psychiatric drug I ever took. It was prescribed to me by a well known and reputable psychiatrist who I believe was more interested in where he was going to speak next than in treating me. He made up his mind right away about what was wrong with me and if I tried to tell him I felt differently he told me (And my mom) that I was lying. Prozac pushed me into a deeper depression and very severe manic states. It led to a month long hospitalization. Prozac may work for depression but make absolutely sure you aren't bipolar first or it will have horrible side effects. | F | 20 | 4 months | 1/10/2009 | 3 | anxiety/ocd | In the beginning, vivid dreams, anxiety, headaches. Stopped taking it because it made me lose my appetite and made me nauseous. I was thin to begin with so the weight loss was not good. | Helped with anxiety/ocd. Had to stop due to lose of appetite. | F | 27 | 4 weeks | 12/30/2008 | 1 | I know others that have had | Do yourself a huge favor. Google the connection with Nazi's and fluoride. Now do a google on what Prozac is made of. | That's right. Prozac is 94% FLUORIDE. A POISON. The way it works, is it dumbs people down, and they no longer care. This is the same for all SSRI's. Pfizer is nothing more than modern nazis. Get off this drug. | F | 39 | 0 days | 12/29/2008 | 4 | Depression | Disturbed sleep and insomnia | I was on it for over ten years and it was a life saver. 6 years in it pooped out so the doctor doubled the dose to 40mg which gave me insomnia so I came off this Summer. Horrible withdrawal effects despite tapering at 4 weeks. Felt fine for a month then depression/anxiety returned and I decided to go back on 3 days ago at 20mg dose. Sleep not great already. Too early to tell if the dose is theraputic | M | 44 | 10 years | 12/27/2008 | 4 | anxiety/derealization | mild upset stomach other than that none. | im on day 10 of prozac i started on 10mg for 1 week and now i am on 20mg was doing fine but today i am feeling numb and emotionless. sorta out of it. I usually feel like this because of my derealization but today is just different because i usually feel weird but not emotionless. I am giving it a couple of weeks to see if it gets better. I hope it is just my body adjusting to the prozac. any advice is welcome email me at [email protected] | M | 28 | 10 days | 12/23/2008 | 1 | depression | Jittery, frequently needed to urinate, excessive thirst, | I was prescribed this for depression and it did absolutely nothing to improve my mood, even though I ended up taking 60mg a day (which made me violently sick to begin with). Horrible side effects when I stopped taking it even though I reduced it gradually - vivid nightmares, more jittery that when I was on it, trembling, severe anxiety and depression (more than before I was taking it). I am sorry I ever took it, it might suit some people but did not help me. | F | 29 | 3 years | 12/22/2008 | 2 | PTSD, anxiety and depression | insomnia, restless legs, when I took it in the morning, I slept all day I was so tired and then I was wide awake all night long. Now that I take it at night, I do sleep better in general, when I can actually get to sleep. The restless legs is awful. It helped with the anxiety attacks and the overwhelming depression I had with the PTSD, but now that I'm regaining control over things, I want off of this medicine. The restless legs and being up and down for hours before I can actually fall asleep is just insane. and then I'm tired during the day. I crave sugar something awful, I'm constipated, I have horrible heartburn and every since I started taking this, my hair has gotten dramatically thinner. I used to have gorgeous thick hair, now it's thin and lifeless and I'm buying products hoping to thicken it up. | It worked for what I needed it for, it really helped me with the anxiety attacks, but the side effects only seem to increase the more I take it. | F | 36 | 1.5 years | 12/16/2008 | 3 | anxiety depression | just started two weeks ago, on and off extreme anxiety during the day. Finally I may get like and hr or two of feeling relaxed mixed in with the extreme jitteryness from prozac. INSOMNIA ALERT. Appetite on an off.... | F | 22 | 14 days | 12/12/2008 | 1 | Depression/OCD | First I was sleepy all of the time, then I started to suffer from incontinence (I went to the bathroom at least once an hour), weight gain, and to top it all off I got really really really REALLY BAD heartburn. | After I