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 | chronic depression, SADD | dry mouth, loss of appetite, vivid dreams, went from needing to sleep under 3 blankets in the summer to just a sheet in January. The increased sense of heat seemed to be causing any insomnia. As soon as I was cooler I slept better. Mild mania for the first 4-5 months, actually helpful since I had been sleeping so much | helped very much, has enabled me to keep a full-time job. In the first year I was thrilled to drop 10 pounds, be able to concentrate and think a complete thought, and have a life where I was awake during the day instead of hiding in bed. Seems to lose effectiveness eventually. Combined with Wellbutrin extended release about 4 years ago and saw definite improvement, especially during winter. Now has lost effectiveness again so am trying Cymbalta. | F | 47 | 15 years | 5/13/2006 | 1 | clinical depression | feeling weird, can't study, no sex drive, which did come back even when I stopped taking this medicine, not recomending anyone | I advice people go to this webcite www.neurorelief.com/newsletterarchive.php?issue=408 and see what TAAT can do. | F | 19 | 3 months | 5/13/2006 | 2 | depression | loss of sexual interest/ability, weight gain, night sweats, uncontrollable yawning, fatigue | Only sexual side effects occured right away. Others not until much later. | F | 40 | 4 years | 5/5/2006 | 4 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome, anxiety | Very, very tired in the beginning; feeling very lazy; voracious and ravenous appetite (which I needed); absolute, total, and complete loss of libido (which I just didn't need) | Beginning with 20mg of fluoxetine (the generic) I felt the calming effect of this medicine immediately but I also felt too tired to do anything. Still, it was the ONLY thing that helped with IBS pains and the related anxiety that had left me emaciated and skeletal. The most positive thing was that I was able to put on some weight--which for me is a real feat!!! Nonetheless, the med seemed to lose its potency over a very short period of time and I had to increase the dosage to 30mg within 1 week. Moreover, even after stopping the 1-month-long treatment over a month ago, my libido is still waaaaay downhill and I'm getting worried that I may never get back to the pre-Fluoxetine me!!! It helped when I needed it, but I hope I NEVER have to use it again. It's really like having to choose between the rock and the hard place!! | F | 41 | 1 months | 5/4/2006 | 5 | Depression | Very few, mainly reduced libido and sweating. | Has kept me sane for over 8 years and I have been depression free and happy for ages. Gives me energy, motivation and drive. Best AD for me as I don't tolerate any of the sedating AD's. | F | 35 | 8 years | 4/30/2006 | 5 | Bipolar I & General Depression | Lack of Libido (sexual desire), slow or no orgasm. Mania (when not being managed by a mood stabilizer): spending sprees, obsessive behavior, paranoia, compulsive behavior, insomnia/not feeling sleepy, addictive behavior, etc. | Aside from the sexual side effects, I love Prozac. It makes me feel much better and I would be very happy taking it along with my mood stabilizer the rest of my life. However, the sexual side effects has forced my Dr and I to look for an alternative. If none can be found, I will need to go back on Prozac. HOWEVER, I have been taking and continue to take the following Vitamin/Herbal suppliment: "Steel Libido" by Irwin Naturals (irwinnaturals.com). This has enabled me to -->have an orgasm on Prozac!<-- it hasn't increased my libido (but I am taking a low dose of it) but when I do have sex with my husband it is FUN again! If you're on Prozac and love it, but are desparing about the sexual side effects, please invest in a container of this suppliment. It has "Horny Goat Weed" in it, as well as other herbals that are supposed to help with SSRIs like Prozac. It is safe and effective and you may find you have an even stronger reaction to it than I. It is availab | F | 36 | 1.5 years | 4/22/2006 | 5 | OCD | In the beginning maybe a little bit of nervousness, queasy in my stomach, etc, but nothing major. For a while I never seemed to be able to cry anymore (before I would cry over minor things, almost embarrassing). Ummm... I think it makes me bleed faster, I tend to get bruises now when I take aspirin so I try not to take aspirin. I think I sleep more now, but I am not sure if that is related. No weight gain. | It started working for me quite fast, after about a week or so. It really kind of cleared my mind from all the scary obsessive thoughts I had had. I realized I could look outside a window again (e.g. in a car or on the bus) and not see things to obsess about everywhere. It worked miracles for my OCD and in the beginning it also worked for some premenstrual type symptoms I used to have. I didn't even notice my period coming on anymore. But after a few years (or maybe because I went down with the dose) that "good side effect" stopped again. | F | 31 | 5 years | 4/19/2006 | 4 | profound depression; social anxiety | my creative drive has dropped tremendously and this is frightening because my career is creative. feeling things keenly was my superpower before, and now i've lost it. i just feel lazy about work now, but work was my drug of choice before prozac. sketchy memory. | no doubt about it - prozac is the reason i can get out of bed in the morning. it took 4 or 5 months to really kick in and i felt great when it did. i had a surge in my confidence and was incredibly clear and focused. i was no longer terrified to be in a room full of people. now i feel a bit fuzzy around the edges. i'm having a hard time seeing projects through and taking anything seriously. such a catch 22... without prozac i'd be a miserable workaholic, with prozac i'm happy but unemployable. | F | 33 | 18 months | 4/19/2006 | 4 | anxiety | not much. delayed orgasm. some apathy. | M | 49 | 1 days | 4/16/2006 | 5 | PMDD, Depression | Tired all the time. All I want to do is sleep. No energy whatsoever. Dry mouth. Occasional hot flashes. | No doubt that the Prozac helped my PMDD and depression. Before taking it, I was angry all the time and even felt homicidal. Now I don't get so worked up about things. I seriously believe I would harm someone if I wasn't on this drug. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 4/15/2006 | 5 | I suffer terrible depression. | Night sweats. Sometimes I can orgasm and sometimes I can't. I rarely ever cry any more, so different from the pre-Prozak days when I cried over everything!!! | Prozak has saved my life!!! When I began taking Prozak, I was very sick to my stomach, causing weight loss which was fine with me. Through the years, I have maintained my weight through dieting and exercise. I take Trazadone to be able to sleep. I went off of Prozak once to shut my husband and mother up. 3 mos. later I was in bed, fetal position, crying my eyes out. They begged me to go back on it and its worked ever since!!! Now I have my mother-in-law telling me that she read somewhere that Prozak is bad for my heart and liver, never heard about this before. I hope not, because I can't imagine going through life without Prozak. | F | 42 | 17 years | 4/11/2006 | 4 | Depression/anxiety/panic attacks | Night sweats | Prozac actually made me feel "better than well" for most of the time I was taking it - everything was rich and interesting, and I had loads of energy to burn. Unfortunately I developed psychosis after the breakdown of an important relationship, and there remain question marks surrounding the issue of whether or not Prozac was part of the problem. I would like to know for sure, because while I was taking it, I was happier than I'd ever been before | M | 25 | 18 months | 4/8/2006 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Insomnia, occasionally sore throat and flu like symptoms, sexual dysfunction | I've taken it off and on for about 15 years. I usually quit taking it because of weight gain over the long term. The longest period without it has been about 2 years I think, but the depression eventually returns (SAD as well) and when it becomes intolerable, I run for the Prozac. I've tried Paxil (Horrible!), Welbutrin (alone and with the Prozac - the combination is best), and a few others that I quit within a few weeks due to side effects that were much worse than with Prozac. The combination of my major depression and anxiety disorder cause me to have anger and irritablity problems as well as classic depression symptoms like lethary, brain fog, and lack of motivation. Within a week or two after I start taking it, Prozac makes me calmer, more relaxed, and better able to handle stress. It starts to relieve the depression symptoms at about 4 weeks. The sexual problems, inability to orgasm/reduced sex drive, seem to start in the first week, but usually improve after a few months in | F | 53 | 40 days | 4/5/2006 | 4 | Depression/eating issues | Weight loss, anxiety | I was really depressed when I first started taking Prozac and it worked for me really quickly. Within a couple days I felt like a new person, like I finally understood what optimistic people feel like. At the same time I was pretty hyper and when I took a Prozac and some allergy medication at the same time, my heart started beating so quickly I thought I might need to go to the hospital. But gradually the "high" and hyperness of the drug wore off. After a couple years it wasn't really cutting it and I was crying again at the drop of a hat, etc. Also I lost a lot of weight right away on the drug, but after a couple years I packed it back on then some. The problem with Prozac is that you have to keep uping the dose. It did help me immensely with sociaphobia and eating issues that I obsessed about. I went off the drug and things got worse, so my doctor recommended lexipro. It is supposed to be more efficient. I take less than the Prozac and so far it works pretty well. | F | 28 | 2 years | 3/31/2006 | 3 | | 3/31/2006 | 4 | Depression | Loss of libido, inability to achieve orgasm, muscle twitches, feeling emotionally flat, weight loss (but that may have been because it helped with the eating associated w/ my depression) | This was a good medicine for me, but after a while the loss of libido (of course at the time when I was finally in a relationship!) and feeling emotionally flat got to be really annoying. I'm on Wellbutrin right now but may see about combining them because the Wellbutrin doesn't really seem to work on its own. I did combine them for a while and that was pretty good, the Wellbutrin helped with the sexual side effects. | F | 20 | 18 months | 3/30/2006 | 5 | anxiety, low level depression | loss of libido and ability to climax, night sweats, body ticks when resting, hand tremors, wake up in middle of night with hot flashes and room spinning, lights flashing in my eyes, weight gain | great drug helped me alot however I had to go off of it because if stopped working, psychiatrist said this can happen, you can become tolerant to drug. Before prozak had menstral problem not regular, when on prozak became regualr (weird) | F | 40 | 2 years | 3/24/2006 | 3 | Depression | Some confusion at highest dosage (60 mg.); some erectile dysfunction and inability to ejaculate | Good drug - I'd still be on it but it stopped working after 6 weeks. I understand that happens with some people, but I got a very good quality of life with Prozac for those 6 weeks. I'm not cynical about it at all. | M | 57 | 6 weeks | 3/21/2006 | 1 | clinical depression, anxiety | no libido, weight gain, can't study (a college student), feeling this medicine in the brain, this drug is addictive!!! | I was depressed for 2 years, and I will tell you one thing: So often women are put on Paxil, Prozac or Zoloft to battle their depression, which could easily and naturally be resolved by treating yourself with natural PROGESTERONE CREAM and natural ESTROGEN cream (without the side effects of anti-depressants.) | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 3/21/2006 | 4 | PMDD, mood swings | Headaches, jitterness (leg shaking), difficulty achieving orgasm, improved deep sleep | Without Prozac, I hate who I am. I'm mean, unpredictable, moody, and say horrible things to the people I love. I've weaned myself off it several times, but keep coming back to it to save my marriage and to be a good mom. Prozac levels-out my moods, reduces the hairpin temper, helps me stay in control of myself, and helps me sleep much more deeply than before, when I used to wake up about 5 times per night. | F | 30 | 4 years | 3/17/2006 |