Prozac and Anger...

I recently switched from Zoloft to Prozac because Zoloft was causing me serious hair loss issues. When I mentioned it to my pdoc he said, oh, yeah, Zoloft can cause hairloss, he's seen it plenty of times but only in women. Lucky me, I'm like the tenth patient of his to have hair loss issues with Zoloft.

Now to the problem. Prozac seems to be making me angry at the stupidest things, and has made my problems with being out in public so much worse than they wee before. I felt like I had made significant progress and now I feel like I've lost ground. I've only been on Prozac for five days, but it seems to be doing more harm than good.

Anyone else ever run into this? I'm thinking I need to stop taking it, and cannot seem to find a good reason not to stop. I just feel like I'm playing russian rulett here with meds, I've had to stop so many because of side effects. Welbutrin has been keeping me from killing myself (very, very good thing) but I go toxic on 300mgs so I've got to stay at 150. In the meantime it is not quite enough alone. I had to stop lamicatal because of a rash, Topomax because I was suffering eyesight problems and the tiniest dose of Paxil nearly killed me.

Any thoughts?

Sam

I couldn't take Prozac either.. because I ran 24 hours a day.. and it made me very hyper... and irrtable... but I was only on it for a couple of weeks... so I don't know if there is a "breaking in period" and things will ease or not... for me it was just too much..

Samantha, have you considered the combination of Wellbutrin and Buspar? Buspar (often prescribed for anxiety) can be used together with one of several anti-depressants to make the anti-depressant more effective, so it might make it seem like you were taking a higher dose of Wellbutrin (but without the toxicity). I have heard of a number of people who do well with the Wellbutrin/Buspar combo.

Good luck.

((((((((sam)))))))))

sorry you are experiencing these problems. I could not take Prozac either, I actually attempted suicide, I couldn't cope with the ups and downs and it made me very aggressive. couldn't sleep, I was climbing the walls, it also made my depression seem 3 times worse.
I hope you are able to go back to the docs and change it, good luck and keep us posted.

Jinny xoxoxoxo

I was euphoric the first week I was on Prozac. It was hell after that. I became verbally and physically abusive, which is completely out of character for me. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

<font color="#000088">I was put on Prozac once, and withing the first few days I became increasingly violent for no reason. I had severe nightmares, and would even sleepwalk, and beat others up in my sleep. Luckily I was already in the hospital when they put me on it, so they were able to see the change in my behavior, and it lasted for 2 weeks, and I couldn't even explain why I was acting that way. I had no idea why I was feeling so much anger and having the violent outbursts. So the Doctors looked over my meds. and realized that I had just been put on the Prozac right before it started, so they stopped the Prozac. Within just a few days, I went right back to normal and the violent outbursts stopped, so did the nightmares!
So it does effect some people with an anger side effect, and with some people it actually helps them guite a bit.
But I wish you the best in getting this worked out with your Doc,and finding the right medication for you. I'm sorry your having to deal with all these side efffects, and switching medications so often. Sometimes it does take awhile to find the right medication for you. It took 10 years for them to find the right medication for me,so I understand what you're going through! Side effects suck,and even the medication for side effects has side effects! It kindof feels like a no win situation!
I wish you the best in finding what you need, and what works best, with the least side effects! </font>

My perfectly respectful, well mannered, loving, wonderful son became a demon on Prozac.

His dr prescribed it to help boost his ADHD meds that were becoming less effective instead of just changing is Rx.

He would flare at the smallest things and actually came to blows with his sister. I could not understand what in the hell happened. One day he's fine and the next you couldn't even stand to be around him. ADHD has never been an excuse for bad behavior in our house. I brought it up at his next appointment and the doc said "oh that would be the prozac". The Dr. and the Prozac went out the door!

I found myself with thoughts of violence when I tried prozac too. i even considered stabbing my flatmate when we were in the kitchen. i thought of how easy it would be and how good it would be. then i reminded myself it wouldn't be good and i would end up in jail. so i left the room. it wasn't the only occasion that happened though.

Ok so i'm not switching to Prozac... i'm already having anger/agitation issues with being on Aurorix (Moclobemide) and want off!

I too, had a terrible time with Prozac. I took it for seven days. On the seventh day, I all of a sudden started to feel agitated. I felt like I was loosing control. I felt like I was going to do harm to the other people in my house and asked my husband to tie me to a chair. (he didn't) but I felt like I needed to be! I took some xanax, drank wine, just to get it under some kind of control. It just coming at me, in waves. It was one of the worse days of my life. There must be some kind of stimulant in Prozac. I had been on paxil up to about a 1 1/2 ago and only went off of it because of the weight issue. I get a little depressed a here and there and seemed to be worrying all of the time so I wanted to go back on Paxil may just the 10mg. The Doctor swore by prozac and said it will help with the weight issue and was easier to get off of it.

I am still having slight panic attacks in the mornings and this is my third morning not taking the prozac. I get the cold chill through my body and then my palms sweat terribly. I am fear that I am going to start feeling that way again and it is just making me a mess! It was very comforting to read some of these posts. I was feeling pretty alone with this. The doctor gave me 10mg paxil.

Reply: i have the same problem with prozac i wanna rip someones head off its wierd