PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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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  Anxiety depression Tired all the time, anger in the mornings. Still anxious and I wanted to kill myself two weeks into it. My doc says I need to wait 6 weeks. I used zoloft for 3 years and it was awesome, then it pooped out on me three months ago and my life sucks sine then and right now and prozac isn't doing anything. I don't know what to do benzo is the only thing keeping me alive! Isn't 5 weeks enough? If I could turn the clock back I would have never started w any of these meds M 40 34 days
20mg 1X day
1/29/2011
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 5  menopause, hot flashes Dry mouth, some insomnia I started taking Prozac to combat horrible and frequent hot flashes I was having due to menopause. I had a hysterectomy when I was 27 and had been on Premarin for 25 years and didn't want to take it any longer, when I stopped the premarin the hot flashes and night sweats were horrible, probably had 12 hot flashes a day. The prozac started working within just a day or two and what a difference! Totally amazing. F 52 60 days
20 mg 1X day
1/26/2011
 5  OCD, Anxiety very vivid dreams, night sweats. Would definitely recommend it. Definitely works. M 39 6 months
20 1X day
1/26/2011
 4  PMS/PMDD Slightly disconnected, calm. I take 10 days before menstrual cyle. Gets rid of any feelings of anger or anxiety due to hormonal symptoms. Also helps with social anxiety. I have taken during "off times" when I'm expecting anxiety or stress. These side effects are mild and worth it for me. I'm am currently in a highly stressful time in my life which I believe worsened my symptoms of PMS. This drug has helped me cope. I was skeptical at first because I have never taken anything like this before. I'm so happy I took a chance because for me, it really works! F 40 1 years
20mg 1X day
1/26/2011
 1  Asperger's / OCD Mania....Hyper, talkative, self hurting herself, aggressive, releasing bodily fluids purposefully, swearing...completely flipped into a different person! My daughter (11 y/o) was on Prozac for 3 years, as well as Tenex. She was on 10mg of Prozac for most of it and was on and off anxious and aggressive. We put her on a few different anti-psychotic's (not at the same time) with the Prozac and Tenex and it may some difference for a while (little did I know we were probably treating symptoms of the Prozac at that time too). Months later, my daughter started becoming more obsessional so we increased her Prozac from 10mg to 20mg to 30mg and then to 40mg. We also took her off the anti-psychotic med that we didn't see to be helping her much (but gain weight). Now with the antipsychotic med off, it wasn't able to camoflauge the side effects of the Prozac anymore. She became terribly manic. She was very talkative, hyper, very aggressive and needed to be restrained almost every day with Ativan given. I took her off Prozac (only on Tenex now) and finally after 3 weeks off Prozac (takes a while to get out of their system) my daughter is soo much better. I have not restrained her in about a week and she is soo much calmer. I know it was the Prozac and what an awful thing it did to her. It made her crazy. Too often are doctors prescribing med's (antipsychotics)to treat the side effects of the antidepressants (Prozac, etc). Thank goodness our new doctor was willing to take her off these med's to see if her behaviors were "her" or the "med's". They were the med's. Please beware of this med with your child. F 11 3 years
10MG-40MG 1X day
1/25/2011
 2  anxiety/depression Insomnia, headaches, dizziness, GAD One of the first reviews I read here about prozac about "at first, everything is beautiful and then you get headaches and it goes down hill is absolutely correct". I seriously think you should talk to a specialist before doing prozac, as it could really f*** you up OR really help you. I know a lot of people who do pretty well on it, but I've known people who got off of it too. It really only works if you lack seratonin. Prozac is totally over-prescribed for a lot of people who already have enough seratonin, and that's...usually when it fucks you up. I took it for a week, and it worked immediately the first or second day. I was really chilled out, REALLY mellow, it was great. I took a walk through the park and wow, everything was clear and beautiful. At night however, I couldn't sleep at all. I Got a few hours and would wake up staring at the clock every few minutes or so. One night, I was even over-aware of my limbs and started examining my hands before forcing myself back to sleep... About halfway through the week I started getting dizzy spells, and REALLY thirsty, dry mouth down to the throat and deep rooted. No matter how much I drank, it didn't go away. I got minor anxiety at night and just started freaking out about random things. The doctor had given me prozac for' anxiety/depression' which..was unneeded because I do not have depression due to a chemical imbalance. It's a life situation..that's gone on all my life. F 16 7 days
