Prozac side effects

I have tried every anti-depressant on the market.None has worked for me. I know it sounds strange but it's true. I always have to get back on Prozac. Every medication I'm on causes side effects so I wouldn't know which 1 was causing symptoms of side effects.

I have an anxiety attacks, I scream I yell and I can not stop myself. And it affects my family badly. I just can not shout my mouth, screaming and saying BAD words, can not control myself. PROZAK HELPS me a LOT, I am taking 20 mg. I sleep better. And most important peace in my family. The only side effect I did gain weight around 8-6 pounds but it will go away.
I tried Lexapro before, did not kike it 5 out of 5.

I have been on Prozac 20 mg for 2 full months now. During the first few weeks I had a loss of appetite and some mild nausea. Having a few crackers would nip that in the bud. It wasn't a big deal at all. Both symptoms have ceased now. I feel happy and energetic. I think it's a great medication.. I was prescribed this med due to depression caused by my method of birth control. It's been very successful for me...

I was on Prozac for 6 years..during which my husband was dieing.
Four years before and 2 years after. He was on oxygen for 4 years during which I took care of him, kids, and worked full time.With in 3 days of first taking it I stopped crying. It did help me cope with everything. I didn't bring work home with me which was good as I am in a very stressful job.
The problem I found taking it was I had no emotions which I guess was a good thing at that time of my life. I was never happy, sad, never felt intense love, basically numb. I also was tired during day hours when I took it in the morning, so I took it before I went to bed.
Years after he passed I wanted to start a relationship but I had no interest in Sex. Which is not a good thing when getting into a relationship. I was told by my doctor that is included as a side effect for Prozac.
The doctor put me on Wellbutrin to see if that was any better, as I'm told you feel more like yourself. I do have emotions now, which after all those years of not having any, I had to learn how to deal with emotions.
When going off of Prozac I did notice a slight change in sexual desire. But anything helps.
I got married 2 years ago and now I'm dealing with the menopause symptoms. If its not one thing its another.

From reading the other posts, it's obvious to me that this drug is not for everyone. I personally have had nothing but good results from this drug. I've been on Prozac for about two and a half months and I feel better than I've felt in years. My anxiety attacks while driving in the car are gone. I don't let little things freak me out anymore. So many other things have changed for me since I've been taking Prozac. It took a while to take full effect (about 6 weeks) but now that it's working, I would never go without it again.
I have no side effects to speak of as of this time.

I just started today 12-20 2007 I slept most of the day I have been depressed But I have no reason I am blessed in many ways . I will keep journal for this site and update my experience often feel free to contact me . that is all my effects so far.

10 days on and no reaction

good for lifting mood but can also cause headache and stiffness in the neck also restless legs and tingling and burning sensation in limbs but does lift mood substantially

10mg made me feel high. It helped with my depression and my ocd. I thought maybe an higher dose would help me feel even more better, it just made me feel like not interested in anything anymore, don't care about anything anymore, complain alot, and feel like wanna hurt people. I think it is not really a good drug for people who have bipolar disorder. I think the lower the dose the better you will be but this doesn't apply to everyone.

i been on prozac 10mg and i felt really good but i felt that i wanna to hurt someone even people i didn't know. I also started to drink more than i use to, i got more thirsty than before. Well i got tooken off of it because the doctor believed it caused me to hurt all those people that i hurted. After four months i got back on it because it made me feel hyper and i like it, well i got put back on it but this time it was 20mg and i still wanted to hurt people and i was still thirsty. Later i got put on 40mg and i am obsessively thirsty and i drink about really 2 gallons a day and i spend all of my money on drinks and that is all i want to do and i am tired of it. I still have a moment where i want to hit someone but i really don't want to. I think 10mg was the best mg because i felt really good and 20mg just made me feel good but not really hyper and outgoing.

I hav ebeen taking Prozac now about a month, and for a few days now, my hands and feet have started to itch like crazy, I don't know for sure yet if it is the meds, but when I take it tomorrow and it makes me itch I am going to stop taking it. It only seems to bother me in the mornings, I know sulfer makes me break out in hives, I'm wondering if this drug has sulfer in it. just my hands and feet itch.

