PROZAC Reviews (FLUOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (949 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROZAC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROZAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Major Depression and GAD | Headaches | Just starting Prozac after 20 years on Paxil. Drs just take their best guess. I hope it works I really need to work Going through separation or divorce moved back home | M | 52 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 3/14/2021 | 1 | Anxiety | My son committed suicide after taking this for roughly 2 months. My son never took pills as an adult , went in to see his "new" doctor for anxiety from an accident. The new doctor put him on 20 mg. in November and 40 mg. in December. My son took his life on 12/24/2020. | M | 25 | 60 days 40 1X day | 2/2/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and Seasonal Depression | Drug make my anxiety go up a little in the beginning. Gave me some diarrhea. It started to work on my 5th week but I started to feel weird pins and needles in my feet. I also notice every time I take Prozac the chest discomfort comes back and acid reflux is almost unbearable. I can't take something that causes your chest to feel that way. Trying something else. This is my second attempt with this medication however it works well and the panic attacks lessen but you feel kind of numb. | F | 43 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 1/17/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Headaches, nausea, brain fog, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, fell asleep randomly, completely lost libido | Made me attmept suicide and started having severe withdrawal effects the 3 times i tried to taper off it. The "upsides" of antidepressants, contrary to whatever your GP is trying to sell ya have been proven by scientists to be almost no better than placebo and should be used as a last resort if at all. | M | 18 | 4 years 30 MG 1X day | 1/10/2021 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | -Emotional numbness -decreased sex drive | Although this drug helped me when i started taking it for anxiety at age 14, i wasn't aware enough at the time to realize it was due to the overall emotional numbing effect. Spent high school feeling like this with little to no motivation to do anything in life and finally snapped out of it at age 20. Had no withdrawal symptoms im aware of even after 5 months off of it. I still feel like my personality hasnt come back yet. I wouldn't recommend taking it. | M | 20 | 6 years 20 MG 1X day | 1/7/2021 | 5 | Depression anxiety | a bit insomnia and a.little tired as my body adjusted. | its doing the job 4 me getting. Motivated more going outside activities again. In only 3 weeks it was hard early feeling a little sick and spaced out . | M | 60 | 3 weeks 20mg 1X day | 12/22/2020 | 2 | edgy 10-year-old | numb. my personality definitely changed. i rarely cried and wasnt affected by anything. started zoning out a lot. felt like a zombie just passing through life. have been off for a week or so (can't remember because of the anterograde amnesia it's given me) and still experiencing side effects. but now i have more motivation to get out of bed. | hated it. only take it if you really need it | F | 15 | 5 years 1X day | 11/27/2020 | 2 | Depression | Dizziness, brought Trigeminal pain back, feel tired, on bed most of the time. Decrease in urine. Feel Suicidal | Going to stop after consulting my Dr. | M | 76 | 5 days 20mg 1X day | 11/4/2020 | 3 | depression | i have headaches sometimes and slight insomnia that went away, i overall feel a lot better but the only complaint i have is NO SEX DRIVE AT ALL. none, and i'm a very sexual person so this sucks lol | currently on it. if u found anything helpful with low sex drive please lmk | F | 15 | 20 MG 2X day | 10/19/2020 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | I was prescribed this antidepressant due to losing a close friend back in April after I heard my friend passed away I immediately felt really heartbroken and started experienceing depression followed by suicidal thoughts in wanting to end everything and had a few break downs I couldn't stop myself from crying from the agony and pain of losing such a close friend that I met at a support group I only known him for about 2 months them we had a lockdown due to covid and that really affected my mental health a lot on a few occasions I just didn't wanna live anymore eventually my family encouraged me to ring up my doctors to sort out these issues they