[treehugger727]

I know when people say "it's gonna be ok" the intentions behind the statement are good ones. I don't feel like it's gonna be ok. I have been going through a bad depression the past few weeks- I struggle every day to do the normal things like shower go to work- make dinner, etc. I cry at my desk at least 3 out if 5 days a week. I tell my pdoc this and she prescribed Prozac and told me as long as I take my mood stabilizer (lamictal300mg daily) I should be ok. I'm not sure if I'm feeling worse from the Prozac or if my depression has decided that it wants to be in control. My anxiety is bad- I walk around with a knot in my stomach unless I take the clonazepam but I try to keep that in check so I don't get too dependent on it. My mind is racing again at night- worse than usual and I'm afraid that it's from the Prozac. I want to feel better but I feel like every day it's a struggle. I'm so so tired. I have been taking Prozac for about a week. Is that even enough time to feel any different? Thoughts?

[gayleggg]

It may take a little while longer to tell what it's going to do.

I've been depressed for the past year and Prozac(fluoxetine) has just pulled me out of my depression. Since I'm bipolar, they don't use it much I don't because it can cause mania, But right now I happy to have it.

Don't give up. There are always options a lot of people have luck with not taking meds and using exercise or yoga. I'm sure you'll get some other ideas too.

Somehow, no matter how bleak and hopeless and depressed and unsafe I have managed to get at times, I have always managed to get through to the other side eventually. It's hard to remember that in the midst of the crisis, but I have always gotten through.

[treehugger727]

Thanks. This is the worst I've experienced. I went from one week going to the gym 4 days a week and feeling great to hardly being able to make myself get up. I won't give up. I'm just really tired of feeling this way. It hurts.

[wildflowerchild25]

I identify with you. I spent the first hour and a half at work today crying in the bathroom. I'm trying to remember that it does get better because I just had six weeks of stability but it is very hard. I can't take Prozac because I ended up in a terrible psychotic mania last time but I would say a week is not really enough time to feel different based on what most people say about antidepressants (six to eight weeks is what I always hear). But it's got to be possible. If it's not we might as well give up right now. And I won't know about you but I just can't give up.

[Phoenix_1]

IMHO don't worry about becoming dependent on the meds you use. If you need them, you take them. The most important thing is to get as stable as you can and stay that way. I've taken clonazepam since 1987. Not every day, I go off it for a month or two now and then, but I've taken it for 26 years. Am I dependent on it? Yes, I probably am. Does it matter? No, because it helps my anxiety and that's more important to me than worrying if I'm dependent on it. If it keeps my anxiety down, I'll take it every day for the next 26 years.
Remember, this is only my opinion and should be taken with a large grain of salt.

A week is not long enough to notice any real effects from the medication. It could take 4-6 weeks to show any improvement. Hope you feel better soon.