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 |
| 4 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Significant weight gain, low sex drive, easily startled, flinched a lot. | Prozac really helped eliminate my panic attacks and anxiety. I had no serious side effects, just upsetting weight gain and a low sex drive but nothing that eliminated my sex drive completely. I noticed that I started flinching very easily if someone put something in my face really fast or if something happened to startle me I'd jump very easily. | F | 25 | 2 years | 3/30/2007 | 4 | depression/anxiety | At first: nervousness, tremors, difficulty sleeping, sweating. Those wore off after a few months. Later: lower libido, inorgasmia, ED, some weight gain, slight trouble sleeping. | This drug worked well for my depression and anxiety. The sexual side effects are the most troubling. I tried adding some Welbutrin to this, which helped somewhat, but not completely, with the sexual side effects. | M | 49 | 5 years | 3/30/2007 | 1 | Depression | I experienced nausea...throwing up...weird dreams...weight loss...I felt VERY sick ALL the time. I thought something was seriously wrong with me. It was horrible. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone...and I was on the lowest dose possible! | F | 31 | 3 months | 3/30/2007 | 4 | anxiety and depression | Ive been on prozac for 2 months now,it has helped alot with anxiety and depression. My moodswings have gotton better and Im more social, and just enjoy life alot more. | side effects i have on prozac are insomia, i wake in the night and wake early in the morning. Weight loss, dry mouth, and cant perform an organism. I take xanex with this and it helps me sleep, now it's something ill dill with. It's helped me with my problems, there's side effects to everything depending on the person. | F | 27 | 2 months | 3/28/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, OCD, Constant Panic Attack | Insomnia, weak feeling, increased anxiety, LACK of sex drive, hot feeling in face, night sweats, awaking in night, thinking I might be dieing. | I have been suffering with severe anxiety since my dad was diagnosed with cancer a year ago. From their own my anxiety has gotten to such a point that every ache and pain I feel in my body I immediatly conclude it is cancer, even on prozac I think the symptoms of prozac is because of something else. If prozac has done anything for me within these past 8 days it's maybe slightly less anxiety and panic, but once I start thinking I can't stop | M | 16 | 1 weeks | 3/27/2007 | 4 | Anxiety due to birth control | None so far. | Its only been 2 days since I started to take this med but the moment I took it I felt great. I'm laughing again, not getting obsessive thoughts, or feeling depressed/anxiety. All triggered from my birth control. Only taking it for 45 days and 10 mg. | F | 20 | 2 days | 3/23/2007 | 4 | depression | The two side affects that I had was I felt tired most of the time and it affected my sex life. | I quit taking prozac after 10 years and its been almost 3 weeks since I took it. I was on 20 mg a day. I feel like I am able to feel, if that makes sense. Prozac allowed me to tolerate stress and now that I am off the drug I feel more open to express how I feel - more in control with my feelings. I am hoping this is the beginning of the real me and I want to stay drug free for as long as I can. Its only been a short period that I have been off...so far so good. | F | 38 | 10 years | 3/18/2007 | 4 | recurrent depression | extreme fatigue, oversleeping, difficulty waking, jaw clenching, jittery/restless, "space-outs" | I felt much, much better and stopped crying and feeling so devastated, but my doctor thought my side effects were to extreme and switched me to Wellbutrin. Whatever side effects you have after 4-5 weeks probably aren't going away, so you have to decide to deal with it or try something else. | F | 24 | 5 weeks | 3/17/2007 | 4 | mild depression, now anxiety | In earlier runs: occasional head-rushes and slight trouble urinating. This run: dry-mouth, jitters (like I'm on speed or something), mild nausea | This is my third run on Prozac. Both previous times I was taking it purely for depression. It worked perfectly. I had no side effects in the biginning and my only long term side effects were the urination thing and the head rushes. Neither were that big a deal. I also got off the drug with no problems. This time around I am taking it to treat depression AND anxiety (which I've never experienced before). I'm on day 4 of a 10mg/day dose (same as before) and I have experienced dry-mouth, jitters, and nausea. I'm a little concerned because this is very different from my experience before. As I said, I'm only on day 4, so I'm hoping they'll go away. Also, I'm thinking of trying and alternative to treat te anxiety (yoga or something) so the Prozac can just work on the depression. I think the anxiety is the reason for my additional side-effects. | F | 25 | 4 days | 3/16/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | dry mouth, yawning, night sweats, increased appetite, sleepiness, headache, diarrhea | I have been taking this drug for about 3 weeks. I switched from Zoloft due to the extreme side effects I was having from it. I am only on 10mg - I am less anxious, but I am SO tired - I am cranky and moody from the tiredness. I also can't stop eating and yawning. I hope this subsides. I don't want to be on this forever. | F | 28 | 21 days | 3/14/2007 | 1 | OCD | This drug made me gain 30 lbs in 9 months. It did not help my OCD symptoms in the slightest. It made me suicidal and seriously depressed. Maybe because I became a fat slob and I'm a teenager--nothing worse, including debilitating OCD. Went off it and decided to live with OCD. Lost some but not all of the weight. Worse med ever. STAY AWAY IF YOU ARE A TEEN!!! All the warning are true--we do react differently to meds, especially the "suicide ideation" part. | Horrible experience. Need to warn people. | F | 16 | 9 months | 3/14/2007 | 5 | Depression | None so far (5mg start date 3/7/07) | I originally posted on 12/29/06 that I had to stop taking Prozac (20mg) due to vile start-up side effects. I fell into a deep depression about 2 weeks ago (the worst experience of my life! I only had mild depression in past). I decided to try Prozac again but a lower dose after spending countless hours researching the side effects of anti-depressants. During my research I came across an article about clinical studies performed before Prozac was originaly released. The results showed that 54% of study participants benefited from 5mg and that 64% benefited from the "normal" 20mg (www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/mar2003_cover_effects_01.html). For some reason, this information never made it to the doctors that perscribe this drug (I asked a few). I had to bring the idea of starting at a lower than normal dose to my doctor, it never occured to her that it might be an option. I am on day 4 of 5mg and so far so good! I have experienced NO side effects and I'm actually feeli | F | 43 | 4 days | 3/10/2007 | 4 | | 3/10/2007 | 4 | anxiety | weight gain, sleepiness | F | 56 | 1 days | 3/10/2007 | 2 | Depression,stress,pmdd | I did not do well with this drug. I took it for 27 days @ 20mg. I took it on time everyday in the afternoon. It made me Very tired,induced severe anxiety,panic attacks,insomnia,night sweats,shaking,elevated blood pressure,chills,brain numbness,out of body feeling. It was horrible! I had to eventually start taking Xanax along with the Prozac to try and control the anxiety it was creating. While it certainly made my moods better (It did it's job in that respect) it made me feel hyper and like I might lose my mind. It was a funny feeling and I felt so restless at certain times during the day or evening. | I think it is great for the right person who can tolerate the side effects. My sister has been on it for years and does great with it. My brother was put on it and had the same reaction that I did. I guess it just depends on the person. | F | 40 | 27 days | 3/10/2007 | 3 | anxiety/derealization/depression | made me numb, aggresive and careless | I didnt give it enough time but I couldnt tolerate side effects, it made me sad | M | 27 | 3 days | 3/9/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Yawning. Dry mouth at the beginning. | Amazing. Highly recommend. Couldn't wipe the smile off my face at first(in between yawning.) I tried 3 other drugs over the years but stopped quickly due to reactions and didn't want to bother with another. After a friend committed suicide, I became depressed and decided to try once again. I only take 10mg. It's changed my life. I'm calmer and I also received a promotion within months of starting it. I attribute it in part to less worrying and anxiousness. | F | 46 | 2 years | 3/7/2007 | 5 | Acute depression | In the beginning a slight decrease in appetite. | Prozac turned my life around. For the first time in 30 years I was finally able to live my life minus all the negative thinking and depression. I began taking prozac in 1989 after discovering a chemical imbalance that caused my ongoing depression. Today after 18 years and still taking prozac, I am healthy with no major negative side effects. Prozac is my miracle drug. | F | 51 | 18 years | 3/6/2007 | 5 | severe depression | first week easily angered. | this is number 4 for me. the last was celexa which did really well but the problem was it made me so tired i could fall asleep anywhere. after 3 months i had to change. i like what it did for me except the extreme tiredness. if wasnt for that would still be on celexa. NOW on to the prozac. first week was hard. easily angered. not just mad but very angry. it had two sides to it. felt very good in control but could lose it quick. in second week now and that is gone. definately helps knock the edge off and feel like im leveling out. dont let the name scare you. its in the same family of meds that celexa is. wish you all luck. | M | 36 | 2 weeks | 3/6/2007 | 1 | 'depression' | Acute suicidality; self-mutilation; memory damage; cognitive damage; akathisia; hand tremors, tooth grinding; jaw dyskinesias; joint rattling at night; intractable insomnia; pacing; truncal dyskinesia; apathy; acute lethargy; drug-induced parkinsonism; unable to orgasm; unable to lubricate; numb genitals; eye sensitivity & crackle-glaze night vision; white noise tinnitus; nausea; variable dizziness; unable to concentrate; disorientation; lurching gait; eye twitches; weight gain; food cravings; spates of frequent urination; hypomania; paranoia; cold feet... utter zombiedom. | Doctor disbelieved the lot and kept me on-drug. It was all the 'original problem.' Destroyed me. Then there's the effing withdrawal (all in your mind, of course). The damage remained, and I now exist with all the signs of iatrogenic autonomic dysfunction & brain damage. | F | 35 | 2 years | 3/6/2007 |