Posted by bleauberry on February 14, 2010, at 16:10:29
In reply to Re: Bleauberry-Prozac » bleauberry, posted by g_g_g_unit on February 13, 2010, at 20:09:02
The insomnia side effect from prozac was always a problem for me. It was worse in the first couple months and got better, but was still a problem. I always had something. For along time it was 7.5mg remeron. Then for years it was 5mg zyprexa. I could sleep without those, but sleep was so much better with them.
The only other side effect I had was diminished libido. Unlike other ssris which totally destroyed libido, I had decent libido on prozac as long as there were several days inbetween intimacy. It was blunted, but alive, and tolerable. I never had any of the other ssri side effects while on prozac.
> bleauberry, what timeframe would you recommend giving for Prozac's main side-effects to pass? i'm trialling it as well at the moment, and feel okay so far (it's definitely atypical as far as SSRI's go), but have been struck with some nasty insomnia which i'm dealing with by taking low-dose amitriptyline as needed. the combo isn't ideal - i feel a little groggy during the day - so was just curious if you've found the insomnia is a common start-up effect which usually passes
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