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 |
| 5 | PostPardum Depression | Nausiating to the point I feel like I'm pregnant, During the day I feel like I'm so sleepy, I have no appetite, at night I'm not tired but my body hurts all over especially my neck. Oh yeah and surprisingly I have increased libido. | I could tell a difference the 1st day, I wasn't over reacting about anything, I was calm. Then I felt like my old self after taking the med 2 days. I have been taking it on and off and it seems like when I don't take it I feel irritable and stressed out and when I do take it, I don't let anything bother me. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 8/5/2005 | 3 | | 8/3/2005 | 5 | Social Anxiety, Depression | Disturbing, extremely vivid dreams, some trouble sleeping. | Prozac is amazing. My entire life I've been shy, awkward, and horribly nervous in social situations. I was also pretty depressed. Now I'm happy almost 24/7 and I feel like a social butterfly. I actually enjoy life now, I highly recommend it. | F | 19 | 2 months | 7/30/2005 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Loss of libido and inability to achieve orgasm, shakiness, and pain, cramping, and weakness in legs. | I was only taking 10mg.daily, so I understand that between that and the short time I was on it that there would be little to no therapeutic effect. I feel that when I lose sexual desire and the ability to achieve orgasm (or have a very painful orgasm) that I lose a bigger part of myself than just sex. That's what ultimately led me to dump them, plus feeling like I was going away. A higher dose would have only made those effects worse. Something I felt the entire six years I was on Paxil - overweight, sexless, and dead inside. (Paxil is absolutely hell to get off of). This is my third and final SSRI experiment. The losses simply outway the benefits for me. | M | 44 | 19 days | 7/25/2005 | 5 | Depression; OCD; Anxiety | Some weight gain, dry mouth. | I say thank God for Eli Lilly! I suffered from depression that would keep me in bed for days; when i wasnt depressed I lived in fear of the depression returning. I've been on this drug since it was in research, stupidly deciding that I would try to go without it twice. That was ridiculous because my life began to fall apart and I began to self medicate with other drugs. Prozac has allowed me to cope with life and remain clean and sober for 11 years. If you don't like Prozac, don't take it. But please respect the fact that there are people who's lives and the lives of their families have been made whole and meaningful with this medicine. | F | 47 | 18 years | 7/22/2005 | 2 | DEPRESSION/ANXIETY | headaches,occasionally body aches, mild sore throat.... the first 2 weeks I did not feel that great... | side effects are going away, now on my 5th week, with the exception of the headaches. I do not think I feel much better on prozac. Started out with 10mg, increased to 20mg after one week...but it's been 5 weeks and I am discouraged and sad. | F | 34 | 5 weeks | 7/22/2005 | 4 | depression | weight gain and headaches tiredness | F | 41 | 180 days | 7/13/2005 | 5 | Severe depression | I sometimes feel nauseous ,shakey, but nothing that really bothers me. | Prozac has saved my life. I have had three major depressive episodes each resulting in hospitalisation, shock treatment etc and every antidepressant known to man-kind without relief. I was struggling to survive.I also had severe PMT. I have been happy and well since beginning on Prozac. I know I would have committed suicide if I had not recieved Prozac | F | 52 | 6 years | 7/8/2005 | 5 | Anxiety / minor depression | None whatsoever - perhaps a little mania, though I wouldn't really call it that. Overexcitement? But I was excited - I felt so much better that I couldn't avoid feeling excited, I suspect. | Worked almost instantly - within two days. I know they say it can take weeks but I think that's for major depression; certainly for anxiety it was almost immediate. | F | 37 | 3 days | 6/29/2005 | 5 | anxiety, OCD, postnatal depression | None physically. A bit of mania. | My spirits soared and the obsessive behaviour almost vanished. Wonderful. | F | 39 | | 6/29/2005 | 5 | anxiety, ocd, depression, worry | Legs twitching in bed, but almost cured through cranial sacral therapy. Am extremely tired most of the time, but prepared to put up with it as this is a small price to pay to become well. | Completely changed my life. Spent 20 years suffering, told