10 mg 1X day
1/22/2011
 4  anxiety Very vivid and detailed dreams! F 36 4 months
20 MG 1X day
1/20/2011
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 1  Anxiety The first day is awesome....it's downhill from there. horrible insomnia, massive mood swings, headaches, lowered sex drive Prozac sucks. Really. If you have anxiety, and not depression, DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. The first time you take it, you'll feel great. Tons of energy and the world will seem brighter and happier. Enjoy it--because it won't ever be like that again. Instead, you'll have insomnia and your head will feel like it's floating out of your body for two weeks. Then the mood swings start--that's what did it for me. After about a month of taking Prozac I started having MASSIVE mood swings. Literally would go from happy to screaming at my husband, to crying about something sad, to laughing and being silly, within an hour. I woke up in the middle of the night and my heart was pounding and I was sweating and I thought I was gonna die. I called my doctor and we stopped the Prozac. Everything bad went away within a week of ceasing the drug. F 27 6 weeks
10 mg 1X day
1/20/2011
 3  Depression, Anxiety, PTSD As a child: twitching/muscle spasms, disconnected (zombie-like) feeling, physically numb As an adolescent/adult: mood swings, nightmares, emotionally disconnected, twitching/muscle spasms, anxiety, recklessness/difficulty with impulse control For about a year and a half, I've felt like I needed to do dangerous stuff. I live in a bad neighborhood, right next to a forest, and I always go walking in the woods alone. I've thought about doing stuff like jumping out of the car while my mom's driving down the highway, and just yesterday I almost touched a hot burner on the stove. A friend of mine, a junior in college studying psychology, says that I'm probably thinking like this because my meds make me emotionally disconnected, and danger or can give me an emotional high that I can't get from normal things anymore. F 17 9 years
5 MG 2X day
1/11/2011
 3  depression I wasn't able to focus well. I would be sitting in class and think of the most random things ever and totally zone out. About a month or two after taking prozac I made a suicide attempt. I'm not sure if the medication played a role or not. Coming off of it was fine no complaints. I don't really think it helped much at all. But that's just me, I think its worth trying if your doc recommends it. F 18 1 years
1X day
1/9/2011
 4  anxiety,ocd, depression Only problem for me is a loss of sex drive which makes my husband unhappy! Maybe he needs prozac too.... Prozac is great for my anxiety, but it takes away any physical attraction for my husband. Without it I have major panic attacks and obsessive worry about every minor thing. Believe me that is no way to live...It would be perfect it if didn't affect my sex life. F 40 2 years
20 mg 1X day
12/31/2010
 3  Social Anxiety Disorder Drowsy often, yawning often as well. I had signifigant weight loss and loss of apetite, which is bad for me as it's put me dangerously underweight. I rarely had episodes of nausea, or a headache. Overall it's improved my moods, but hasn't helped much with anxiety, as it was supposed to do. I wouldn't reccommend it for long periods of time, only because it makes you tired all the time. F 17 2 months
20 MG 1X day
12/28/2010
 3  Depression, anxiety EXTREME heartburn, loss of libido, vivid nightmares, night sweats, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD: occurs when REM sleep paralysis is blocked, and a person is able to act out dramatic and/or violent dreams), brain "zaps", full-body muscle spasms at night (almost like mini seizures), zombification/emotional deadening with long-term use, withdrawal is slow and difficult. Pros: It DID relieve social anxiety and lift me out of a severe depression when tricyclics had failed me. It was a lifesaver, initially. Cons: My doctor originally told me I should expect to take Prozac for the rest of my life. I eventually fired him. It took me many years to get off this drug because withdrawal was so uncomfortable and long-lasting