Posted by afatchic on May 20, 2000, at 0:15:13
In reply to Prozac - any experience/info you can share?, posted by Greg on May 19, 2000, at 22:02:39
Greg,
I took Prozac for a few years. I thought it was a great drug. Initially, it killed my appetite and increased my energy level but the stimulant effect wore off after a couple weeks. As an AD, it was very effective. I truly believed that it was a perfect drug! I quit having orgasms shortly after I started Prozac and eventually lost almost all interest in sex. Gee, I thought I was just bored. I never thought there was a connection because I never knew that Prozac commonly caused sexual problems. I quit taking it 6 weeks ago and had no withdrawl problems. My sexuality is finally returning (yippee!). Like you, I was irritable on Wellbutrin and had to stop taking it. At this point, I'm taking St John's Wort and I'm not sure if I'll go back to prescription drugs. The side-effects aren't worth it for me.
> I was taken off Wellbutrin today due to irritability side effects and started on 20mg Prozac. I came home and started searching the net for info and for every informational site I found, I'd find two others with names like "Prozac Survivors", "Prozac, the drug we hate" or Prozac and suicidal thoughts". These sites contained some VERY disturbing first hand accounts from users who had gone through hell with it. It was, to say the least, unnerving (sp?). I'm supposed to start taking it at bedtime tonight and it has me a little freaked. I tried it briefly about 2 months ago, but discontinued it because it was causing extreme fatigue and I already had a major problem with fatigue anyway.
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> Can anybody relate any positive experiences with it (or negative ones)? I'd appreciate the help.
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> Greg
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