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Been on fluoexetine since December of 2023, and i wondered why the past couple of days i felt like i appreciated everything much more life feels more vibrant, more full of life, started hitting the gym back really hard! Headed to japan with my gf this December light is at the end of the tunnel.
Prozac saved me many years ago. It takes a while to work, but shows more dramatic results than later SSRIs. Really, happiness is in reach. Just keep taking your meds, and soon the colors will be brighter and a good life is in reach.
@@nichole399 Six to eight weeks for me. The end result is great. Hang in there. Ask your doctor about a temporary script for mirtazapine to supplement the Prozac.
I erm.. Never wanna come off this stuff. Its saved my life. I can work. Smile, go out, cook, and be half normal. Love it. Its saved my life and ultimately, everyone around me. I'm off the wall without it. Love it. Best thing ever. Let's normalise this
I’ve been on this medication for almost two months now, and I started feeling the good effects around week 3. The yawning comes back some days, and I’ve also noticed that having a more structured day plan helps me feel better throughout the day.
Hey. Can't remember how long it took. I tried sertraline before and I felt horrible on them. Nauseated with headaches, so i switched to these and i felt great straight away. Hang on in there though. Keep trying for about a month or so. I've been on them a year or 2
I have c-ptsd.. due to many traumatic events in my life. I am 62 now so they have manifested in this in me. How long did it take to work for you, knowing of course that we are all different.
One year ago I comfortably came off fluoxetine. No withdrawalsymptomsat all, but I am prescribed again recently. There is a huge difference between fluoxetine and others
Bro everytime I got out of rehab, they would put me on Zoloft. First few times I didn't even stay consistent taking it. Didn't think it would do shit for me. This last time I went to rehab I stuck with Zoloft and actually felt a difference. Wasent much but still helped a LITTLE, so I started thinking maybe there is something that will work better for me. Prozac is doing a hell of a job. I'm so stoked and thankful
Back on Prozac after trying it almost 20 years ago. I was depressed and angry. Frustration with me became so bad that every little tiny thing frustrated me. Hitting red lights, walking behind slow people, being busy at work. Now all those things, although I don't breeze past them, my reactions are a lot less severe and I feel a lot more laid back and not so "Type A" anymore. I also found 2 crazy things: I can't cry while on Prozac, and I literally cannot have suicidal thoughts. It's almost like Prozac "blocks" those thoughts from your mind.
Just started it today after battling hard on my own for the past year with cptsd, depression and progressive lack of ability to function on a basic day to day level Ive finally caved in and accepted help! Lets see how it goes. im open minded. Really hope i can feel normal again ❤
I started on 20mg's and after a month was bumped up to 40mg's, this drug changed my life. I have potentially undiagnosed adhd (I'm going through the process of diagnosis) and had this medication not been prescribed I would still have believed I had bpd.
The combo of Adderal and Prozac has been a lifesaver. Recently diagnosed with adhd and anxiety after I had my son. Thought I had postpartum depression but i just had untreated adhd which was literally making adulting with a kid an impossibly depressing and anxiety provoking experience. With the right medication I’m finally feeling like I’m present and not just in survival mode
@@Roseland8 No. It helped with the anger and frustration I was experiencing on a daily basis but it actually made my adhd symptoms more prominent which is when people really started urging me to get diagnosed. They had said it before the prozac but it was like my adhd symptoms ramped up after the prozac. Same exact thing happened to a colleague of mine. I had been so sure it must be BPD but the doctor said BPD anger doesnt go away the way mine did, without years of behavioural therapy. She referred me to a psychologist (psychiatrist?) so I can explore this more. I have an appointment next month.
@@lilgit9969 i went to the psychiatrist 2 weeks ago and told them about my anger problems. they took notes and gave me another appointment which was today. i went and they prescribed me prozac. i don't know how it will go. i also think i have bpd and ocd. i would like to talk with you about this subject
Excellent presentation. I was reluctant when my doctor put me on this for depression. I expected very little. I was 100% wrong. It was a night-and-day difference. I’ve noticed if I miss a few days in a row, I start feeling down. Your point about OCD is spot on. I didn’t realize greatly lessening my OCD would be another effect. It changed my (and my family’s) life.
I'm at 30mg a day and it's working great for me.. zero depression, zero anger. I have ptsd from living in Tribeca on 9/11 and that seems to be better but not a huge difference. My anxiety is more tolerable now but I'm agoraphobic and don't get exposed to triggers very often. The grocery store is still an adventure that I dread.
I think it's such a shame that people called it "the happy pill." because it never made me happy. It just made me functional. It spared me my entire life. I was on it such a short time. But that small time was like kickstarting a dead battery. I honestly felt literally nothing. All I knew is I could move my limbs again. It really doesn't do anything but put you at neutral. Which is less than normal. But is is absolutely enough. You can work your way up from a solid neutral with just a push from a friend, or some willpower. But you can never work your way up from a fully dead battery. the only unusual thing that happened while I was on it was I started in on my usual doom-and-gloom thoughts, and then realized... I don't have to think this way if I don't want to. I never thought happy thoughts. But I stopped thinking the ridiculous ones. Holla Prozac you the MVP.
Just got prescribed this today for fibromyalgia and depression symptoms.. Wasn’t going to take it at first, but now I’ve seen your video I will. Thanks from Scotland 🏴
It has definitely made mine worse. In fact I started taking it for clinical depression and only has a tiny bit of anxiety every now and then. For the past 6 weeks of taking it I have heightened anxiety every day.
Thank you. I was prescribed this medication when I was only seeking counselling and didn’t get an explanation of how it works and how it might affect me. I’m excited to see how it works and hopefully it can help turn my life around
I have just taken my 4th fluoxetine pill 20mg. I have read too many negative comments here and it's compounding my anxiety because I do not have a lot confidence in my bodies ability to accept medication. The Alprazolam and BusPirone did not work. Please God make this work.
