Angeljasmine Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Starting on meds again for depression with BPD symptoms. I hadn't wanted to go on an SSRI, but pdoc wants to try me on prozac. A lot of meds aren't subsidised here so I didn't have much choice. What are people's experiences with side effects while on prozac? Is it really an "energizing" SSRI? What about weight issues and sexual side effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeljasmine Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 Isn't anybody on prozac? So far in the very early stages, I'm getting headaches and aching legs. But it's still very early stage (less than a week). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I wasn't going to say this because I'm a freak, but I was depersonalizing like crazy (ha ha) the first couple months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I find Prozac to be very energizing, at 60mgs it knocked my depression right out. The sexual side effects are pretty bad, I haven't had a sexual thought in about 6 months but it's worth it for peace of mind. Haven't noticed any weight gain and I got no bad side effects on start up. Good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel1 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I've been taking 20 mg of Prozac along w/ Lamictal-300mg., Seroquel-250 mg., klonopin-.5times 3/day, uhhhhh......whatever-those are my psych meds-For some reason, the small dose of Prozac has gotten me un-depressed. No hypomania or increase in anxiety. Unlike all the other AD's I've taken. I did have more side effects from it, but that is nothing compared to the good effects. I don't even remember the last time I had a panic attack. I had a minor upset stomach and a little bit of headache. With panic attacks, the physical symptoms are way worse than any that a med has caused. Good luck with it. What dose are you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelwhore Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I was put on Prozac and it sent me manic fairly promptly. Admittedly, I wasn't on anything else at the time - it was this episode that changed my diagnosis from recurrent depression to bipolar. So in terms of weight gain, I lost quite a lot, and my sex drive went crazy....but of course this is more to do with the mania than the Prozac itself! I have previously taken other SSRIs without such extreme consequences, and no side effects. That said, I seem to both tolerate and react to most psych meds pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I was on 20 mg of Prozac for a few months. At first, it made me very anxious. Then it made me not care about anything, to the point where I stopped studying, didn't care that I was going to fail out of graduate school, and was thinking about dropping out anyway. Things got much better after I stopped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpmaster Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Prozac has been the answer for me. Lexapro and Zoloft did not ease my mild depression enough for me to focus on living in the present moment. Prozac has done this. The initial stomach upset went away after a few days. The real benefit of the medication kicked in just as everyone says, a month or two after I started. Prozac got me back in the saddle and pulled me through bigger challenges than I had dared face on my own. I hope it is the right thing for you. Im on 80mg of prozac and I would have to say there are no sie effects for me. Its not uncommon to get some nausea and agitation when you start up on prozac, but this usually passes quite quickly - within a couple of weeks. Some people experience other side effects - check out the PI sheet in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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