Prozac and depression

I have had absolutely NO SIDE EFFECTS from Prozac, it's been a life saver for me! I have taken it for 4 years now, currently 50 mg. I have very bad anxiety and some depression, and it has worked wonders for my anxiety. No weight gain (if anything I've lost weight) about the only thing I noticed at first was I had a harder time falling asleep, but that went away. It may not work for everyone, but I have been on many different meds (Effexor, Paxil, Clomipramine, Xanax) and nothing works without side effects like Prozac.

I have found that Prozac is an amazing medication with the one exception of very verbal, loud tics. I make an uncontrollable noise and my body jerks. It is strange but I have become accustomed to them actually. Now they only appear in times of sever stress. Other than that Prozac certainly helped me treat and defeat my depression. I was on it for a little under two years whilst undergoing psychotherapy.

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...

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.

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 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 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.

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

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.

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

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