Prozac can trigger psychosis and suicidal ideation in some people. A true nightmare. I’m so happy for those it works for but it is so important to know that in some cases it can lead to serious problems.
I took this medicine for my depression and became a healthy person. My focus and concentration clarity increased enormously. I was happy for no reason. But it occurred to me to mania. And then doctors spoiled my life. They diagnose me as a bipolar patient and treated me for bipolar. I stopped all the medicines and living again with depression now. I don't know whom to say this to or who can understand my problem.
I 100% get fluoxetine withdrawals, usually if I forget a dose I’ll feel it at the end of the day or the next day. Withdrawals basically amplify the symptoms the pill is supposed to be treating for me.
And all these doctors always say anti depression "medications" are not addictive 😒 ..of course, they are addictive, its so evident now, i can't believe they are still not admitting what they know to be true. Oh, that's right money 💰 lol anti depressents make a lot of money, silly me i forget 🤣
I super love your channel related to mental health. In my case, I tried 3 different SSRI’s before we were able to find the right fit for me. I responded well on Fluoxetine, my somatic disorder has improved. My only concern is loss of appetite since I am trying to gain a bit of weight. I lose 20kg 😢 but so far, so good. I tried Escitalopram and Vortioxetine. My symptoms were not resolved back then. Hope this med continues to work for me. ❤ More power to your channel and your advocacy for mental health.
I think my main issue in life was undiagnosed neurodivergence, but coping alone left all sorts of anxieties and depression which is what I feel is most treated by Prozac. Prozac has always worked best for me compared to the six or seven meds I tried before Prozac. I was so happy to get off the meds I had before as they had (rare but) serious side effects and Prozac is statistically safer. I also went from a 2 med combination to just prozac.
Here are some additional things that people need to know: * Fluoxetine is available in liquid form where 5 mL of the liquid contains the standard 20 mg dose. Why is this important? * Some people don't tolerate 20 mg of fluoxetine, or even 10 mg, but they might benefit greatly from 5 mg or even 2 mg or 1 mg. You can get doses this low by using the liquid form and measuring it by counting drops. Twenty drops is approximately 1 mL so: 25 drops ~ 5 mg 20 drops ~ 4 mg 10 drops ~ 2 mg 5 drops ~ 1 mg * Finally, your doctor may not even know Fluoxetine exists as a liquid, so you'll have to ask for it. Zoloft (aka sertraline) also comes in liquid form. If you're trying to taper off or trying to avoid side effects such as insomnia or feeling "wired" , give a smaller dose a try.
I got my Prozac prescription yesterday from my PCP provider the generic brand Fluoxetine HCL 10MG. I just took my first pill today Wednesday August 24th, at 1:25 am since I work from 12am to 8 am. I am going to take it everyday at this time. I already set my alarm on my iphone. I took it without food. I'm crossing my fingers and I am feeling anxious already and feeling scare about how I am going to feel soon. I hope I don't get a panic attack. I'm feeling weird right now but maybe is because I'm feeling very anxious about what feelings and symptoms I am going to experience soon. Prey for me yall. LOL. I'm trying to stay positive!!!
Hi Raymond. I hope your day at work went well. Try not to over think it... I know it is easier said than done. But when all you think about are the side effects, you can actually manifest them. The saying mind over matter does have truth to it. If you could take the pill right before work, instead of on a lunch break, it might help distract you. I wish you all the best 🙏
My doctor prescribed it to me Feb ‘24 for PMDD (premenstrual dysphoria disorder). Been on it 3 months+ & has helped me be more motivated to work & get up in the morning for the most part. It also helped me lose 12 lbs. Honestly, I still have my emotions & moments of situational anxiety & depression, but it’s helped improved my mood overall✨✨✨
Thank you so much for posting this positive review of the medication. I'm terrified to start it. I don't have the same situation as you but I have had that problem in the past. I was given Zoloft and it didn't work at all for me. My situation involves the anxiety I've gotten from going through perimenopause.
Fluoxetine helped me overcome severe depression. It was on Day 25 that I woke up and I was back to normal. I didn’t gradually get better. It’s like I went to sleep one night and woke up the next day feeling great! 2 years later and I am still on it . The highest I went up was to 40mg. Now at 20 mg.I truly believe many people give up on it too soon.Having said that I know it doesn’t work for everyone. I would say to anyone looking for anti depressant therapy to not give up. There are many options that are bound to work sooner or later. I recommend going to psych Dr and not a general practitioner.
It took me about 3 1/2 weeks before I was back to normal. Keep in mind every one is different. I remember I actually felt worse when I started taking it but hung in there until there was a positive change.If in doubt you should consult with your Dr.
Thank you so much for making this video! It answered so many of the questions I had about taking this medication. I feel a lot more comfortable starting on it now.
Why isn't fluvoxamine as popular as other antidepressants in the SSRI class? I suffer from GAD with some mild depression. I'm curious about fluvoxamine. Fluvoxamine seems commonly used for OCD. Would it be helpful for other anxiety disorders? Do you have any experience with it? Thank you very much for making clear, informative videos!
Absolutely great video Jezel! You did an amazing job breaking down complicated information into language that non-clinical people can understand which is super for patients! Looking forward to future videos!
