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#1
Sep 13, 2017, 06:08 AM
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Hello, does anyone have experience with fluoxetine?
I've never taken an antidepressant before. Is there any side effects etc? |
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Sep 13, 2017, 06:23 AM
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I've been on it every now and then. It's pretty mild. My sex drive always takes a deep nose dive though so i quit it after 2-3 weeks, but by then i'm not usually depressed anymore.
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Sep 13, 2017, 09:57 AM
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I picked up a few "prozac pounds" that I still need to lose. It was very difficult to titrate as too little did nothing and too much made me hypomanic.
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Sep 13, 2017, 10:56 AM
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I did not gain any weight on this med. It worked well for me.
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Sep 13, 2017, 11:15 AM
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I take this medication. It works well for me and I haven't gained any weight.
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Sep 13, 2017, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
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#7
Sep 13, 2017, 04:07 PM
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Everyone is different. I gained weight on it.....went pretty manic with rapid speech, very social but people thought I was on drugs when I wasn't (in the way they thought at least) I felt agitated and would talk so fast I'd fumble over my words and do the raspberry with my tongue to try and speak clearly but couldn't. Your experience could likely be much different. Best of luck.
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#8
Sep 13, 2017, 05:59 PM
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I took it for a while but it caused some severe side effects such as extreme night sweats. I would wake up in the middle of the night freezing cold and was like someone had poured a bucket of water on me in the bed. It also made me feel a bit zonked. I did work for me though for the most part.
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Sep 13, 2017, 06:04 PM
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Worked for my depression but I couldn't take the sexual side effects. Need to be able to get it up on a regular basis.
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Meds: Latuda, Lamictal XR, Vyvanse, Seroquel, Klonopin Supplements: Monster Energy replacement.  Also DLPA, tyrosine, glutamine, and tryptophan
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#10
Sep 13, 2017, 06:38 PM
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It caused sexual side effects for me too. I don't know how I forgot that! It was very frustrating.
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Sep 13, 2017, 06:55 PM
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Yep, sexual side-effects here too. Plus it only made me more unable even though I was on a Lithium at the time. It seemed to make me hypomanic then depressed; rapid cycling. However, antidepressants always make me react badly to the point my pdoc is never putting me on them again.
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#12
Sep 13, 2017, 07:41 PM
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No side effects, no weight gain, no nothing...EXCEPT severe manic and mixed episodes. No more AD's for me since the mania has stayed with me for years after stopping them.
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Sep 14, 2017, 03:07 AM
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Thanks for all the replies! They've been really helpful.
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