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AtALossWHY
New Member
Registered: July 2016
Location: banbury
Posts: 5
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Mon July 4, 2016
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Intense backflashes
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I was put on these by my doctors and it made some things worse. I would get stuck in back flashes as I slept.
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Erik456
Member
Registered: May 2015
Location: LA
Posts: 79
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Wed May 20, 2015
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 0
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PROS:
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it works
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CONS:
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none
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I often order approved drugs through americantrustpills (seriously, this place sucks) free of danger. Sadly I use to take plenty of it so low expense is very important for me.
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51515151
New Member
Registered: March 2015
Location: canada
Posts: 2
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Fri March 13, 2015
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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none
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panic attacks, and crazy mood swings
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i was put on this medication for bipolar. it made me go completely nuts. my already crazy moods were even worse, i wanted to commit suicide when i was on this. i remember one night my panic attack was so bad and i wanted to kill myself and my mom took me to emergency because it got so bad.
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Sras
New Member
Registered: April 2011
Posts: 1
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Thu May 12, 2011
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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PROS:
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Stopped suicidal thoughts, some relief from depression
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CONS:
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Sexual dysfunction
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For the first 6 weeks I experienced loss of appetite and stomach upsets. This caused some weight loss. My appetite has since returned and the only problems I have is a reduced sex drive and anorgasmia. The good outweighs the bad for me.
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fief1966
Newly Joined
Registered: September 2009
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Tue September 29, 2009
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Helped me to enjoy life for the first time, helped with my depression and anxiety
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CONS:
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None, insomnia in the first 3 weeks
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I have been taking Fluocitine for about 15 years with a 2 year break about 8 years ago. I started taking it when I was about 28 years old, the best thing I have ever done, I missed so much of my life. I started out with 20 mg, for the last 3-4 years I've been taking 30 mg. I don't think it is working so well anymore though because I have been experiencing more and more anxiety attacks lately. The doctor I went to see convinced me to try it rather taking something to calm me, I was sceptical and scared because of all the negativity around this drug. I am so glad I did it!!
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trixie459
Newly Joined
Registered: August 2008
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Tue August 5, 2008
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $4.00| Rating: 10
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PROS:
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relieved depression, especially in winter
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CONS:
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stopped working after 18 months
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I started taking fluoxetine to help with menopausal symptoms of hot flashes. It never helped with them, but I was amazed at how much calmer and happier I was when taking it. I didn't realize I was depressed--just figured I was a moody person! My life improved dramatically thanks to fluoxetine. Unfortunately, it lost its effectiveness, even at different doses. I've been trying for a year to find a med that works as well. Therapy certainly helps, but it's not enough.
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SeraphNeophyte
Junior Member
Registered: June 2008
Location: South Africa
Posts: 7
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Tue July 1, 2008
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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PROS:
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Some depressive relief
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CONS:
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Sleep difficulty, Increased suicidality, Zombified during initial treatment
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Depression is only about 20% of my problem...the rest wasn't even touched
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Hermetic
Newly Joined
Registered: June 2008
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Sun June 22, 2008
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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PROS:
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Uplifted depression, reduced anxiety, improved concentration and stabilized my mood.
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CONS:
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Numbness, decreased creativity, descreased sex drive
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This was the only medication that was able to stabilize my mood over a long period of time. It unfortunately supressed a lot of my emotions and reduced my creativity. It also made me somewhat apathetic.
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sarahmp
Newly Joined
Registered: September 2007
Location: honolulu, hawaii
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Fri January 25, 2008
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 6
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PROS:
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makes me feel somewhat happier
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CONS:
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side effects
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Although prozac made me feel better, it also gave me extremely severe migranes. There were times when I would still consider suicide, even on the drug.
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haleyshea
Newly Joined
Registered: December 2007
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Wed December 5, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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PROS:
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slight relief of depression
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CONS:
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nausea, constipation, headaches
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Half the time I took it I ended up throwing up. In combination with the headaches I was pretty much in constant pain.
It helped my depression a little, but the side effects were too bad and negated any help Prozac gave me. Yeah, I felt a little better, but I wanted to die everything hurt so bad.