Me, my mom and my sister were all prescribed Fluoxetine for depression at different times in our lives. We all ended up experiencing “Activation Syndrome” from the drug. In every case, this occurred months into our treatment. Most medical practitioners have no idea how this condition presents itself. For the first few months, patients have very few complaints. They may sleep less and become more impulsive or anxious. Doctors bump up the dosage as more and more of this medication floats around in their bodies. Eventually, the patient complains of panic attacks, agitation, and paranoia. Doctors end up misdiagnosing patients with bipolar disorder and add sedatives and mood stabilizers to their treatment. 9/10 times, if the patient doesn’t pick up on what is going on in their brain, nobody else will. When someone goes into the ER suffering from “Activation Syndrome”, they usually get labeled as a drug seeker due to the erratic behavior exhibited. Benzodiazepines like Ativan being administered can actually make this condition worse. Prozac also has such a long half-life that it can take well over a month to clear completely from the body. Because of this, it makes it next to impossible to tell if your new antidepressant is working any better earlier on in treatment. Because SSRI’s and SNRI’s are not controlled substances, they get prescribed very loosely with little monitoring. When people typically think about dangerous drugs they usually think about Heroin, Meth, or Fentanyl. I have never used any of those substances but I’m here to say that Prozac and Cymbalta were the most physically and mentally damaging drugs that I ever put into my body. The fact that the side effects are quite unpredictable and that they can occur weeks to months after beginning treatment is what makes these drugs so dangerous. Zoloft ended up working out great for me but everyone responds differently to psychotropic drugs.
Thank you for sharing your story. That is so true that everyone responds differently to medications. It is very important to have a provider who is closely monitoring your effects and response to the medication. I'm glad to hear you finally found a medication that worked well for you.
@FeRoOOo71 It doesn’t really matter what part of the world that you live in. Even wealthy individual’s with good health can get depressed. External stressors do play a significant role in depression, however, they don’t necessarily have to be present for depression to occur. Some people struggle with depression for their entire lives. Other’s will experience it after a traumatic event or for no apparent reason later on in life. It’s not something people choose to have. It just happens. Certain people also have genetic risk factors that make them more likely to suffer from depression.
@@user-jq9oo2tx8i i live in north Africa we have nothing here, we have war and death with no future and still i don't know anyone who have depression. when you have no point in life or you are single woman you will have bad mood and doctors with prescribe you anit-depressants that will f up your brain and hook you for life, it's just business. women need to stop working and get married and have children, no woman with good marriage and lots of healthy babies have depression. as for men if they have depression it's simple they are lazy, weak minded individuals.
It takes me two years to start taking them, but when I start taking the fluoxetine since the first day, I feel amazing. I have a good energy. I woke up early. I can go out. I can see people I don’t have that anxiety like before.
man, im only 15 and got prescribed this. i took the pills only a couple minutes ago but they never told me whats gonna happen or what im gonna feel.. these comments got my hopes but ive also seen some shi saying they became more suicidal and had some bad side effects. getting mixed feelings.
I enjoy watching your videos. You really break them down very well, and I appreciate all that you do in educating us. Can you please do a video on Topiramate. Thank you.
Been on Prozac for five years and ready to try to come off. Have a doctor appointment next week and starting back up talk therapy. Husband and I plan to grow our family soon, and I’d prefer to not be on antidepressants while pregnant because it scares me since I can’t find research to say if it’s safe or not. But even without the thought of pregnancy, I want to see if I can live life without Prozac. It served its purpose. Helped with my OCD sooooo much. Helped my entire thinking and helped me feel better. I will not quit cold Turkey, but I do hope to come off. Is it possible to do so and not have a horrible process coming off? I’m on 40mg and assuming I’ll go down to 30, then 20, 10, 5, then off? I’m scared. Again, doing it under the care of a doctor but I’m scared of the withdraw and scared my ocd and major depression episodes will return. I am open to getting back on it when off if im super depressed. But I wanna see if I CAN get off it.
I am about to start taking Prozac as I am extremely suffering from postpartum depression which slowly changing to psychosis. I am losing myself in bits and pieces. Also I survived one major surgery and two medical procedure just 40days after my c section it jocked me and I feel suffocated . I hope this pill work for me.
I'm experiencing these symptoms after 8 weeks of treatment : illogical, disturbing or frightening dreams, libido decreased yawning too much. fatigue and sleepiness in day time i had been taking fluoxetine 20 mg since 6 April. it had been really very very helpful in recovering from my depressed mood and anxiety.
I’ve been taking antidepressants since age 17. I am now 61. I’d love to come off them, but I’ve been on them so long. I have had lots of counselling through the years to deal with childhood sexual abuse then a follow on of mental physical and emotional abuse plus torture. The timing was from age 10 to age 18. Looking back I have been a complete mess. Unable to feel things, unable to know who I am. As I say though I would love to come off 60 milligrams of fluoxetine a day. Have you any advice for me please?
If you feel you are ready to come off to do so slowly. I would say reduce dose by 10 MG per month. If that is too much for you, consider using a compounding pharmacy and taper down 5mg per month. Also, before tapering, make sure your vitamin B12, Folate and D are normal as well as your homocysteine. Best to get those labs with routine labs as well to be sure you don't have underlying medical issues which may have been masked by medication.
Maybe a complete hormone panel should be run before pushing these poison. I went to my then doctor complaining of anxiety and low mood, fatigue, insomnia etc and without even running any bloods he put me on Zoloft and adivan. My symptoms went through the roof. After a few months I weaned off the crap and suffered horrible depression and withdrawls. My new doctor ran bloods and discovered that I had low testosterone. I’m now on testosterone replacement therapy and feel wonderful. Doctors are just a little to eager to treat symptoms rather than finding the real cause of your symptoms.
Testosterone treatment i heard it hard to measurre levels and can help but low or above levels can put a person through hell if the therapy is wrong as i heard most don't really know how to treat testosterone and its understanding.
