iheartmyrockbob Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I just started taking Prozac on the 12th of this month. When I first started taking it, and even sometimes now, it made me completely unable to show emotion. A person knows when they should feel a certain emotion, and how that emotion is supposed to feel... but I could never feel it. I would know that I SHOULD have been feeling it but I just couldn't feel it. Also, whenever you feel as though you're about to cry, you get a certain feeling that lets you know the tears are about to start falling. I get that feeling but no matter how much I force myself, the tears just don't come. That part is starting to somewhat go away and I've actually been able to cry twice. My question is... has anyone else experienced this same thing? Is it something that will go away with time or is it just part of being on the medication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I found in the past that Paxil turned me into an emotional zombie. Prozac enabled me to feel joy and happiness and banished my depression - I couldn't cry whenever my father died. But whenever I developed the bipolar part of schizoaffective, prozac couldnt stop me from being suicidal and it made me manic. It suddenly changed overnight. But yes, some antidepressants can make you feel like a total zombie - Paxil was the one to do it for me. You might like to try another one if you are not happy with it. blackbird x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Effexor seemed to do that to me, I didn't give a shit much about anything at all for about the first three weeks I was on it,then again for about a week when they upped the dose, but it went away. Prozac didn't do anything to me but make me far more anxious, so I went off that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadinglady Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Oh please, can I please start to feel like this soon? I'm an emotional mess, crying at everything, and just started Prozac today. Damn that 6 week wait for effectiveness. In the meantime I live on Klonopin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Red Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I experienced this for the first week or so and then it went away. However after it went away my depression came back with a vengance and I had to increase the dosage. I still get depressed from time to time but it's more like apathy rather than balling my eyes out. Nevertheless it's not as intense as it was before so that's a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest_bree Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I was on 40mg of prozac for years. I too experienced what you described, maybe not quite as intense but I felt numbed to emotion, which was good.. and bad. I stayed on prozac (with wellbutrin) for years because I felt it kept me sane and kept me from getting really depressed.. but it's hard feeling so emotionally numb. It's your choice, I guess it's a pro-con thing and how you feel about being like that, if that is what you want. I decided after a few years that it wasn't what I wanted, I also had a negative side effect that never went away of a completely killed sex drive though o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto_girl Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I think people respond differently to all antidepressant meds, especially SSRI's... I remember Prozac giving me chest pain at 40mg... While Effexor made me numb... (And then a little manic while still numb...) In my opinion, Paxil worked best for depression + anxiety without turning me into a zombie but at the same time I was sleepy 24/7... So go figure! Give it atleast 4-6 weeks... (It's always the side effects you feel first) (If you started Nov. 12th, then Jan. 12th would make it approx. 10 weeks. By now you should be feeling the anti-depressant effects of Prozac. If you still feel like a zombie... see your pdoc, and perhaps ask for something else? The best advice my pdoc gave me was... "Every person is different and experiences medications differently... You sometimes have to try 5 to find the one that bests suits you..." But the answer is no you shouldn't be feeling like a zombie. Sorry that your feeling like crummy. Hope that changes fast Maya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim-e Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I still get depressed from time to time but it's more like apathy rather than balling my eyes out. I was like this on Prozac too, very apathetic and deadpan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldo Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I was numb too, but it became less of a problem, and was no problem after I started to take a stimulant for my ADD. Side effect I had, and maybe this was a combination with the ADD med, was a very high libido combined with an inability to get off without extreme effort. And no relief when I did. I used to say that it wasn't a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) but a just plain sperm inhibitor, and that that's what caused the antidepressive effect. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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