|
Author
|
|
myself
Grand Magnate
Registered: July 2005
Posts: 3289
|
|
Review Date: Tue September 12, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
none that I experienced
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
too many for me
|
|
this drug is otherwise known as prozac. I recieved this drug back when it was first coming on the market and not much was known about it. I became even more unstable on it to the point where even now I have no memory of what I did while on it. All I do know is that I remember seeing colored blips in front of my eyes which turned out to be that all I did at work while on this medication was play donkey kong on the office computer. When I answered the phone during my time on duty at this college where I worked I basically in not so clean language told the caller I didn't work there and to leave me alone and never call again. I have also been told I was constantly experiencing hot flashes and cold flashes for I was either stripping my clothes in the college lounge or was taking everyone elses spare clothing because I was freezing.
I had a roommate at one point after I had been off it for a year and she experienced an increase in the need to burn herself with a glue gun and one night told me she was gonig to kill herself and was extremely serious and activated about it so I had to go to a neighbors house and call the police while another friend kept her on the phone.
I now know I have DID so looking at all this it tells me that if a person has DID and are put on this medication I highly recommend VERY close monitoring by the prescribing physician and the client being prescribed this medication should attend many med checks while starting on the medication so that if it cases more dissociative problems the medication can be adjusted or discontinued.
I am leaving the yes on for recommendation because one persons flop medication can be another persons miracle drug. So I don't feel its up to me to recommed or not a drug.
for me this drug was a disaster but I do have some friends that have had good luck with it.
|
|
|
|
jennie
Grand Poohbah
Registered: December 2002
Location: DC metro area
Posts: 1943
|
|
Review Date: Wed September 13, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
migraines
|
|
After having difficulties with another SSRI, my psychiatrist switched me to this medication. I had to stop this med because it caused debiliating migraines which prevented me from working my job for a week.
|
|
|
|
|
eskielover
Magnate
Registered: October 2004
Location: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, USA
Posts: 2661
|
|
Review Date: Thu September 14, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 2
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
anxiety attacks worse, increased depression, loss of appetite, suicidal
|
|
fluoxetine goes also under brand name of prozac. The use of this as prozac pushed my weight loss to a dangerously low level which required medical treatment. It also caused my anxiety & depression levels to increase & even ended I reaulted in having several suicidal attempts during its use.
|
|
|
|
|
darkeyes
Moderator
Community Support Team
Registered: May 2001
Location: US
Posts: 9696
|
|
Review Date: Fri September 15, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
helped reduce some depression and the fatigue from depression
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
started to poop out,losing emotion,and started with "brain zaps"
|
|
Because of being wrongly DXed,I cannot say the antidepressants used today (SSRI's) do not work well,but I did get some reduction in my depression.
|
|
|
|
|
Suzy5654
Poohbah
Registered: May 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1091
|
|
Review Date: Sun September 24, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
took care of depression
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
pushed me into a hypo manic state, stopped working after about 6 weeks& had to keep increasing dosage
|
|
Since I wasn't diagnosed with bipolar at the time I was on this, it was used alone with no mood stabilizer & it pushed me into a hypo manic state which I really enjoyed after being so depressed for so long.
|
|
|
|
|
endless_hysteria
New Member
Registered: October 2006
Location: Worcester, UK
Posts: 5
|
|
Review Date: Thu October 5, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
none
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
gave me acid reflux
|
|
It not only didn't work on me, but it gave me acid reflux and made me very ill for 6 months
|
|
|
|
|
AlteredState01
Poohbah
Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1059
|
|
Review Date: Tue October 10, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
Keeps me from spiralling into deep depressive states.
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
Not so easy to take oneself off this medication if used for long periods.
|
|
Only medication that hasn't created problems with side effects, other than, well, killing what's left of my sexual desires. Didn't gain weight, though!!
Have been taking this med for over 15 years and at various dosages. Now taking minimum dosage (10 mgs)daily.
Side effects are difficult to deal with when trying to ween off this medication (with proper supervision, of course). I experienced weird head rushes, dizziness, moodiness. Felt myself destablizing very quickly (even before weening process completed) and began treatment again at my regular dosage. Have not tried again since (5 years). Too scared to, really.
|
|
|
|
|
URIIADDIVME
Member
Registered: September 2006
Posts: 40
|
|
Review Date: Mon December 18, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
tremor, nausea, constant vomiting, extremely painful hemorroids, dizzyness sleep disturbance
|
|
I spent three months in severe discomfort. Discontinuing treatment returned me to a tolerable experience.
|
|
|
|
|
mama2ak
Junior Member
Registered: December 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 14
|
|
Review Date: Sat December 30, 2006
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 8
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
Price, low side effects
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
Build up a tolerance
|
|
The price is right, the side effects are low, but I didn't feel like it worked as effectively as Paxil or Celexa.
|
|
|
|
|
pinacolada
New Member
Registered: February 2007
Posts: 4
|
|
Review Date: Sat February 24, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
less frustrated, depression not prevalent constantly, confidence boost, creative imagination inspired
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
somewhat more suicidal during difficulties, do not recall much while on medication, impulsiveness
|
|
The first year of taking it really improved my self esttem and sparked my creative outlet intrest, however out of nowhere I would either feel compelled to give into impulse without hessitation. This can be dangerous. and crying jags would come on out of nowhere. Then it was if after a period of time i felt as though Life was some dream state and felt apathetic. however i do rember if only used for a short period it was signigant in helping me cope with the most unstable part of my life.
|
|
|
|
|
boomslang
Member
Registered: February 2007
Posts: 20
|
|
Review Date: Wed February 28, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
none
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
sent me into a wild manic episode that almost got me killed and threw me out of college, though I was misdiagnosed as Unipolar when I am actually Bipolar
|
|
I was diagnosed with Unipolar Depression, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD, OCD. I was put on this and Strattera. I collapsed from a horrible manic episode as a Junior in college and was afterwards diagnosed with Bipolar I, along with the other diagnoses.