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Gianna
New Member
Registered: October 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 1
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Thu October 25, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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PROS:
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none
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gave me the worst anxiety attacks I've ever had in my life
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all SSRI's are dangerous and ineffective for me
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buzzie
Newly Joined
Registered: March 2006
Location: Southern CA
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Thu August 2, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $5.00| Rating: 10
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Depression
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none that I know of
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It has helped me big time. Helped with my depression. On 20 mg. for now. Was on clexa which was also good except for the weight gain. The weight gain made me more insecure so Prozac has helped with not gaining weight.
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sweetleaf
Junior Member
Registered: July 2007
Location: south florida
Posts: 15
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Sun July 29, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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PROS:
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excellent 4 depression, almost no side effects
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CONS:
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makes hypomania worse
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If not for Prozac, I'd have checked myself outta here years ago. On it, my depression fades away and I live a productive life. It lowered my sex drive to a normal human level. I was misdiagnosed unipolar and now know I'm bipolar. Haven't successfully found a mood stabilizer yet to go along with the Prozac, so I'm dealing with the hypomania. My family's happier when I'm on the Prozac--I clean the house more!
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EnigmaCat
Newly Joined
Registered: March 2007
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Wed June 6, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $0.13| Rating: 10
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PROS:
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helped fight depression. reduced OCD symptoms. got rid of mental fog and daily stress headaches.
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CONS:
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metalic taste for the first month.
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fluoxetine is a miracle drug as far as I'm concerned. at 40 mgs a day, my depression has largely lifted. my anxiety has decreased some. my OCD is less obsessive and compulsive. my chronic headaches are gone, as is the brain fog. thinking doesn't physically hurt any longer. my creative drive and my interest in life have returned.
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nibbanalice
Newly Joined
Registered: May 2007
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Thu May 24, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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nothing positive
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CONS:
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very bad
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Did not help me at all. I got sick. kept me in bed. Brain stopped functioning.
I hated it.
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jimmyjetta
Newly Joined
Registered: May 2007
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Sun May 13, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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PROS:
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it works
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CONS:
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sexual side effects
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Antidepressant properties are solid. It works well.
I generally only get one side effect from antidepressants: no matter which one it is, if it demonstrates even the smallest possibility of causing sexual side effects then I'm going to be the person who has problems with it.
Catch 22.
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DePressMe
Grand Magnate
Registered: March 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3921
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Fri April 27, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $0.75| Rating: 2
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None
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Did not help my depression and it caused some sexual dysfunction.
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This medication did not help my depression. It did cause sexualy dysfunction, so I stopped taking it.
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loupopeye22
New Member
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 1
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Fri March 23, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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can't think of any
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CONS:
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lots
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Prozac was the first medication given when I was severe depressive illness, off work for more than 7 months. During that time, I was from the lowest ebb to the highest energy which had causing havoc in my family. I threw all the stuff and cleaned in the kitchen vigorously until I calmed down as if nothing had happened in the house. My sisters and my grandmother had kept asking where their stuff were. I vaguely remembered and felt remorsely guilty about it. Went back to my doctor and had decided to stop the meds and changed to doxepin.
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Anonymous
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Sun March 4, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
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PROS:
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it helped to clear my thoughts
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CONS:
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nausea, no sleep
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it did what it was prescribed to do which was to clear my head a little to enable me to think clearer
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boomslang
Junior Member
Registered: February 2007
Posts: 16
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Wed February 28, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
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none
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sent me into a wild manic episode that almost got me killed and threw me out of college, though I was misdiagnosed as Unipolar when I am actually Bipolar
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I was diagnosed with Unipolar Depression, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD, OCD. I was put on this and Strattera. I collapsed from a horrible manic episode as a Junior in college and was afterwards diagnosed with Bipolar I, along with the other diagnoses.
DO NOT TAKE IF YOU ARE BIPOLAR
IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED UNIPOLAR AND ARE HAVING MANIC SYMPTOMS TELL YOUR DOCTOR ASAP
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pinacolada
Newly Joined
Registered: February 2007
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Sun February 25, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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less frustrated, depression not prevalent constantly, confidence boost, creative imagination inspired
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somewhat more suicidal during difficulties, do not recall much while on medication, impulsiveness
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The first year of taking it really improved my self esttem and sparked my creative outlet intrest, however out of nowhere I would either feel compelled to give into impulse without hessitation. This can be dangerous. and crying jags would come on out of nowhere. Then it was if after a period of time i felt as though Life was some dream state and felt apathetic. however i do rember if only used for a short period it was signigant in helping me cope with the most unstable part of my life.