I have been on prozac for over a year and i feel good.... I LOVE THIS DRUG nfg;odfzkjgoljrkmnerfvuineriugnm4o.erijfvoimoerkgnviknvionmglkrejmgvoimoltjnkbrltsmbvolrmfvbl,fdmbvpotrmboijmrtoklmvfdmbp;ltrkmbkpotrikmbpotrhmbprlg,mb;lgm,pr;tkmb,poykrm;lb,v;b,lrhmopknmrgojnbotrjpo,rfg[l,efv;l,b;trljmhpiojgmrklvm.,mbpreokglr.,gp[kre[gl,;.v,l/ervfd

I live in iran, I am 28 years single,
when I was student at 25years old I started to use fluxetine, if I didn't have started fluxetine I did bad sexual treatment than could have punishment like killing in an islamic countries like iran. Fluxetine saved and are saving my life in iran, because it disable my sexual desire,activity that could hirt anyone else.

my po put me on 2rd floor 4 cutting myself i don't wish 2 die i guess its just my way of claining myself down they put me on Fluoxetine 20mg n it really just makes me feel funny i can't sleep @ all n my back hurts so bad n i sumthimes can't see right its not really helpin!!!

I was put on Prozac in 1998 for a life-threatening bout with major depression. I also was diagnosed with panic disorder. Before Prozac, my dr. had tried Paxil (terrible dizziness), then imipramine (hallucinations). Prozac was the 3rd and final drug tried, and I am so glad it exists. All my life I felt like I was living in some terrible shadow. On Prozac, my life has become much better. I must add that the Prozac was in conjunction with a year and a half of seeing a psychologist. I do not recommend that ANYONE go on an antidepressant without conjunctive therapy. I am still on a 20mg/day dosage of Prozac because I battle with depressive episodes now and then. Although the terrible shadow still floats around out there, I don't feel oppressed by it any more. I know there are many bad things said about Prozac, but my experiences with it are positive.

My experience with Prozac has been for a period of 7 months . It took at least a month to feel the effects. It has helped me tremendously I had obsessive compulsive thoughts before and I was diagnosed as clinically depressed. As my therapist once told me people confuse sadness for depression for example "I broke up with my boyfriend I am depressed" This is not so you are sad yes but depressed no. Depression seems to be an overused word and in that case people who think they should be on this drug don't really need to be on it and thats why it has no effect on them at all. Those people need to let time do its work on you.
As for those of us who really do have depression in a very serious way a chemical imbalance yes it does help. And for those of you debating will I gain weight or won't I this should not really be an issue of why you shouldn't take Prozac. Is peace of mind not the best choice. I am very happy with Prozac yes I do have the side effect of less sex drive but I am willing to continue with this path because I feel great emotionally and the Obsessive compulsive thoughts have disappeared. And before I couldn't sleep much with everything running through my head all the time. Now I sleep like a baby.

I just started taking prozac this week for anger.Well the second day on it my body went numb and my anger got real bad.Just little things made me go off. As in the other woman above I dont hit women. But one night my wife and I got into a little fight and before I knew what was going on I grabed her by the throat. I scared the HELL out of me and her.Is there another med that i can take that will control my anger other than Prozac?

i have been taking prozac for three days and want to know if the numbness will go away? its like pins and needles in my arm is this normal? only on my left arm

i have started taking prozac its only been three days and i am having numbness through my arm like pins and needles ut pretty constant, is this normal and will it go away?

I started taking prozac 1 year ago and every thing seemed to be ok then it didn't really do anything after that,so the DR. up the dose from 10 to 20 and then I started noticing that my hair was coming out in patches I really looked like a dog that had the mange, I am really serious, this is no joke people stayed away from me cause they thought that I had a bad disease and they did not want to catch it and I could not figure out what was making me loose my hair nor could the DR.so I visited some web sites to see some of the side effects from prozac and there it was hair loss so I stopped taking it and now my hair is finally growing back but it is snow white and I have brown hair, looks like some one put bleach on my head only in spots hope every one has better luck with their prozac than I did now I am in anger managment classes it doesn't cure all my problems but I just started shaving my head and trying to get a new attitude they tried to make me feel better by telling me that bald men are sexy I don't know about all that but I just want my hair back and guess what IIIIII HAVEEEEEE HAIRRRRRRR NOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks bountyhunter

it all most got me killed

I had a bad case of depression and was perscribed prozac to help. It made me feel worthless and cut myself Is it normal fro these feelings?

