3 Things To Know Before Using Prozac (Fluoxetine)

In this episode, I discuss a medication known as Prozac (fluoxetine) and go over three things that you should know before taking it:

1. How long it takes to work.
2. Antidepressant Black Box Warning.
3. When to take Prozac (Fluoxetine).

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[Sha_Mone]

This medication has saved me from suicides. So it saved my life. It takes time to work, but surely it works wonders for those who really have depression disorder.

[rickie_coll]

Since I've been taking 40 mg, I've no longer had panic attacks. That's the best medicine ever. Paroxetine helped me too, but not as much as fluoxetine. It's a watershed.

[Mr_T.]

The first two days I was on 20mg of prozac, I felt energized in a way I had never felt in my entire life. But by day 3, I began to have intense headaches which got worse over time. I read an article in which one researcher for the drug recommended starting with just 5mg doses as he felt 20mgs was too high for most people. This weel I will try to get compounded dose based only on a 2.5mg microdose and see how I go from there. I really want that superman feeling back as I believed I was capable of accomplishing things I procrastinated on or failed to follow through on.

[NARWALINVASION]

Yeah whenever I first started and increased my fluoxetine, it would just be the worst two weeks. going from 20 to 40 right now and I feel like I did back before I took anything. It can really suck but I feel really decent when it reaches a stable point. If you are going through depression and struggle through your starting week, remember that even if for some reason it doesn't work for you, you are making progress towards being happier.

[jonimoore]

Made me tired, unmotivated, lack of creativity. Went from going to the gym or walking a few miles to a couch potato and unmotivated. Couldn’t recognize myself. Finally weaned myself off and back to being more active. Started taking it a year into lockdown and a good friend passing away from Covid

[magnustatton]

Fluoxetine has defo helped me, I still get a bit of a anxiety now and again but it transformed me into normal, I feel more sociable, I can drink more. This medication is basically a spanner to fix your broken mind, for everyone out there take it if you're depressed or got irritational thoughts, it'll fix your mind, make life worth living if you know what I mean

[mariahcareyreal]

I've been on this for PMDD for 3 months and I think it's been working. I don't sit and think about sadness/cry as much or have the full body aches/dizzyness I did days before my period. I might double to 40 mg to see how it feels.

[miriamgibilisco]

Thanks for the info and the tip about trying it in the mornings.

[rzmonk]

Came here wanting negative side effects. Not company damage control.

[Goreified]

Brotha. That shi gave me bad panic attacks feelings of doom derealization and I got these warm/cold flashes and felt like I was dying never again

[tokyo.]

I feel like I’m zoning out a lot since taking it. Is that normal?

[msfoxable]

I started Prozac on Monday Everytime I take it I faint and I had pain in my left arm. My Dr is doing an emergency phone call to change my meds

[twojkoszmar]

How about using it due to Borderline?
I want to know If I don't put on weight. I afraid of it.

[mariannelabanane]

It's strange that the risk of suicide is high among young people and not among older people. The risks drop to zero after 25 years if I understood correctly? ;) I have doubts about this, as I am 50 years old and felt suicidal after 3 weeks of treatment with fluoxetine. I had to stop it quickly. I was suffering a lot, counting the hours that passed, waiting to get better. It got scary.

[auraawasneverthere]

i've been on prozac for 1 year it didn't help at all maybe bc i dont have depression but they keep thinking i have but it's adhd and bpd tbh.

[Dee.yankeeintexas]

I feel like I have no emotions.. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. Things going on around me I should be having an ugly cry . I take Prozac at night

[trish]

I'm on Fluoxetine, I notice when I take it, that it makes me feel agitated with grumpy moody ways, my bones be sniff and slight headaches, I be in a daze it doesn't work for me, I wing myself off of it, I realized it was just me in illusion. I don't need this medicine. I just need to relax my brain. All medications have side effects some medicines are not meant to be taken.

[Purpleshade]

Been on it for a few months now its having an opposite effect I feel agitated, my heart races/ palpitations, I get overly emotional now and my thoughts are racing. I left a message for my phycatrist hopefully the dose can be lowered and eventually tapered off it

[stellaancimer]

I Love prozac, for huge ocd, and High dose 80 mg..so i cant speak for others, i take them in night, so everyone difrent

[kellyk.]

I've been on fluxotine for years. I've been off them for around 4/5 months now. Will the brain be able to function properly without fluxotine? I'm terribly moody. And irritated. Every little thing pisses me off, but I don't want to be on pills. But I'm thinking I might have to be.