I was started on 20 MG Prozac on Tuesday, January 3rd. within a few days, I was feeling strange. By the following Monday, I became jittery and anxious. And the next day I was tweaky, but slept all day. And by the following day, I felt so horrible, I decided to stop taking Prozac because I was so anxious and suicidal. I was nearly psychotic and just wanted this Hell to stop. Good thing I have a telemed therapist who suggested I go to the hospital ER. I could barely stand, barely walk, had horrible tremors and weakness. I did go to ER and was given Hydroxyzine and given a prescription for the same to take at home. That med helped me get through the next few days of Prozac Hell. Prozac stays in your system several days to several weeks, depending on how long you've taken it. I've been off it 5 days and still a little tweaky, but better than a few days ago. Never again. Not worth it.
@@ievaanitagrunsberga2881 It is not always doctor's fault, the medicine does have these side effects and you cannot say which patient is going to have which reaction until they take the medicine.
Prozac turned me into a zombie. Like someone picked up the remote and pressed the mute button. Doesn’t necessarily make you happy only stops you from feeling sad. Stopped me from feeling anything at all :(
Prozac just make me feel everything is ok… i will stay on it until my life circumstances get better, to be honest i tried different types of ssri, prozac was the only one that worked and didnt cause crazy side effect, not even libido side effects.. lexapro, paxil were hell Edit; the only problem is that they stop working after a while and then you have to increase the dose, 20mg stopped working in a year and I upped recently to 40mg
The last time Prozac worked for me was Oct. 5th, 6th & 7th in 2003 and for two and a half days I felt like myself again. In other words, I had risen from the grave. However, it hasn't worked again since then. I wouldn't say it made me feel good. What it did was make me feel like myself again. Also, the three times that Fluoxetine did work for me it started working before the fourth dose. One psychiatrist of mine believed that the reason that it started working very quickly was that the drug caught my brain off guard and started doing its "thing" right away but once my brain recognized what was happening it would re-adjiust itself to the way it was used to functioning and would shut it down. Even going up to 120mg a day did not make any difference. The only side-effects I get from Prozac are the loss of libido.
Yes, I agree and I explain this along with all other rare and dangerous side effects of antidepressants in general in this video- th-cam.com/video/-JoTNsqyDxw/w-d-xo.html
Omg thank you so much 4 saying it doesn't cause addition because the psychiatrist around here seem to think every almost every medy there is is addictive fr no lie it's crazy!
I just wanna say something for that definitely small, but definitely non-zero, group of people who might feel a pinch invalidated when people say things like "Unfortunately" fluoxetine/other SSRIs can cause a decrease in libido/sexual 'dysfunction': I know you exist. You're not alone. This is a valid use case for these medications. For treating Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome, Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, Hypersexuality, or just lowering your libido for any reason because it's your body, your life, your rules. You are not crazy, you are not alone. You *are* worth it. Stay strong and do what you know is best for you. Good luck~
By any chance do you have a video on lithium? It absolutely wrecked me, and now I’m curious to know more info on it, but just as digestible as this video is. (I did find a new doctor who prescribed me Prozac, which is why I’m here! I just started this week! Wish me luck, I hope this is the one 🥲)
I am sorry you are experiencing this. One way to help ease this is to go very slowly and even consider half dosing, so instead of going from 40 to 30mg, you go down to 35mg which would require cutting a 10mg pill in half. Also, discuss with your provider, switching to fluoxetine to help alleviate these symptoms, because of its long half life it's easier to come off of. Tell your provider to go to switchRx.com to get a good idea of how to make the switch more smoothly. Also, the Ashton Manual has a section on withdrawing from antidepressants that may be helpful. Good luck with this process and I wish you well 🙏
@@LevelheadedMind I have burning tongue and mouth syndrome, angular cheiltus, canker sores, extremely dry mouth and the list goes on from Lexapro. It also took away my tears. I have been off for 2 months now. Will things change for the better? I am afraid to try another antidepressant.
Prozac is pretty good. It didn’t make me incredibly all sunshine and rainbows but it got me out of bed which was I was hoping for. It did make my dreams weird, I did eat more, and i became more “speedy.” Sometimes I would be too “speedy,” so I got on bupropion in addition to the Prozac. Cause trazadone was awful for me 🤣. I don’t wanna go back to trazadone EVER. the bupropion definitely feels different. it did help with the mood swings i would get from Prozac. Overall not bad. But forsure my biggest side effects with prozac would be first appetite, cinnamon rolls, pizza, cheese, chips all hit SOO different on prozac. The bupropion makes food taste like plastic🤣. But anyways yeah thanks for coming to my ted talk about drugs.
I stopped this medication recently after being on it for 20 years for irritability with menstrual cycles . Now that I have slowly stopped , the side effects are so bad I have to go back on it! Irritability, severe, and waking up at night in panic mode. I have never in my life had that symptom. My body cannot function without it! I’m not happy about that at all.
It sounds like you need some free form amino acids for support and get labs to rule out vitamin deficiencies or other root causes of your irritability as well.
@@LevelheadedMind Makes a lot of sense but doctors family health pro's have no clue or study Vitamins today. they seemed to have slowed down completely and not good at all for the patient. iether its time consuming and payments arn't taken care of and makes the patient worse getting to be a big problem and many are in more danger than it was about 30 years ago when it was a normal checkup practice and helped greatly. . Patients vit count isn't checked many complaints of why even after years.
I took it yesterday for the first time with food and felt nothing. Took it this morning without food and noticed more energy right away and was more focused at work. I’m thinking wow 2nd day and I’m already feeling better. Wondering if it’s fluoxetine or placebo effect 😂
Thank you. I have been on Fluoxetine 60mg for roughly a year. I've been on other medications but this seems to work best. It was helping to reduce my depressive thoughts, anxiety panic attacks. However in the last week I've started feeling odd, like I'm going through withdrawal. I haven't stopped taking my medication but I feel like it has stopped working.
Have you considered tapering off the medication? Your receptors are most likely adapted to the medication, so either taper off, increase dose, or add another medication like Bupropion. But most definitely have this discussion with your provider.