I was prescribed Fluoxetine for my PMS. I started at 20 mgs and I had horrible stomache aches and couldn't sleep. Then, they put me on 10 mgs, and the stomache ache stopped but I have absolutely no sex drive and I'm tired all the time. I have gained steadily in spite of doing aerobics every day and eating small meals. I can't seem to lose weight. I was 118 lbs when I started taking Fluoxetine, now I'm 131 lbs! I'm quitting today to see if it makes a difference. When I get my period, I'm still nervous and can't sleep, so I don't think it's doing it's job in helping me. I also have a lot of trouble concentraiting and am forgetting important appointments for my daughter. I feel like I have alzheimers and I'm only 40!

MY wife is taking Prozac. She is on her period. She is

wondering if PROZAC causes drowsiness or not. She says

everytime she takes it even when she is not on her

period, she feels drowsy. She is taking 20mg's of it.

She is wondering if it is offered in a lowered miligram?

i was on prozac about 7 mths my doctor took me off of it cuz of rapid wieght gain but mentally and emotionally it helped more than nething that ive been on except addearal which my doctor wont put me on cuz its a stimulant

My husband took prozac for about 1 1/2 yrs. He yelled & complained constantly, never wanted to do anything...Prozac made him a monster!!!
He never believed in a man hurting a woman, he was raised to treat women with respect." MEN DON''T HIT WOMEN...COWARDS DO!" And he truley does believe it! One night while I was making dinner, he was yelling like usual and I said "I don't need this, I'm going to Meloni's for awhile". The next thing I new he had me by the throat and was choking the life out of me...I couldn't get away!!! Then all of a sudden he let me go!
DO NOT LET ANYONE YOU CARE ABOUT TAKE THIS MEDICATION! IT CAN DESTROY THEM AND YOU. THEY BECOME UNPREDICTABLE AND VIOLENT!!!
STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest #9876..whatever you take; I Pray someone regulates your dosage! Please talk to your doctor and communicate with anyone that will help you!
I just started Prozac today after being on Serzone for 10 years (and I liked Serzone, but a lot of people with liver problems and I'm scared of that happening with me) and am very nervous about the side effects I am reading in these testimonies...especially the weight gain as I am trying to lose 50 pounds! Is there anything good going on with people on this drug? Has anyone taken AMORYN and been successful?

I was on Prozac twice. Both times was because i was depressed, and prozac just made it worse. The first time my brother and I got into a fight and i swallowed the whole bottle of my pills. They didnt really think anything of it..so they put me back on it, and then my mom and I got into a fight and i swallowed my whole bottle again. Both times I had to get my stomache pumped and almost got sent to a mental hospital. They wanted to put me back on it a third time but my parents wouldnt let me. So be careful. If you have thought about hurting yourself in any way while you are on prozac stop taking them, or talk to a doctor*!

I use Prozac as a preventive for my monthly cycle of terrible migraines - it has been a life saver for me !

However at one point my doses got messed up and I am now on 40 mg instead of the previous 20 mg and hate the difference in how I feel. Since being on the 40 mg I am very tired, sleeping 10 - 12 hours a day, cranky and depressed - now that we know there was a mess up I will be going back to my 20 mg a day dosage - which works wonders for my migraines and has a nice "side effect" of making me a nicer person too lol ;)

I don't find that it really helps with the nervousness, but I have gained around 15 pounds, which is a very good thing because Iwas very skinny. I am just wondering if this medicine can be mixed with another to take away the nervousness I still have.

I went on prozac for the first time when I was 22. It was just after I'd finished doing a degree in Japanese at University and it was just too hard for me and I ended up burning out a little. Looking back I don't think I was ever overly depressed - I just needed a little understanding and support, but I didn't really have much emotional support around me at that time in my life, so taking a drug seemed to be the answer.....or was it?
I gained 20 kilos. It took me a whole year to lose it after i stopped taking the prozac. To anyone who says that on prozac you don't gain weight, you lose it - what rubbish!! How do I know? I took prozac again when I was 25 - as a result of a broken relationship and I gained about 15 kilos the second time around. This time, it's taken me 3 years to lose the weight!! So, I know for a fact that prozac causes weight gain. Nobody can tell me that both times were coincidental or as a result of the depression itself, it happened only when I went on prozac - not when I was just depressed. I will never take it again and instead of feeling depressed when things go wrong in my life, I exercise. It's been one of the only things that has truly put me on a 'high' naturally. It's great. I would take it any day over prozac. Sure, prozac made me feel high, but it never felt natural to me. And I was unnaturally overweight on prozac as well. I'm now nearly 30 and can honestly say that the only times in my life when I've been overweight was when I was on prozac.