that I gave up and went back to it several times. -- I do not know if Prozac causes gastrointestinal problems or merely irritates them severely, but BEWARE if you already have an ulcer or gerd; I came to dread taking my Prozac because the acid reflux pain that followed would last for 2 hours and was so bad that I considered going to the ER more than once. -- RBD, directly attributable to Prozac, nearly wrecked my marriage. I kicked and slugged my poor husband many times during my Prozac-fueled nightmares. This side effect lingered for nearly a year after stopping the drug. -- I noticed the emotional blunting kicking in after about 2 years. You don't get excited about anything, nor do you feel particularly sad about anything. You just don't feel. As an example of the impact that can have, I was unable to shed a tear at my dear father's funeral, because I was on Prozac. -- My bottom-line recommendation: Take this drug seriously. Question whether you really, really need it. Try not to take it any longer than absolutely necessary (i.e., months, not years). F 40 11 years
20-40mg 1X day
11/26/2010
 5  PTSD,Depression,Anxiety NONE!!! MY WONDER DRUG!!! 23 27 days
20mg 1X day
11/25/2010
 4  major depression, anxiety HORRIBLE heartburn daily and daytime drowsiness for the first two weeks, now just get a little indigestion here and there, slight hand tremors, sweating a little more than usual took it for about 6 months about 10 years ago and it really helped and gave me insane energy, so I wanted to try it again. this time I have yet to experience any burst in energy, but my mood has lifted somewhat and I seem to be on more of an even keel...not so quick to get angry. I still feel a little down but not as depressed as usual. Dose just got bumped up from 40-60 last week so hopefully I'll see more improvement in another week or so F 30 2 months
20 mg 3X day
11/17/2010
 3  Bulimia/anorexia/anxiety/depression Dizziness/vertigo/nausea, and jitteriness, which decreased after a couple of weeks. Persistent symptoms: decreased alcohol tolerance, decreased sex drive When I was put on 40 mg i started to get a lot of vertigo and dizziness and then sometimes my whole body would jerk and my heart would race for a while because I was picturing something violent. I kept getting thoughts of me hurting myself, smashing into things, breaking things, and of me hurting others. This scared me a lot because I didn't WANT to hurt myself or anyone but I kept seeing it happening and indulging these thoughts. I went back to 20 mg, and the violent thoughts went away. Kept trying to go off the drug and whenever I did I felt like I was hit by a truck and couldn't get out of bed after not taking my dose for about 5 days. F 21 2 years
20 1X day
11/17/2010
 4  depression none I noticed a change after a couple weeks of use. My emotions are more stablized. Although I still feel a bit down from time to time over all my out look on life it much better. F 43 2 years
90 mg 1X day
11/11/2010
 4  anxiety I experience almost all the side effects associated with Prozac...nausea, weight loss due to loss of appetite, tremors, chills, sweaty, increased anxiety, tired, restless legs, flu like symptoms, stomach acid, headaches..... This is my 6 episodes, it all started 9 years ago after having my first child with postpartum depression. Prozac works for me, but the initial getting used to the side effects is very difficult to deal with. Now that I'm 2 weeks into it, I can feel that the side effects are slowly diminishing, hopefully I get "ME" back soon! F 38 2 weeks
20 1X day
11/7/2010
 1  depression Totally lethargy and zombi-fication. Could not think, felt nothing, wanted to lie in bed all the time. It's pretty sad when the "cure" was waaaay worse than the actual depression itself. It may work for you, but did nothing for me. F 46 11 days
20 mg 1X day
10/27/2010
 3  Depression & Anxiety Headache & Sexual Side-Effects I was on Paxil for a few months a couple years back, it made me very fatique, gain weight & even more depressed. I gave it up and later went back to my doctor, she then prescribed Prozac. I felt great so much better, it takes the edge off life. Makes me calm & more pleasant to the people around me. The ony side effect it has gives me is these headaches. Haven't told my doctor yet but today is the first day I have not taken it. If it weren't for the headaches I would be 100% satisfied with this drug. I would also like to add that since Prozac my sexual drive has decreased a little & now I need artificial lubrication, an issue I have never had. F 32 4 months
20 mg 1X day
10/12/2010

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