PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (948 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROZAC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Anxiety | None really, I am gaining some weight but I'm working on losing it. My hair does seem thinner. | F | 40 | 7 days | 3/16/2006 | 2 | Depression, PTSD | 100% loss of sex drive and desire to be touched. Severe clenching of the jaws -- broke 2 molars over a 6 month span. Consistent insomnia. Weight gain. Hair loss. | Numbed me out emotionally without giving me a sense of well-being. Did little more than keep me "off the ledge." Not the right drug for me. Effexor Rx turned me around. | F | 37 | 2 years | 3/16/2006 | 1 | depression, anxiety | no sex drive, weight gain, people told i have changed It messed up my brains I wasn't depressed but I was acting like real mental Feeling like they put some machine inside of my brain which thinks for me. It is really scary | I tried a lot of antidepressants but they never solved the problem. That is what helped me: neuroscience test (go to neuroscienceinc.com and get information about their test and products), book "Feeling Good" by David Burns (until you find all your silent assumptions (when you read this book, you will understand what I am talking about) which cause you depression you will never get out from it, this book will help to do this, cranial electrotherapy stimulation, deep breathing exercise – 3 times a day (do it when you are anxious and have panic attacks, also while doing it, imagine yourself as you wish you wanted to be), special diet for depression (really helps for mood swings), day light lamp, hot and cold shower, daily exercise, meditation, keeping schedule, acupuncture St. John’s Wort - 9 pills a day, Red clover - 6 pills a day, Omega 3, Calcium, B-complex. | F | 30 | 1 months | 3/12/2006 | 5 | Depression, panic attacks | Slightly lower libido. Happier, but not as productive. | I feel normal now. Before Prozac my emotions controlled me. | M | 58 | 10 years | 3/7/2006 | 3 | Chronic depression | Some minor flattening of affect, stopped crying at sad movies. Yawning. Initial difficulty in achieving orgasm; which passed. Experienced Prozac "poop-out" after 11 years of use - which was terrifying, as it was accompanied by a recurrance of depression and suicidal ideation. Was bounced up from 20 mg a day to 40 mg a day, which made all of the above worse and added extreme anxiety and agitation to the mix. Was taken off Prozac and put on Effexor; experienced worst side effects during withdrawel with violent suicidal ideation, extreme agitation, anxiety, inability to sleep, weeping jags for no apparent reason. None of my doctors knew what this was all about and diagnosed me as going nuts again - all symptoms abruptly ceased 6 weeks after withdrawel of Prozac. | Prozac was wonderful for me while it worked. When it stopped working, it was terrifying since I had no idea why I felt so bad. I thought I was experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - all the feelings I'd had 25 years earlier during a bad time of my life resurfaced with a vengeance. I thought I'd never get better. I am unhappy that my doctors were so uninformed about these possible effects (or didn't tell me about them). Saw both psychiatrist and GP. Would still recommend that it be tried, but would like fuller disclosure. | F | 57 | 11 years | 2/24/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | suicidal thoughts, then behavior | F | 41 | 60 days | 2/17/2006 | 3 | | 2/16/2006 | 1 | anxiety, depression | sleepiness, dry mouth, rage | I always thought the stuff you see in the media about people killing their spouses and or themeselves while on SSRI's was a cop out but after taking prozac i can definitely see how it could happen. I would take this first thing in the morning and would soon get hyper agitated and irritated. i personally know a child in elementary school who was put on prozac and went totally off in his classroom to the point where the local police were called and had to subdue him and handcuff him. i realize a lot of people say this drug has saved their life but i can guarantee you the fact that this drug seems to be handed out like candy is a crime. | M | 44 | 1 months | 2/16/2006 | 4 | | 2/9/2006 | 4 | Depresion | worked as well as any drug can | F | 22 | 6 months | 2/5/2006 | 5 | Depression / Anxiety | Only briefly - 3/4 weeks - it didn't help & I couldn't sleep. | Greatest invention of 20th century. But one must be patient. I wasn't and discontinued use after a few days. Tried again a couple of years later and it saved me! | M | 66 | 6 years | 2/1/2006 | 3 | | 1/29/2006 | 3 | clinical depression | Ongoing tiredness, somewhat apathetic.... I've started getting car sick, but I don't know if I can blame that on prozac... | More effective than Wellbutrin and Lexapro....less effective than zoloft(when it worked).... I feel less depressed, but not really happy either....somewhat distant from my surroundings, and I get this weird feeling that my hands aren't mine... like I touch my face and it feels like someone else is touching it. I had hoped that this would dissipate, but it seems to persist. | F | 18 | 5 weeks | 1/17/2006 | 3 | clinical depression | Ongoing tiredness, somewhat apathetic.... I've started getting car sick, but I don't know if I can blame that on prozac... | More effective than Wellbutrin and Lexapro....less effective than zoloft(when it worked).... I feel less depressed, but not really happy either....somewhat distant from my surroundings, and I get this weird feeling that my hands aren't mine... like I touch my face and it feels like someone else is touching it. I had hoped that this would dissipate, but it seems to persist. I'm on 40 mg taken in the morning. | F | 18 | 5 weeks | 1/17/2006 | 3 | dep 2* chronic pain | Dry mouth (my teeth are a mess), loss of libido, and at doses higher than 40mg no body paralysis during REM sleep. | This med did elevate my mood and was the only anti-depressant I was able to tolerate without unacceptable side effects. I have since switched to Cymbalta as it appears work ok for me as well. | M | 38 | 11 years | 1/10/2006 | 2 | Depression | Fatigue, restless feet at night | I had high hopes for Prozac, but it hasn't done a thing to help with my depression. I still feel "blah," have no interest in things, no energy. | F | 33 | 5 weeks | 1/8/2006 | 1 | Premature ejaculation | Complete sexual shut-down | Permanent chemical castration. Do not take this drug. Ever. | M | 39 | 1 weeks | 1/7/2006 | 2 | Depression | Headaches, insomnia, major decrease in sex drive, weight gain that won't come off no matter how hard I work at it. | At first Prozac was working for me. I felt better. Then I went through a really rough time, which caused me to become very depressed so they took my 10mg does and increased it to 30mg. Once I started taking 30mg it went downhill. The worst part of this medication is the weight that you gain. It's nearly impossible to take it off, which caused me to become very depressed. Horrible. It might work for some people, but I would never try that again. | F | 24 | 5 years | 12/30/2005 | 2 | ADD Possible OCD | I was extremely tired, i gained 20 lbs and look like crap (was always fit), and I cannot seem to get the weight off now - even if i eat hardly anything. I felt a bit more happy on it - but no more organized or calm | Coming off of this drug was the worst. I luckily have my own business and could sleep for almost 3 weeks constantly - i'm talking 17 hours per day. if you can't afford to take a month vacation to come off it..you might not want to start..oh i and i now have huge dark circles under my eyes and everyone wants to know if i'm sick or tired - i have to tan now to darken my skin to match them Worst decision I ever made was to try prozac...only do it if life is unbearable | M | 35 | 11 months | 12/23/2005 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Reduced sex drive, poor attention span, severe night sweats | I must say I haven't really noticed any difference in my mood since taking prozac at all, although my partner feels there has been a noticable improvement. I still suffer from severe depression, and in particular if I have been taking alcohol (which I know I shouldn't do). Only the last month or so I have started to get the most appalling night sweats that soak the bed, very distressing. I am sleeping, but very bad quality sleep and am putting my body under a lot of stress, waking up with aching body and have put my neck and back out a number of times. | M | 37 | 8 months | 12/20/2005 |