DO NOT TAKE IF YOU ARE BIPOLAR
IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED UNIPOLAR AND ARE HAVING MANIC SYMPTOMS TELL YOUR DOCTOR ASAP
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anonymous
|
|
Review Date: Sun March 4, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
it helped to clear my thoughts
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
nausea, no sleep
|
|
it did what it was prescribed to do which was to clear my head a little to enable me to think clearer
|
|
|
|
|
loupopeye22
Junior Member
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 10
|
|
Review Date: Fri March 23, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
can't think of any
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
lots
|
|
Prozac was the first medication given when I was severe depressive illness, off work for more than 7 months. During that time, I was from the lowest ebb to the highest energy which had causing havoc in my family. I threw all the stuff and cleaned in the kitchen vigorously until I calmed down as if nothing had happened in the house. My sisters and my grandmother had kept asking where their stuff were. I vaguely remembered and felt remorsely guilty about it. Went back to my doctor and had decided to stop the meds and changed to doxepin.
|
|
|
|
|
DePressMe
Magnate
Registered: March 2007
Location: ohio
Posts: 2318
|
|
Review Date: Thu April 26, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: $0.75| Rating: 2
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
None
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
Did not help my depression and it caused some sexual dysfunction.
|
|
This medication did not help my depression. It did cause sexualy dysfunction, so I stopped taking it.
|
|
|
|
|
jimmyjetta
Junior Member
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 8
|
|
Review Date: Sun May 13, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
it works
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
sexual side effects
|
|
Antidepressant properties are solid. It works well.
I generally only get one side effect from antidepressants: no matter which one it is, if it demonstrates even the smallest possibility of causing sexual side effects then I'm going to be the person who has problems with it.
Catch 22.
|
|
|
|
|
nibbanalice
Junior Member
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 10
|
|
Review Date: Thu May 24, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
nothing positive
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
very bad
|
|
Did not help me at all. I got sick. kept me in bed. Brain stopped functioning.
I hated it.
|
|
|
|
|
EnigmaCat
New Member
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 2
|
|
Review Date: Wed June 6, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $0.13| Rating: 10
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
helped fight depression. reduced OCD symptoms. got rid of mental fog and daily stress headaches.
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
metalic taste for the first month.
|
|
fluoxetine is a miracle drug as far as I'm concerned. at 40 mgs a day, my depression has largely lifted. my anxiety has decreased some. my OCD is less obsessive and compulsive. my chronic headaches are gone, as is the brain fog. thinking doesn't physically hurt any longer. my creative drive and my interest in life have returned.
|
|
|
|
|
sweetleaf
Junior Member
Registered: July 2007
Location: south florida
Posts: 18
|
|
Review Date: Sun July 29, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
excellent 4 depression, almost no side effects
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
makes hypomania worse
|
|
If not for Prozac, I'd have checked myself outta here years ago. On it, my depression fades away and I live a productive life. It lowered my sex drive to a normal human level. I was misdiagnosed unipolar and now know I'm bipolar. Haven't successfully found a mood stabilizer yet to go along with the Prozac, so I'm dealing with the hypomania. My family's happier when I'm on the Prozac--I clean the house more!
|
|
|
|
|
buzzie
Junior Member
Registered: March 2006
Location: Southern CA
Posts: 7
|
|
Review Date: Thu August 2, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $5.00| Rating: 10
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
Depression
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
none that I know of
|
|
It has helped me big time. Helped with my depression. On 20 mg. for now. Was on clexa which was also good except for the weight gain. The weight gain made me more insecure so Prozac has helped with not gaining weight.
|
|
|
|
|
Gianna
Junior Member
Registered: October 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 11
|
|
Review Date: Thu October 25, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
none
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
gave me the worst anxiety attacks I've ever had in my life
|
|
all SSRI's are dangerous and ineffective for me
|
|
|
|
|
haleyshea
New Member
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 5
|
|
Review Date: Tue December 4, 2007
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
slight relief of depression
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
nausea, constipation, headaches
|
|
Half the time I took it I ended up throwing up. In combination with the headaches I was pretty much in constant pain.
It helped my depression a little, but the side effects were too bad and negated any help Prozac gave me. Yeah, I felt a little better, but I wanted to die everything hurt so bad.
|
|
|
|
|
sarahmp
New Member
Registered: September 2007
Location: honolulu, hawaii
Posts: 2
|
|
Review Date: Fri January 25, 2008
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 6
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
makes me feel somewhat happier
|
|
Negative aspects of the product (cons):
|
side effects
|
|
Although prozac made me feel better, it also gave me extremely severe migranes. There were times when I would still consider suicide, even on the drug.
|
|
|
|
|
Forums at Psych Central
;)