Thanks for sharing your experience, these are things to discuss with your provider if they persist more than 2 weeks (typical time for adjustment) than best to switch medications. Good luck with your mental health care journey.
Hi doctor. Iam on 1. Fluoxetine 60mg 2. Thrive 10 mg 3. Lethium priadel 800mg Though feeling better I occasionally feel unwell. I watched your video in combining fluoxetine and thryve. What is comment on my combination? What could be the problem? Also concerned about taking so much medicine 💊
It worked for me almost immediately …within 1 to 2 days…I have no idea why? But it always works … when I’m stressed more…I can up my dose with my doctor’s recommendation and prescription.
Did you hear her say that it's anti-inflammatory? It definitely is and I strongly suspect that when a person gets an immediate benefit it's primarily the anti-inflammatory action that they are feeling.
As long as you are not "activated" by this medication, meaning you don't get increased heart rate or feel anxious on it, exercise would be good. However, consult with your doctor first as there may be other factors to consider if exercise is right for you, and determine what intensity of exercise is best for you. Exercise has been shown to treat depression and I discuss that in detail in this video th-cam.com/video/NvYZ2X0EVnY/w-d-xo.html
I'm on the max dosage of the fluoxetine. It's been working for me for quite some time. Could you do a video on amitriptyline and also how can I find your other videos?
I was tested and told I could tolerate everything except paxil. Everytime I try a new med end up in ER. I even starting having seizures. Now terrified. My facial pain is unbearable. What can take?
Thank you so much for this video! This video was very informative. I have a question. How does taking fluoxetine effect your brain or health long term? Say years from now? Can it damage your brain?
I haven't found any studies relating brain damage to long-term use of fluoxetine. However, I use it with my patients for 6 months to 1 year and then taper off. The goal is to prevent recurrence of symptoms. While under my care patients learn therapeutic tools that they can use and build on during treatment. Then when off medication they have tools to help keep them off. That is the long-term goal.
I need help for my perspective but I’ve never really got help from anti-depressants. However, my psychiatrist wants me either to get on anti-depressants for my symptoms or try TMS. I’m still cautious about TMS. Anti-depressants have a tendency to prone to weight gain. I”m single and i can’t gain weight. I’m 65 years old and anti-depressants aren’t good for seniors.
Thank you first for the slow talking because I'm Arabian and i need this way to understand what's going. Second, I have obsessive and depression , doubt in everything , remorse , bad view about myself. always down, so my doctor ask for prozac , does it work in my case? I've been talking it for 17 days and thank God I'm better but not that much still overthinking and anxious and also I'm having anxiety symptoms like shudder and other ... Thank you dear 🥰
Thanks for sharing your story. Yes, fluoxetine can help with anxiety and OCD. It does take up to 8 weeks to see its full potential, but also make sure you are on a therapeutic dose. Usually with OCD you'll have to be in the 40 to 60mg range. But titrate up slowly under the direction of your provider.
You are wonderful doc thank you so much. The psychiatrist I'm seeing doesn't have great bedside manner. I've been on Prozac for about 11 days now and the side effects are terrible. I already had insomnia to begin with which is basically the root of my anxiety. This all happened after having long covid. Prozac seems to be very activating because it's making me be jittery and shaky and also my ears are very plugged whenever I take it like I'm having vertigo and my pupils are dilated. I'm very sleep deprived. My regular physician gave me Xanax to take for the time being at 0.5 but I don't want to get used to taking that and have only done it for about 3 days. It made me sleep the first day but the second day I didn't sleep very well after taking it. My psychiatrist decided to put me on doxepin but that didn't help for sleep either and plus I've lost weight with no appetite on this Prozac. Do you think mirtazapine would be a better choice because initially he was going to stop the Prozac but instead he upped it from 10 mg to 20 mg but I've only been on it for about 11 or 12 days or so. I couldn't get a hold of him today and when I put in an appointment they abruptly canceled it without telling me why. I'm very nervous doc and don't know what to do. Can I stop taking the Prozac after 12 or so days even though I just upped it to 20 mg or would I have withdrawal or side effects? Please help.
Mirtazepine would be great for the insomnia and poor appetite, along with helping depression and anxiety symptoms. You can cross taper from fluoxetine to Mirtazepine, but most patients can stop fluoxetine and go right to Mirtazepine without an issue since fluoxetine has a long half life. Also stopping it abruptly after a couple weeks should be ok, but always a risk of withdrawal syndrome, but less of a risk with fluoxetine since it has such a long half life. Please discuss your concerns with your provider or consider finding another one who will support you better. I wish you all the best! 🙏
@@LevelheadedMind thank you so much for the response you always make me feel comfortable. I found a good psychiatrist who already has me on the mirtazapine at 7.5 mg. My next question to you is even at low doses like the one I'm on does it still help with depression and anxiety and does it take time to get in your system? My body is in flight/fight mode and I was wondering do antidepressant medications help with that. I believe the octurnal panic attack is what caused this and now my mind doesn't want to let me go to sleep naturally. How long does it take something like mirtazapine 7.5 mg to work and what I have to go up on it or would I be able to stay at that low dose to see effects for depression and anxiety. Typically when I get up in the morning my court is all levels are high that's when I experience the most anxiety by the way. Thank you again for your help
@@nerdbamarich2063 There are many variables here as to whether or not you'll need to increase the dose. Typically 30 to 45mg is required for antidepressant effect, smaller doses help with insomnia and anxiety. As for the fight or flight activation, best thing to do is elicit the relaxation response with deep breathing or vagus nerve stimulation techniques like vagas massage on the face, ears and neck areas. Speak with your provider about this as these techniques will be the most useful in turning down that sympathetic activation.
