Fluoxetine (Prozac), anyone?

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During the 6 weeks I took prozac for my depression, I had very negative side effects. The worst one was a very strong impulse towards suicidal thoughts. It was a very unpleasant experience.

I was forced to take that as a kid because I needed something to "help me slow down and think before I acted" the stupid shrink who gave it to me refused to hear me out about the constant bullying I was going through and she basicaly said it was my fault. The prozac didn't "help me slow down and think before I acted". It gave me horrible headaches and I think it made me even more paranoid than I already was.

I was on it for little while, did nothing for me and had side effects. If anything it made me have more negative thoughts.

No thanks, I'm already on Effexor.

I'm taking that now. It's still hard to say if it's working or not, since I've been faced with a lot of stress this year anyway.

i HATE antidepressants. the first one i used was for smoke cessation actually, welbutrin, which is sometime prescribed for this. It made me feel so anxious and not right. i dont know how else to explain it, but i just felt like something was always wrong, i didn't feel emotionally comfortable. I have also tried prozac, and effexor, just for kicks. I cannot stand the way they make me feel.
I guess if the way I feel when I take antidepressant drugs, is the way people who need them feel without them, it definitely helps me understand depression could really be debilitating. Because i couldn't stand that feeling for the short period i was under it influence, and i knew it was because what i had taken. If I felt like that everyday, not knowing why, it would be horrible.

I am on Mirtazapine and have been on it for 10 years, but I think I am having problems with side effects from it. I tried to wean off it recently for a brief time, had bad withdrawal symptoms (electric shock sensations, painful skin etc) and went back up to the normal 30mg dose I was on.

Whilst I was weaning off and before withdrawal set in I noticed that the mood swings I had been prone to stabilised, whereas before my emotions were swinging around all over the place from despair to anger to sometimes feeling slightly high.

On returning to the 30mg dose, within 2 weeks not only had the mood swings returned but they were worse than ever! I actually felt high as a kite at one point, so in the last few days I have tried dropping the dose again and have gone down to 15 mgs to see if that is any better. I will trial run it and see, but I think my drs either need to get me off this tablet in a way that does not give me bad withdrawal symptoms or put me on something that doesn't cause my emotions to spin out of control.

The more intense my emotions, the more meltdowns I get because I just can't deal with them when they are that intense and constantly pummelling me.

I also feel horribly spaced out and my cognitive function is running even more slowly in some ways because the tablet has a sedative effect that just zones me out! It is like being stoned all the time (not that I take any drugs other than prescribed medications but I did try cannabis once when I was 17. I didn't like it but I can remember what it felt like...in a way it feels like I feel now...spaced out).

I have had a bad time with antidepressants as well. Most of them give me such bad side effects (and in some cases an allergic reaction) that I cannot tolerate them.

The one I take now and have been on for many years does not give me too many physical symptoms but I do feel like I am living on planet zog on it. Spacey and sluggish and constantly hungry! And overly emotional on higher doses.

Mirtazapine has been called the legal cannabis in some circles as, at certain doses, it has similar effects. Spaces you out and gives you the munchies! At other doses it is more of an antidepressant, but those doses are too strong for me.

I do not use cannabis, but apparently, I have read some peoples reports that say that if you smoke cannabis whilst on mirtazapine it has the same effect as drugs like LSD and can give you hallucinations.

I have never tested it as having hallucinations would freak me out...but some people seem to like that kind of thing lol. Personally, if I started seeing things that were not there I would have a panic attack!

Have been on Prozac since August. They recently upped my dose. I am confused because I had an emergency refill when i was out of town and they doubled my dosage...THEN when I talked to doc about it she sez I was always on that amount..I need to find an empty bottle or pharmacy receipt to prove to myself that I was indeed previously on 10 mg.

It helps with stuff..I have far fewer meltdowns, my executive dysfunction still stinks..i still have very bad pms depression..but when I started the prozac I was crying all the time and feeling very hateful of myself. My relationship issues trouble me less, but it is because I am less hard on myself about certain things and I don't know whether or not that is very good. I don't feel very good about myself but I am not experiencing outright self hatred as I was before. I had a flareup last night, but I am edging towards that time o month...lala....
I have been struggling with adderall withdrawl...mostly due to the shortage. I am stll very messy and all over the place, but I think prozac helps a little with my executive dysfunction..been having to take diet pills so that I am not a goopy groggy mess...

I tried it for a bit but it was changed because it didn't seem to help anything. I cant remember what specific problems I had on it because I was on other psych meds at the time; I'm guessing the side-effects I had on it weren't worse than general side-effects of typical psych meds sense I don't remember any major problems. I didn't start feeling better till I started weaning myself off all the meds thou

i've been on fluoxetine for years (3 or 4 maybe) just because sertraline didn't help with (what is the word for eating too much just for anxiety and not for being hungry?) anymore. It works for me.

Wow. On 40mg here for some time! The only negative effect is some tiredness, but the new motivation helps to balance that. I have actually written and published two ebooks in the last year, something which I had planned to do for a long time. It also helped me get out of the rut of certain obligations that were taking up my creative time.

This is about the fourth medication I've tried (even started this one at 10, then 20mg), and finally found the kind and dose that works for me.

I feel bad for those who have severe negative effects, but you might have to try several variations in order to get something that works for you.

I am back on my Adderall Prozac combo..so I feel balanced again. Prozac alone made me feel really stinking tired all the time, though having less meltdowns is nice.....and running completely out of Adderall was quite uncomfortable unfortunately. I was taking tons of supplements to try to compensate, but I was sooo listless and scattered. I was finally able to take an adderall again today and so now I no longer feel like dirt (i know peeps will expound upon how bad adderall is, but I am useless without it and barely useful with it. I take Adderall, prozac and valium. I squeak by.

That is wrong to punish a child drugging them for how others misbehave towards you.

I tried anti-depressants. I was having a night of non-stop crying and thoughts of suicide. Then I started thinking about revenge schemes and actually planning on doing them. Then I got myself off of them.

Tried risperdal. Tired, drained, zombie, constantly thirsty and hungry. Got off of it.

Tried ritalin when I was younger. Felt like I was on speed but it did make me study even more than I already study. That was cool but got off of it as it made my already fast heartbeat even faster and it was hard to sleep.

When I am depressed. I don't communicate my feelings. I try not to cry in front of people. Bear hugs make me feel better. If nobody is around, giving a bear hug to a pillow helps or petting an animal.

I have been on it for about 3 months now, its been helping, but im not quite where the psycholigist wants me to be. The only side effect ive had is that for 3 days after my dosage goes up i will be REALLY hyperactive and enthusiastic about everything to a mad degree, to the point where i was really excited about doing homework...

prescriptions are demons that control your body's molecules like 3D tempestchess pieces into doing bad things.... natural herbs are angels that assist your body's molecules like 3D tempestchess pieces into good things....