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mama2ak
New Member
Registered: December 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4
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Sun December 31, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 8
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Price, low side effects
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CONS:
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Build up a tolerance
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The price is right, the side effects are low, but I didn't feel like it worked as effectively as Paxil or Celexa.
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URIIADDIVME
Member
Registered: September 2006
Posts: 38
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Mon December 18, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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tremor, nausea, constant vomiting, extremely painful hemorroids, dizzyness sleep disturbance
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I spent three months in severe discomfort. Discontinuing treatment returned me to a tolerable experience.
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AlteredState01
Poohbah
Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1062
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Tue October 10, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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Keeps me from spiralling into deep depressive states.
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Not so easy to take oneself off this medication if used for long periods.
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Only medication that hasn't created problems with side effects, other than, well, killing what's left of my sexual desires. Didn't gain weight, though!!
Have been taking this med for over 15 years and at various dosages. Now taking minimum dosage (10 mgs)daily.
Side effects are difficult to deal with when trying to ween off this medication (with proper supervision, of course). I experienced weird head rushes, dizziness, moodiness. Felt myself destablizing very quickly (even before weening process completed) and began treatment again at my regular dosage. Have not tried again since (5 years). Too scared to, really.
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endless_hysteria
New Member
Registered: October 2006
Location: Worcester, UK
Posts: 2
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Fri October 6, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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none
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gave me acid reflux
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It not only didn't work on me, but it gave me acid reflux and made me very ill for 6 months
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Sun September 24, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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PROS:
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took care of depression
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CONS:
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pushed me into a hypo manic state, stopped working after about 6 weeks& had to keep increasing dosage
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Since I wasn't diagnosed with bipolar at the time I was on this, it was used alone with no mood stabilizer & it pushed me into a hypo manic state which I really enjoyed after being so depressed for so long.
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darkeyes
Elder
Registered: May 2001
Location: US
Posts: 6684
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Fri September 15, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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PROS:
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helped reduce some depression and the fatigue from depression
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CONS:
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started to poop out,losing emotion,and started with "brain zaps"
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Because of being wrongly DXed,I cannot say the antidepressants used today (SSRI's) do not work well,but I did get some reduction in my depression.
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eskielover
Legendary Wise Elder
Registered: October 2004
Location: Kentucky, USA
Posts: 24789
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Thu September 14, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 2
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anxiety attacks worse, increased depression, loss of appetite, suicidal
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fluoxetine goes also under brand name of prozac. The use of this as prozac pushed my weight loss to a dangerously low level which required medical treatment. It also caused my anxiety & depression levels to increase & even ended I reaulted in having several suicidal attempts during its use.
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jennie
Poohbah
Registered: December 2002
Location: DC metro area
Posts: 1366
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Wed September 13, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
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After having difficulties with another SSRI, my psychiatrist switched me to this medication. I had to stop this med because it caused debiliating migraines which prevented me from working my job for a week.
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Tue September 12, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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PROS:
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none that I experienced
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CONS:
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too many for me
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this drug is otherwise known as prozac. I recieved this drug back when it was first coming on the market and not much was known about it. I became even more unstable on it to the point where even now I have no memory of what I did while on it. All I do know is that I remember seeing colored blips in front of my eyes which turned out to be that all I did at work while on this medication was play donkey kong on the office computer. When I answered the phone during my time on duty at this college where I worked I basically in not so clean language told the caller I didn't work there and to leave me alone and never call again. I have also been told I was constantly experiencing hot flashes and cold flashes for I was either stripping my clothes in the college lounge or was taking everyone elses spare clothing because I was freezing.
I had a roommate at one point after I had been off it for a year and she experienced an increase in the need to burn herself with a glue gun and one night told me she was gonig to kill herself and was extremely serious and activated about it so I had to go to a neighbors house and call the police while another friend kept her on the phone.
I now know I have DID so looking at all this it tells me that if a person has DID and are put on this medication I highly recommend VERY close monitoring by the prescribing physician and the client being prescribed this medication should attend many med checks while starting on the medication so that if it cases more dissociative problems the medication can be adjusted or discontinued.
I am leaving the yes on for recommendation because one persons flop medication can be another persons miracle drug. So I don't feel its up to me to recommed or not a drug.
for me this drug was a disaster but I do have some friends that have had good luck with it.
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