@@LevelheadedMind thank you again for the response I appreciate you so much and I hope you had a great weekend. At higher doses will it still help me sleep tho? Also even at lower doses did you still take time to get in your body and could it still possibly help with depression and anxiety once the low dose gets in your body after a few weeks? He did however tell me that if we need to go up in dosage that we can or will. My regular doctor wanted me to take both mirtazapine and Prozac but I didn't like the way the Prozac was making me feel. I don't want to end up with something like serotonin syndrome plus my psychiatrist told me to stop taking it so I'm going to follow what he says as opposed to what my primary doctor said but I'm guessing you can take them both or else he wouldn't have said that unless he just doesn't know.
@@nerdbamarich2063 yes you can still get sleepiness with higher doses, which will help with insomnia. I think titrating it slowly as your psychiatrist is doing is a good idea. As far as using both prozac and mirtazepine I wouldn't recommend it, high risk for serotonin syndrome.
Prozac is the only thing they can't ever help me but of course like any other magazine it stops working after a while but I've never heard of the 2nd medicine that you were talking about. Now I'm not on anyting my doctor passed away & I cannot see the lady that replaced him so I have been stuck with nothing for a while because I can't seem to get out of the bed to get to a doctor. And now we're online with write me any kind of at least just a depression medicine because they say I need to be on nerve pills bad but I'm trying to tell them I need help just trying to get up and get to the doctor. But they don't seem to care. Which is horrible because it had a twelve-year-old who has watched her mother being severe depression for three years now and can't get help and then doing good to take care of her and it really sucks that got them is there that shity nowadays pardon my French. Anyone that has being on any kind of depression medicines should already know it time for it to work
Great information thanks so much for sharing. Do you happen to know if Strattera affects dopamine too? I know it works primarily on norepinephrine but does it also have some secondary effects on dopamine as well?
Always great informative videos! Would love if you could cover using prozac (despite it being a strong inhibitor of cyp2d6) w vyvnase for comorbid anxiety, depression, and adhd. Thanks again for these very informative videos!
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Ssris cause permanent s3xual dysfunctions.
Google "Pssd"
Concerta. I've had a really hard time feeling normal after cold turkey off.
Been on fluoexetine since December of 2023, and i wondered why the past couple of days i felt like i appreciated everything much more life feels more vibrant, more full of life, started hitting the gym back really hard! Headed to japan with my gf this December light is at the end of the tunnel.
glad it works im on day 4 and i feel noting of course i just started though i hope it works
@@ericwilliams2036 give it time and just work through any side effects as best as possible I only experienced being more drowsy.
@ericwilliams2036 how you now ?
@@ericwilliams2036 Hi, i am on Day 7 and i feel nothing yet.. waiting for the effects to start showing
@@ericwilliams2036how is it now?
Prozac saved me many
years ago.
It takes a while to work,
but shows more dramatic results than later SSRIs.
Really, happiness is in reach.
Just keep taking your meds, and soon the colors will be brighter
and a good life is in reach.
I've just started it and I am so sceard of weight gain I am already overweight and I am terrified I will gain more and become twenty stone
how long did it take to work?
@@Keziah_2004x
You'll probably lose weight on prozac.
It took me about
six weeks, but it was
totally worth it.
@@nichole399
Six to eight
weeks for me.
The end result
is great.
Hang in there.
Ask your doctor
about a temporary
script for mirtazapine
to supplement the Prozac.
I erm.. Never wanna come off this stuff. Its saved my life. I can work. Smile, go out, cook, and be half normal. Love it. Its saved my life and ultimately, everyone around me. I'm off the wall without it. Love it. Best thing ever. Let's normalise this
How long did it take for the good effects to come in?
Day 6 in Prozac at the stage where I get headaches, nausea, little dizzy how fast will these side affects go away ?
At which dose r u currently taking?
I’ve been on this medication for almost two months now, and I started feeling the good effects around week 3. The yawning comes back some days, and I’ve also noticed that having a more structured day plan helps me feel better throughout the day.
Hey. Can't remember how long it took. I tried sertraline before and I felt horrible on them. Nauseated with headaches, so i switched to these and i felt great straight away. Hang on in there though. Keep trying for about a month or so. I've been on them a year or 2
Does wonders for PTSD. Helps with anxiety and paranoia in my experience.
Really? Am currently waiting to pick up my prescription and starting taking them tommorow for the same reasons you mentioned
Thanks for this information
I have c-ptsd.. due to many traumatic events in my life. I am 62 now so they have manifested in this in me. How long did it take to work for you, knowing of course that we are all different.
@@heatherboughton5936 1 month, good luck to you
@@shar9907 Thank you.
Now that I’m on fluoxetine I can go outside of the house without having panick attacks every second
I was prescribed fluoxetine for panic disorder. How long did it take you tp feel better? and what's the dose please
Thank you for sharing this information, I just started and hope it help with my panic attack and anxiety.
@@AshleyCen
How are you today?
Same. I take 40 mg but I want to sleep always. You?
One year ago I comfortably came off fluoxetine. No withdrawalsymptomsat all, but I am prescribed again recently. There is a huge difference between fluoxetine and others
why were you prescribed it again? have your anxiety came back again after a while.. or?
i got off of it and need it again, do you wait again for weeks to start to work or does it work faster beacuse you had it b4
Bro everytime I got out of rehab, they would put me on Zoloft. First few times I didn't even stay consistent taking it. Didn't think it would do shit for me. This last time I went to rehab I stuck with Zoloft and actually felt a difference. Wasent much but still helped a LITTLE, so I started thinking maybe there is something that will work better for me. Prozac is doing a hell of a job. I'm so stoked and thankful
Is it still working for you?
Fr!! Zoloft makes me more depressed that usual, I hope fluoxetine makes me feel better
Back on Prozac after trying it almost 20 years ago. I was depressed and angry. Frustration with me became so bad that every little tiny thing frustrated me. Hitting red lights, walking behind slow people, being busy at work. Now all those things, although I don't breeze past them, my reactions are a lot less severe and I feel a lot more laid back and not so "Type A" anymore. I also found 2 crazy things: I can't cry while on Prozac, and I literally cannot have suicidal thoughts. It's almost like Prozac "blocks" those thoughts from your mind.
