[marathonmel7]

i recently started prozac after being on celexa for almost 4 months. celexa was not the right medicine for me and gradually i went from depressed to severly depressed to suicidal. now i am on 20mg of prozac and it's been about a week or so. just wondering what you guys think of the medicine. my main concern is getting worse (acting on a suicidal ideation) or gaining weight since i am bulimic as well. (great combo, i know) anyways, if anyone wants to comment, please... i'd love to hear from you!

--mel

[phoenix47baby]

When prozac first came out, hundreds of people rushed to their doctors because of its claim to help lose weight. I was on it for four years and lost a total of ten pounds and felt great. I'm sure you will do just fine with it! Good Luck. Phoenix

Originally Posted by marathonmel7

i recently started prozac after being on celexa for almost 4 months. celexa was not the right medicine for me and gradually i went from depressed to severly depressed to suicidal. now i am on 20mg of prozac and it's been about a week or so. just wondering what you guys think of the medicine. my main concern is getting worse (acting on a suicidal ideation) or gaining weight since i am bulimic as well. (great combo, i know) anyways, if anyone wants to comment, please... i'd love to hear from you!

--mel

Prozac has been my miracle drug. It was the first one I was ever put on - And immediately I was able to complete thoughts, remember where I was in conversations and complete sentences without going all over the place.
Of course medication don't always work alone. I just started taking Wellbutrin for the depression AND it is WORKING. That God!!
Because I am a severe Bipolar I also take a mood stabilizer: Lamitcal....
I'm doing good...................HURRAY

[n2euphoria]

I was on Prozac one time, 60mg of it, alongside the 300mg of Effexor at the same time due to my severe depression. The Prozac gave me terrible tremors, so bad i couldn't keep my hands still enough to make my writing legible or even hold a glass of water from spilling it. I hope nothing like this happens with you though. I hope it helps you on your way. Best wishes.

[anna342]

I personally got very ill on prozac I took ODs because of how it left me and the rest of the time I would mostly just sit in bed and shake. I was in that much of a state that I didn't have the will to take myself off it and so carried on upping the doses like the dr's wanted. If you notice you become shakey/twitchy or a lot more anxious I'd suggest thinking about trying something else and seeing a dr.

But with that in mind I know a lot of people who have done very well on it. You just need to try and it and see unfortunatly.

[VickiesPath]

Prozac is a good medication. It is the first SSRI ever put on the market. Yes, it can cause weight loss. It rarely causes weight gain.

Prozac had what is referred to as the "Prozac Poopout" meaning after a few years, people who have had good results don't react to it favorably anymore and have to take a different antidepressant.

60mg is a high dose and rarely do doctors prescribe above that. Prozac acts upon Seratonin in the brain. It can cause what is called "Seratonin Syndrome" in some people and that is what might have happened to n2euphoria. That is a terrible thing and can be deadly.

I took Prozac for a very long time but since I was actually bipolar (undiagnosed) it aggravated my hypomania. It later pooped out on me.

[ECHOES]

Prozac kept me emotionally numb for many years.

[phoenix47baby]

Prozac pooped out on me after 6 years. I went off it and then back on and it just wouldn't work. Never had any side effects except feeling up and energized like being on Wellbutrin for me. Good Luck

[BlueMoon6]

I was on prozac for 2 yrs. It was a period of time when I was bulimic as well. This was a long time ago. I loved it., The side effects for me were a lot of energy and a decrease in my appetite. I didnt gain or lose b/c of the drug, but I remember I did well on it. Then after 2 yrs it didnt work for me anymore...then onto zoloft for 2 yrs. Now Im on lexipro after a time off it all.

Prozac never made me any more sui than I already had been. Id check with your doc if it does that to you.

[marathonmel7]

thanks to all of you who have responded. it's been about two weeks now since i've started it. i was previously taking celexa and without being too dramatic, celexa almost costed me my life. i feel better now but, i know the drug needs more time to work. so far, i haven't had any side effects which is good because for me, celexa came with a lot of side effects.

anyways, i appreciate everyone's responses... i guess i just have to wait. but, at least i am willing to wait rather than wanting to end it all. good weekend to all!

[eskielover]

Prozac threw me into a bad anorexia condition. My anxiety had turned into depression & suicidal attempts.....so my pdoc at the time kept trying every drug available (1995 time frame) & my reactions to everything were bad side effects.....so he tried Prozac "the miracle drug". I didn't bother really keeping track of my weight, but I kept loosing & loosing & not feeling like eating.....when I finally checked my weight, I was 20 pounds below what was considered anorexic. He threw me into an eating disorders hospital.....where I learned about anorexia.....duh....I didn't have body image problems, but was suicidal....not a good combination with anorexia.....he then changed me over to Wellbutrin & it had the same weight loss effect. I reached the bottom of my low weight loss (if I had lost anymore I would have been really invisible). That whole period of my life is like a black hole & something I don't really want to remember.....just the highlights are enough for me to know that it wasn't a med that worked for me with any positive results.

[polarsmom]

I went on prozac for about a month because the lexapro just wasn't working like it used to. And at first the prozac was okay. But then I noticed that my anxiety had gotten worse. I tend to surface clean when I'm feeling anxious. I realized I was cleaning like crazy. I would clean something and search for something else to scrub. I would catch myself, tell myself that I needed to stop, but could not stop myself. It was ridiculous the amount of time I spent cleaning. Very intense. I had a follow up appt. w/ my doc. and burst into tears telling him about it. Needless to say I am no longer on prozac.

mircule (tried of not being able to sleep dang it)...
ANY I would Never ever take it out of my medications.

It was the beginning of my diagnosis, went off it for a while. Other drugs have major side effects of weight gain (which brings more depression into picture)
Okay anyway I did have to another anti-depressant added to it lately and I take a modstabilizer and an anti-anxiety.

Wonder Drug

WELL, when I got pregnant, I stopped taking all the med.
Then I became very depressed and even suicidal.
So, my doctor told me that I must take anti depressant.
I was taking Zoloft then she switched to Prozac. she said that it's the safest med for the baby, they have been studying it for over 30 years...

Isn't Prozac like the Original of anti depressant?
Everyone go through different side effects. With anti depressant, I was told that I have to try at least 4 weeks. Min. 2 weeks. wait another 2 weeks and see how you feel.

Good luck