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 | Depression | Terror, sleepnesees, ljnd filled with dumders when trying to sleep.amnesia | J hate it | M | 75 | 60 days | 3/2/2007 | 4 | depression/bipolar | lack of sex drive! unable to achieve orgasm! dry mouth | I found this pill has improved my mood imensely but the effects that it has had on my sex drive is devistating and I'm now trying to find a new option that won't affect my orgasms. I don't know about anyone else but sex and orgasms is a big part of my life that i did enjoy even when I was severly depressed! | F | 18 | 3 days | 3/1/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety | LOSS OF LIBIDO This drug made more depressed than I was before taking it. I'm going back to Remeron. | I took 20mg of Prozac only for 2 days. Two weeks have passed already, and my libido is not back. I've tried 6 other antidepressants, and it's never happened to me before. Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on ? Where is my libido? If you want to have any good sex life in the future, I wouldn't recommend taking the risk by taking Prozac. DO RESEARCH BEFORE TAKING ANY DRUG!!! | F | 21 | 2 days | 2/26/2007 | 4 | depression; OCD | Side effects were only at the beginning when my body was adjustung to the medicine. Sweats, diahrea, feeling tired - all that passed in about 1 week. The only side effect that is still present is really strange dreams every night | F | 40 | 5 months | 2/24/2007 | 5 | to wean off paxil | PAxil was impossible to wean off of w/o prozazc. W/o prozac, I was moody and had terrible vertigo. Just 10-20 mg of prozac got me off paxil forever! Did not boost my ood however but did the trick re: the paxil w/d side effects. With prozac I had no paxil withdrawal problems. | F | 43 | 40 days | 2/16/2007 | 4 | Anxiety / panic attacks | night sweats, gained 40 lbs in a year, trouble sleeping | It did stop my panic attacks but chose to go off prozac due to weight gain. | F | 44 | 16 months | 2/13/2007 | 5 | depression; feeling like dying | i expericend very low side effects. My headaches went away. I started sleeping soundly again. and didn't cry as much anymore. Though, i went off about a year, and the panic attacks came again, and the headaches returned. I do recommend taking prozak AND seeing a pshcyologist. | I heard after 10 years, it affects your liver? Not sure if it's right. It works, but hard to get off. I've been on it about 4 years. (After my mom died.) | F | 32 | 4 years | 2/12/2007 | 5 | bulimia | slight loss of body sensation, including sexual sensation; occasional nausea | It took about 2 weeks for the effects to totally kick in, though I could feel it in my body the first day. After it fully kicked in, I have not binged or purged one time, nor do I want to ever. I have suffered with bulimia for three years and have tried everything non-pharmaceutical under the sun. I am completely amazed at how this has worked for me! I am like a new person. I would really encourage bulimics to try this. (I started with 20 mg. and just went to 40 to take the additional edge off.) | F | 28 | 31 days | 2/6/2007 | 5 | social anxiety | too much energy at first, house was spotless | this drug was/is a lifesaver for me. My social anxiety was controlling me. I rarely left the house. Now im learning about social anxiety and trying to put my life back together. My whole life was hell because of this and prozac has got me back on track. I will always love you prozac :] Not to mention prozac has my name in it. good luck to all. | M | 26 | 1 months | 2/6/2007 | 4 | Depression / CFS | Initially increased anxiety, slightly blurred vision, night sweats | After 14/15 days I started feeling a better but about day 19/20 that has tailed off again, I'm on day 21 and just really want it to kick in properly. It's great when it works but it's hard knowing that what if feels like to be a bit more normal but now not be there. | M | 30 | 21 days | 2/6/2007 | 2 | Depression | horrible stomach aches the first few days | This drug didn't do anything for me. No more depressed, no more happy. Absolutely no effect. | F | 17 | 2 months | 2/6/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Attacks & Depression | Possible weight gain, not sure if directly related | I am sorry to see so much negative postings on Prozac, and hope readers understand all drugs effect each of differently and that this drug could possibly be a solution for you. As a result of a divorce & ending of a 13 year relationship I began having severe panic attacks. I was contemplating suicide daily and put myself in positions where I was hoping/inticing negative outcome (I was a Police Officer at the time). I turned to my Doctor and shared with him my thoughts..after trying 3 different meds he put me on Prozac which completely eliminated my attacks and gave me a general better outlook on life and living. I must admit, as a added bonus it gave me 95% complete control of my orgasms, which has been nice through the years. As a youth I was very tempermental and hot headed at times, Prozac took all this away and made me deal with things much more clear headed. I have been on Prozac for 12 years now and I am certain I would probably be in jail or dead had it not been for this dru | M | 37 | 12 years | 2/5/2007 | 4 | Situational Depression | Yes, I DID receive relief from my depression, however, I felt lazy more often. In addition, Prozac seemed to make me feel less empathetic. | I noticed my shopping habits changed and I was shocked! I believe normally I fall into the category of compulsive shopper, however, for the year I was on Prozac for depression, I paid off bills and did not shop anywhere