Crazy thing is I felt the exact same way about not being able to cry .
It just works❤
I worry that it numbs you
@@annikajohansson9171 it’s an odd feeling sometimes. It almost seems like you’re a zombie. No emotion.
It numbed me, that is what it is probably doing to you.
Just started it today after battling hard on my own for the past year with cptsd, depression and progressive lack of ability to function on a basic day to day level
Ive finally caved in and accepted help! Lets see how it goes. im open minded. Really hope i can feel normal again ❤
Just give it time , you will feel very normal again. Trust the pill
How’s it going?
Can we get an update. Just started mine today.
Congrats
Me anxiously starting it today
I started on 20mg's and after a month was bumped up to 40mg's, this drug changed my life. I have potentially undiagnosed adhd (I'm going through the process of diagnosis) and had this medication not been prescribed I would still have believed I had bpd.
Hi, do you feel it helped with your adhd
The combo of Adderal and Prozac has been a lifesaver. Recently diagnosed with adhd and anxiety after I had my son. Thought I had postpartum depression but i just had untreated adhd which was literally making adulting with a kid an impossibly depressing and anxiety provoking experience. With the right medication I’m finally feeling like I’m present and not just in survival mode
@@Roseland8 No. It helped with the anger and frustration I was experiencing on a daily basis but it actually made my adhd symptoms more prominent which is when people really started urging me to get diagnosed. They had said it before the prozac but it was like my adhd symptoms ramped up after the prozac. Same exact thing happened to a colleague of mine. I had been so sure it must be BPD but the doctor said BPD anger doesnt go away the way mine did, without years of behavioural therapy. She referred me to a psychologist (psychiatrist?) so I can explore this more. I have an appointment next month.
@@lilgit9969 i went to the psychiatrist 2 weeks ago and told them about my anger problems. they took notes and gave me another appointment which was today. i went and they prescribed me prozac. i don't know how it will go. i also think i have bpd and ocd. i would like to talk with you about this subject
What did you do to manage ADHD and depression at same time? ☺️
Excellent presentation. I was reluctant when my doctor put me on this for depression. I expected very little. I was 100% wrong. It was a night-and-day difference. I’ve noticed if I miss a few days in a row, I start feeling down. Your point about OCD is spot on. I didn’t realize greatly lessening my OCD would be another effect. It changed my (and my family’s) life.
Same!!! especially the ocd part
I'm at 30mg a day and it's working great for me.. zero depression, zero anger. I have ptsd from living in Tribeca on 9/11 and that seems to be better but not a huge difference. My anxiety is more tolerable now but I'm agoraphobic and don't get exposed to triggers very often. The grocery store is still an adventure that I dread.
Therapy can really help with the agoraphobia, especially exposure therapy.
I've tried... didn't go well.@@LevelheadedMind
I think it's such a shame that people called it "the happy pill." because it never made me happy. It just made me functional. It spared me my entire life.
I was on it such a short time. But that small time was like kickstarting a dead battery. I honestly felt literally nothing. All I knew is I could move my limbs again.
It really doesn't do anything but put you at neutral. Which is less than normal. But is is absolutely enough. You can work your way up from a solid neutral with just a push from a friend, or some willpower. But you can never work your way up from a fully dead battery.
the only unusual thing that happened while I was on it was I started in on my usual doom-and-gloom thoughts, and then realized... I don't have to think this way if I don't want to. I never thought happy thoughts. But I stopped thinking the ridiculous ones. Holla Prozac you the MVP.
Been on this for 25 years it saved me from the darkness.
i heard you cannot use it more than a year without some "rest"
@@TrTrTrTr101 where did you find this info?
@@b.b.latuque9027😂😂😂
@@TrTrTrTr101it doesn’t create drug tolerance compared to Benzodiazepine (anti anxiety meds). Just relax and it is very safe
@@Katie_purry02wrong
Just got prescribed this today for fibromyalgia and depression symptoms.. Wasn’t going to take it at first, but now I’ve seen your video I will.
Thanks from Scotland 🏴
Glad to know the video was helpful. I wish you the best on your mental health care journey 🙏
How has it been?
Hi! how are you now?
I take prozac for anxiety that is brought on by insomnia. Prozac helps me sleep and helps me feel less anxious in general.
I got prescribed prozac for the same reason :)
Does it mess with one's weight?
Has done wonders for my anxiety. Thanks for this video!
It has definitely made mine worse. In fact I started taking it for clinical depression and only has a tiny bit of anxiety every now and then. For the past 6 weeks of taking it I have heightened anxiety every day.
Thank you. I was prescribed this medication when I was only seeking counselling and didn’t get an explanation of how it works and how it might affect me. I’m excited to see how it works and hopefully it can help turn my life around
I have just taken my 4th fluoxetine pill 20mg. I have read too many negative comments here and it's compounding my anxiety because I do not have a lot confidence in my bodies ability to accept medication. The Alprazolam and BusPirone did not work. Please God make this work.
How’s it working for you?
Can I message you bud?
How are things today?
I have been prescribed them today, I have depression from fnd a functional neurological disorder, I pray myself that they can help me
I'm the same, I just hope it has helped people so that there is some home
Prozac can trigger psychosis and suicidal ideation in some people. A true nightmare. I’m so happy for those it works for but it is so important to know that in some cases it can lead to serious problems.
I just started it today I really hope this helps me with my ptsd and anxiety
I wish you all the best on your mental health care journey ✨️
I took this medicine for my depression and became a healthy person. My focus and concentration clarity increased enormously. I was happy for no reason. But it occurred to me to mania. And then doctors spoiled my life. They diagnose me as a bipolar patient and treated me for bipolar. I stopped all the medicines and living again with depression now. I don't know whom to say this to or who can understand my problem.