stopped taking prozac (even though my doctor wanted me to keep taking it), all of the symptoms I was having went away (except for the sleep problem... it took me a year to get over the sleepiness). I do not recommend Prozac to anyone. | F | 16 | 3 months | 12/12/2008 | 2 | depression, anxiety, anger | extreme lethargy and sleepiness, yawning, constipation, foggy brain, muted emotions (helped my anger), zero libido, slow reaction time. I could no longer perform daily functions but my anger was in control. | yawning, sleeping 12 hours day plus 1-3 hour naps. Muted my highs and lows (worked great for anger) but then I became a zombie and let the kids run around and scream -- didn't bother me and I didn't bother them. I had to quit taking it to visit the relatives and help with making the thanksgiving meal. It wouldn't do to sit around on the couch all day. | F | 50 | 3 months | 12/10/2008 | 5 | Severe depresssion and anxiety | At 1st mood swings fuzzy headed sleepy..these symptoms have gone mostly, much more focused and back to the real world, takes time but stuck with it. a little weight gain, but need to get more busy.so thats my fault. will stick with it. just switched to generic now and seems to be working the same as brand to me and much cheaper. | I have been on prozac 20mg 1 month then 40mg2 weeks then 60mg3 weeks now 80 1month,seems to do the trick.started in sept08. so very satisfied with this drug will take for life..as doctor think will suffer a relaspe. and I agree. Hope to keep feeling this way forever. | F | 48 | 3 months | 12/9/2008 | 1 | Depression maintenance therapy | Severe insomnia! | I switched back to prozac but intead took 40 milligrams because last time i had a depressive psychotic episode i was only on 20. It gave me the worst insomnia since my last breakdown and effectively scared the crap out of me and my doctor. But luckily i caught it in time | 19 | 13 days | 12/5/2008 | 5 | Severe depression | In September of 2000, I was given Zyprexa and Lithium to treat Bi-polar disorder which didn't help. By January, 2001, I was put in the hospital for a two week stay where I was introduced to Prozac. I was so ill that I went from 140 lbs. down to 114 lbs. Eventually I couldn't walk or stand for any length of time. I had no strength to do simplest of tasks such as lifting a gallon of milk or bending over to pick up objects. I developed several autoimmune disorders such as fibromyalgia and hypothyroidism and obsessive compulsive thoughts ruled my life. The doctor's diagnosis... I was dying. They contemplated putting me into a nursing home but decided to increase my Zyprexia and Lithium dosages, add Prozac to the mix and send me home. During this time, I would cry uncontrollably. One day, after approximately 4 weeks of Prozac therapy, something clicked in my brain. Instantly, to my surprise, I no longer felt the need to cry. Four months later, I was healthy and strong enough | I've lived with depression most of my life but it usually followed a major event. Then in February of 2000, out of nowhere, I was hit hard by depression. I couldn't sleep for days at a stretch. If I closed my eyes, I would see a light show of flashing colors and certain smells made me very dizzy. My depression aggravated my fibromyalgia to the point of screaming pain and I developed debilitating migraines. There were 2 components that contributed to my depression - hypothyroidism and abrupt menopause. Did you know that hypothyroidism can cause psychosis? When I went from regular periods directly into menopause, I was thrown into a hellish hormonal storm. I took numerous antidepressants - trycyclics 1st, then older SSRI's but none worked. The newer generation of SSRI's like Celexa and Remeron put me in outer-space parking spaceships. I was always too afraid of Prozac's suicidal side effects to try it and only agreed to take it because I hoped it would give me the coura | F | 52 | 8 years | 12/3/2008 | 1 | depression | way too many | ssri,s bad news | | 11/26/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | increased anxiety, increased heart rate, Brutal insomnia, decreased appetite, memory loss, loss of feeling in my cock n' balls. | heard only good things about this drug , so i wouldnt shit on it, but i guess it simply wasn't the drug for me. tried it for 2 weeks but i was in a constant state of panic so i had to give it up a few days ago. Still cant feel my cock | M | 27 | 14 days | 11/20/2008 |