was all worried for me it was a emotional time for me losing someone special in your life that you once got close to this year has been a very emotional year for me with losing a close friend and dealing with the covid 19 pandemic being stuck in isolation for 6 months has really took a toll on my mental health I am currently taking 40MG I take it every morning at 8 am it has been such a life saver for me this drug as I think if it wasn't for me having a nice family to support me I would not be here now Overall I am having such s good experience on this antidepressant it has been such a life changer for me I feel positive about my future now despite the covid pandemic. | F | 24 | 40 weeks 40MG 2X day | 9/29/2020 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Insomnia, less sex drive, headaches, excessive sweating, and strange dreams. | M | 28 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 9/28/2020 | 1 | Depression | Diarrhoea, vivid dreams, headaches, decrease in libido, stomach ache ,confusion | M | 26 | 2 months 20 mg 1X day | 9/1/2020 | 1 | Depression | Tinnitus, low sex drive, anxiety, grinding teeth at night, jaw pain, kidney problems, dry eyes, anger, dry mouth, osteoporosis, stomach bleeding, GERD. | I took Prozac for 25 years. Each time I tried to quit, I had withdrawl symptoms. Finally I am tapering off the drug. It is highly addictive. Hard to stop taking. I wish Id never taken it. | F | 61 | 25 years 20 1X day | 6/25/2020 | 5 | persistent depression | I did not take it daily as prescribed. Doing so caused me to be irritable. Taking the drug on an as need basis worked extremely well for me.By far, the best help for my depression ERY well for me | I think Prozac is an excellent drug for depression. However, it appears to be easy to take too much even if you are taking the prescribed amount. Patients should be encouraged to try taking less, or less often and see how it works then. | F | 65 | 3 years 20 MG 1X day | 5/10/2020 | 1 | Anxiety Depression | Suicidal thinking, anxiety, insomnia, gastrointestinal bleeding, tremors, pulsatile tinnitus, brain zaps, aggression, | I regret not knowing what was to come and believing in psychiatrists. | 57 | 15 years | 12/18/2019 | 3 | Depression | loss of appetite, weight loss (8 pounds), dizziness, nausea, cant sleep , anxiety, cold sweats, lots of energy, more migranes , vivid dreams | first week : (i already had a low appetite before i even got on prozac just made it worse)loss of appetite , cant sleep , vivid dreams second week: loss of appetite, some suicidal thoughts, anxiety, cant sleep, some energy third week: loss of appetite , i now notice my weight loss after not eating for 3 days ? , dizzy , nauseas, cold sweats, horrible anxiety fourth week: loss of appetite, weight decreases , cant sleep (ever since i got on prozac i cant sleep at all),cold sweats, lots of energy even tho i get 3-4 hours of sleep , had a really bad thoughts about suicide(family issue happened id like to blame it on that ?) | F | 16 | 1 months 10 MG | 12/10/2019 | 1 | Anxiety, OCD | Anger outbursts, not feeling like myself, on edge, chest tightness, irritable, lack of sex drive | I hated myself on this medication. I couldnt sleep and I didnt recognize myself. I was hostile and angry and i found myself blowing up over minor issues. This is absolute garbage and Im so upset I began taking it at all. DO NOT DO IT. | F | 25 | 5 months 40 mg | 11/27/2019 | 5 | Anxiety and irritability | Mild weight gain, some hyperactivity | Prozac has been absolutely wonderful for my 8 year old son. He has an extensive medical history and hes been taking this medication since he was 5. A few times we have taken him off it to try other things and nothing works as well for him as this does. This medication has truly changed his life for the better. | M | 8 | 3 years 10 mg | 11/6/2019 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | Brain fog, loss of libido | It works for my bipolar depression, I have been on Prozac during my pregnancy and for that reason Im concerned about the long term effects. Id appreciate if I can get information about other womens experiences on Prozac during pregnancy. | F | 18 years 40mg | 10/5/2019 | 5 | Depression, bipolar depression | Not really any notable side-effects. Maybe a small decrease in libido. | I love this drug. By far the easiest SSRI for me to tolerate. Also has the benefit of curbing food cravings and no weight gain ever. It just gives me energy. I will always take it as long as it works. It's also cheap as dirt. | M | 37 | 1 years 40 MG 1X day | 8/22/2019 |