near as much!! | F | 52 | 1 years | 2/5/2007 | 1 | For constant severe head pain | Constant thoughts of suicide, hallucinated my own suicide over and over all day, and in nightmares all night long. I was listless, unable to interact with anyone---I would see people talking and wonder how they knew what to say to each other, and I am normally an extrovert with tons of friends. When I reported these side affects to my drs, they increased the dosage, kept telling me it would help my pain. I had sexual dysfunction, breast tenderness, and experienced two episodes of serotonin syndrome on this med. | This is a dangerous med in so many ways. The new reports of side affects are just the tip of the iceberg. The FDA finally put warnings on the drug for children, but despite signing petitions that over 500,000 others signed about the dangers of prozac to adults, the FDA refuses to listen to us. | F | 58 | 6 months | 2/4/2007 | 4 | Depression/PTSD | Mild: flatuence, needed sleep aide, some nightsweats; but went off due to EXTREME WEIGHTLOSS (dropped 21 pounds and was very underweight!) and short-term MEMORY PROBLEMS--like ADD, couldn't multitask, lose train of thought, etc. Though great for motivation and anti-depressant--high dose could hype me up, hypomania. | Coffee probably as good--or better? | F | 39 | 5 months | 1/28/2007 | 5 | anxiety, panic,mild depres,ppd | emergency room visit,hot feeling in brain, burning in chest, headache, hallucinations, numb fingers and legs, shaking uncontrollably, thoughts of suicide,thought I was dying,felt like a really bad trip,zombie,drowsy at first then insomnia it's interesting to see how simalar LSD and serotonin molecules are formed | I listed this as a 5 so it would go to the top of the list. For me this was the worst poison to put into my body. I used to take paxil for 4yr. quit when I got preg. tried again(racing thoughts)5days tried effexor xr(shaky worse anxiety)5days then off to prozac yuck | F | 27 | 8 days | 1/15/2007 | 5 | bulimia | nausea, mild tremor, insomnia, night sweating | Am currently on 40 mg and my bulimic behaviors have DRAMATICALLY decreased. I am happier than I've been in a very long time. I have gained some weight, but likely not due to the drug, but rather due to the fact that I am no longer purging meals. I really do not like the night sweating though. Sometimes it can be pretty bad. | F | 29 | 2 months | 1/11/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | increased anxiety initially, borderline panic, mild in[para]somnia, listlessness and lethargy. Sometimes I still feel like the prozac still gives me anxiety, but I'm not too sure as to whether it's a decreased form of residual anxiety that will dissipate as the dosage is increased, or if it's caused by the stimulating effect of prozac itself. | I've taken this medication when for 6 years from when I was 12 til I was 18 and worked great. I stopped it and within a year my depression began to take hold. This time around, I feel as though my depression is somewhat different, the prozac has taken the edge off my depression and anxiety but it hasnt cured my like it has before. I may need to increase the dosage and augment it with a medication that inhibits the reuptake of Dopamine and Norepinephrine such as Wellbutrin (which I have actually began today). As of now, i've been on 40MG daily for the past 2 months. Averaged out, I feel about 60% better than I was at my worst, 80-90% better on my good days, only 30-40% better on my bad days. My trend of depression is rather odd and close to that of "double depression". I'll usually feel fine for a few days and almost forget i have depression, then i'll fall back into depression for the next few days. The prozac hasnt worked as well as it has before. But considering that my hor | M | 20 | 4 months | 1/4/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | increased anxiety initially, borderline panic, mild in[para]somnia, listlessness and lethargy. Sometimes I still feel like the prozac still gives me anxiety, but I'm not too sure as to whether it's a decreased form of residual anxiety that will dissipate as the dosage is increased, or if it's caused by the stimulating effect of prozac itself. | [continued]But considering that my hormones and body structure is slightly different now than they were during my early adolescence, I feel it's most logical to slightly alter the treatment to get the full effect that I once had, I still have faith in prozac :) I'm still going to rate Prozac a 5 for this and the fact that it saved my life. | M | 20 | 4 months | 1/4/2007 | 5 | depression, ocd, panic | WEIGHT LOSS (which i didn't like, as i am already skinny), sweating at night, vivid dreams, poor sleeping, and itchy skin. | I began taking 5mg and slowly increased the dosage to 20mg over a period of 60 days. I truly feel prozac is a drug one should begin slowly, as there is no "one" dosage for everyone. I truly feel starting with a low dose is one of the main reasons why i barely suffered any "negative" side effects! I have now been on Prozac for 5 months and have never been happier in my entire life!!!! I have a theory that part of the reason this drug worked so well is because i do not drink, smoke, do illegal drugs, and was not taking any other over the counter drug or prescription drug at the same time as starting prozac. I began taking birth control last month and BAM, i began to feel like crap. Whether due to mixing the two or the birth control, my point is, certain negative "side effects" people may think is being causes by the prozac could be coming from something else they are taking, or poor health habits in general! | F | 27 | 5 months | 1/2/2007 |