Like some of you I did experience extream irritability and very hateful thoughts. This happened within a week of starting prozac. It was not until later that I found out that people with Bipolar disorder should never be put on prozac it can make them very volitile and often often results in them thinking about and taking action on violent behavior. If you have this side effect weather you are diagnosed Bipolar or not stop the medication at once and contact your physician. I have always found that using a psychiatrist who specializes in medication to balance out the chemicals in the brain to be more succesful.

I wake up in the middle of the night, every night (even though I take it in the morning) but for the most part I am able to go back to sleep. Also, I have slight hair loss. I'm on 40mgs.

just started taking prozac and it has not helped me at all yet. i have only been on it for two weeks, will let you know if any strange side affects.

Does anyone know if prozac can cause itching just to one certain part of your body? Since I have been on it I have itching on my shoulders every night and periodically throughout the day. I also have gained about 10 pounds. I am very new to taking prozac and any input back on this drug would be of tremendous help to me. than you

When i was younger and inexperienced about this drug i thought it was a bad thing,after experiencing the drug i would recommend prozac to anyone.as far as side effects,any drug u take will have its bad points. I also believe it depends on the individual taking the drug.I call prozac a happy drug.it gets rid of the bad thoughts depression and all that stuff,if it doesn't then u need a stronger dose.and then again it could be another drug you are taking that is giving u the bad effects.I have been on several meds in my life.u name it I have taken it and probably all at the same time.I have been off meds now for almost 5 years.I had to in order to save me.prozac doesnt cause weight gain..it decreases it.If I was to take any kind of meds i would take this drug. as i said before I would highly recommend it to anyone.thank you

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I have been on Prozac for 15 years, since 1989. I started on 20 mg; after a few years, 30 mg; after a few more years, 40 mg. It has saved my life; I was suicidal. I hear a lot of bad press about Prozac. That has not been my experience. The only side effect I had was when I went to 40 mg. Delayed ejaculation. (Which really wasn't a bad problem to have.) No side effects now. I think it is a very effective drug for depression.

i have been on prozac for five years. it helps as far as depression goes,but my problems now are weight gain,hatefull feeling and do not care about alot of things that use to bother me.so iguess that is the best part. i do feel that it has done wanders though it soundslike it has not.i personally would not go off it .i really am better because of it.i was angry all the time,also hide inside myself and did absolutely nothing. please try it if u have some symtoms.3622 asked if any was on zanax yes it also helps tremendously.

Prozac has made me one uncaring person. I became very hateful, and paranoid. I have major deppression, and panic disorder,and Prozac didn't help! Had to quit it!

gained weight i have been on it for about eight years now has done little to help my depression, made me apathetic

I wanted Przacto help with the anxiety and I am on xanax also does anyoen tkae those two together. the Prozac is kiilling my compulsiveness. Is this a good thing? I guess it is since I Nd to lose some wt.

Have tried many anti depressants and Prozac is the only one that has worked for me. I have Manic Depression and have been living in hell..until now.

Can anyone tell me if Prozac is good for nausea when your pregnant I have terrible motion sickness all day long can anyone out their tell me what I can do for this.

high as a kite!

I was on Prozac for five months. After stopping it, my weight doubled. Fifteen years later I am still morbidly obese.

NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had incredible itching from Prozac. I was on it for about 3 months. I literally left scares from the cratching. It was not an allergic reation, I had no bumps or redness. I had sleplessness. I would be lucky to get 4 hours of sleep at night. Porzac was a nightmare!

My dream med for depression. No side effects exept for lack of sexual desire. :-(

I AM STILL VERY DEPRESSED AND HATEFUL AT TIMES

I haven't been on prozac yet, but soon I will. I overeat, and gain very easily. Should I get on Prozac?