I was possessed by demons, spent years in therapy, when a lot of the problem was chemical imbalance. I need the seratonin which prozac gives me. gave up 3 times - all resulting in terrible experiences. Prozac has saved my life - SUCK IT AND SEE! if it's not for you, that's fine. But if it is - it can save your life. Sure, I still have problems and get down and worried, but now I feel more whole and myself - can function better. My doctor said I need to take it for the rest of my life - just like a diabetic needs insulin. If you have the chance to try it, don't be scared. | F | 38 | 12 years | 6/15/2005 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression | 10 mg for 4 weeks - not much change. 20mg for just over 1 week and I felt great (besides wanting to sleep all the time) until yesterday. Now feel fuzzy headed and thoughts are | F | 50 | 6 weeks | 6/11/2005 | 1 | depression | Extreme excitability, made me manic,bad decisions, brash behavior, extreme craving for alcohol very, jittery, my hands would shake so hard for the 1st hour after taking my 20mg in the morning people would comment about it. Frequent blackouts, even small amounts of alcohol,night just gone from memory forever. I wasn't depressed though, I was freakin HIGH!!! After I went off the meds cold turkey as insurance expired I took a boxcutter and violently slashed both wrists and ingested high quantities of sleeping pills. Luckily I made it. | Don't take it anyone who would hand out something that dangerous so liberally obviously has no real concern for your wellbeing. I have to live with horrible scars now,I was never suicidal would never had done that before I took that crap! It made me a diferent person! | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/8/2005 | 5 | Clinical Depression | The beginning can be rough, dizziness and nausea. Takes about 2 weeks to adjust. Works wonders for depression in some. Did not gain weight. However everyone is different and will have different feedback. For some this drug is a miracle cure. | No two individuals are alike. But if this drug works for you it can certainly change your life for the better. | F | 40 | 10 years | 6/7/2005 | 5 | Depression | Depression gone! Unable to cry very often. Everything is ok, feelings of peacefulness. | I have been on this drug since I was 15. (1988) I have taken myself off of it just a few times and found that I become extremely suicidal. This is my miracle drug and for those of you who judge people who take prozac, bit me! I have been on this drug for 17 years. | F | 32 | 17 years | 5/29/2005 | 5 | Depression | Depression gone! Unable to cry very often. Everything is ok, feelings of peacefulness. Severe heartburn which is cured with Aciphex!!! | I have been on this drug since I was 15. (1988) I have taken myself off of it just a few times and found that I become extremely suicidal. This is my miracle drug and for those of you who judge people who take prozac, bit me! I have been on this drug for 17 years. | F | 32 | 17 years | 5/29/2005 | 2 | depression | Very bad headaches for a month. Lots of back of head headaches which subsided. Decrease in appetite -- which was wonderful. | First month the problem was headaches, the second month was wonderful. I felt totally normal and actually happy in the morings. Now, at the end of 3 months, Prozac feels like it's fizzled out. I'm pretty tired now, achy and am finding that my overeating has returned. | F | 51 | 4 months | 5/24/2005 | 3 | depression/anxiety | intial weight loss, followed by weight gain, increased anxiety | I started taking it to treat severe depression and anxiety. It took about 3 weeks to kick in, but I noticed that I was no longer hungry and was losing weight. My suicidal thoughts were gone. The anxiety was unaffected. I was thrilled with the initial reaction, but then I started gaining weight and evetually gained 20lbs due to the drug. I also lost all sexual desire. Dr. finally agreed time to go off the drug bc of the weight gain. | F | 24 | 1 years | 4/28/2005 | 1 | depression | i was numb, couldnt really control what i was doing...suicidal tendancies | F | 17 | 2 months | 4/25/2005 | 1 | Anxiety | hard time sleeping, weird dreams, reflux, diahreha. maybe these would have subsided if i continued to take it? | I decided not to go through with this drug because I already have a lack of sexual desire and I read this medicine makes it worse so I am just going to take xanax for whenever i have a bout of anxiety. | F | 24 | 7 days | 4/9/2005 |