How long you took it for ?
@@juanvillalobos7349 what?
@@irfancool000 how long you took Prozac for it to develop mania , curious only. Heard it was one of the best ssri but in low doses
@@juanvillalobos7349 fluoxetine 40mg within 2 months
@@irfancool000 why don't you take low dose and start again. It's better to be a maniac then depressed
I 100% get fluoxetine withdrawals, usually if I forget a dose I’ll feel it at the end of the day or the next day. Withdrawals basically amplify the symptoms the pill is supposed to be treating for me.
And all these doctors always say anti depression "medications" are not addictive 😒 ..of course, they are addictive, its so evident now, i can't believe they are still not admitting what they know to be true. Oh, that's right money 💰 lol anti depressents make a lot of money, silly me i forget 🤣
Best video I started today my first dose was diagnosed with ptsd
Really appreciate the information in your videos. You have a nice way of presentation as well. Thank you
I take Prozac and im really doing better.
I super love your channel related to mental health. In my case, I tried 3 different SSRI’s before we were able to find the right fit for me. I responded well on Fluoxetine, my somatic disorder has improved. My only concern is loss of appetite since I am trying to gain a bit of weight. I lose 20kg 😢 but so far, so good. I tried Escitalopram and Vortioxetine. My symptoms were not resolved back then. Hope this med continues to work for me. ❤ More power to your channel and your advocacy for mental health.
My Dr started me out at 40mg and I am very nervous starting it but your video made me feel better.
Been on the happy pill for 10yrs and its still working fine for me. I’m happy
So it must be taken all the time otherwise the symptoms will come back
@@JediDarkForce Not sure, maybe. But I’m not trying to find out. I’m good with it, could be different for others.
For some people yes it will comeback@@JediDarkForce
I think my main issue in life was undiagnosed neurodivergence, but coping alone left all sorts of anxieties and depression which is what I feel is most treated by Prozac. Prozac has always worked best for me compared to the six or seven meds I tried before Prozac. I was so happy to get off the meds I had before as they had (rare but) serious side effects and Prozac is statistically safer. I also went from a 2 med combination to just prozac.
Are you still having success on prozac?
Here are some additional things that people need to know:
* Fluoxetine is available in liquid form where 5 mL of the liquid contains the standard 20 mg dose. Why is this important?
* Some people don't tolerate 20 mg of fluoxetine, or even 10 mg, but they might benefit greatly from 5 mg or even 2 mg or 1 mg.
You can get doses this low by using the liquid form and measuring it by counting drops. Twenty drops is approximately 1 mL so:
25 drops ~ 5 mg
20 drops ~ 4 mg
10 drops ~ 2 mg
5 drops ~ 1 mg
* Finally, your doctor may not even know Fluoxetine exists as a liquid, so you'll have to ask for it.
Zoloft (aka sertraline) also comes in liquid form.
If you're trying to taper off or trying to avoid side effects such as insomnia or feeling "wired" , give a smaller dose a try.
been on it for 13 years, I feel nothing now.... melted my brain
I got my Prozac prescription yesterday from my PCP provider the generic brand Fluoxetine HCL 10MG.
I just took my first pill today Wednesday August 24th, at 1:25 am since I work from 12am to 8 am.
I am going to take it everyday at this time. I already set my alarm on my iphone. I took it without food.
I'm crossing my fingers and I am feeling anxious already and feeling scare about how I am going to feel soon. I hope I don't get a panic attack.
I'm feeling weird right now but maybe is because I'm feeling very anxious about what feelings and symptoms I am going to experience soon.
Prey for me yall. LOL. I'm trying to stay positive!!!
Hi Raymond. I hope your day at work went well. Try not to over think it... I know it is easier said than done. But when all you think about are the side effects, you can actually manifest them. The saying mind over matter does have truth to it. If you could take the pill right before work, instead of on a lunch break, it might help distract you. I wish you all the best 🙏
Any updates?
Hey it’s been a month! How’s it been?
????
@@thomasmueller2319bruh… I would’ve loved a update
My doctor prescribed it to me Feb ‘24 for PMDD (premenstrual dysphoria disorder). Been on it 3 months+ & has helped me be more motivated to work & get up in the morning for the most part. It also helped me lose 12 lbs. Honestly, I still have my emotions & moments of situational anxiety & depression, but it’s helped improved my mood overall✨✨✨
Thank you so much for posting this positive review of the medication. I'm terrified to start it.
I don't have the same situation as you but I have had that problem in the past. I was given Zoloft and it didn't work at all for me.
My situation involves the anxiety I've gotten from going through perimenopause.
I love this profile. I’m finally learning what my meds do even though I’ve been taking them for years.
I've just started it and I am so sceard of weight gain I am already overweight and I am terrified I will gain more and become twenty stone
@@Keziah_2004xhow are you now?
Fluoxetine helped me overcome severe depression. It was on Day 25 that I woke up and I was back to normal. I didn’t gradually get better. It’s like I went to sleep one night and woke up the next day feeling great! 2 years later and I am still on it . The highest I went up was to 40mg. Now at 20 mg.I truly believe many people give up on it too soon.Having said that I know it doesn’t work for everyone. I would say to anyone looking for anti depressant therapy to not give up. There are many options that are bound to work sooner or later. I recommend going to psych Dr and not a general practitioner.
I’m day 5 into it and still feeling horrible. Hopefully I can wake up one of these days and feel great. I heard it takes up to 2 weeks? Or even 3?
Yes give it 2-4 weeks to start working then 8 weeks for max effectiveness.
@@LevelheadedMind so it’s normal to feel worse the first week? Then the 2nd or 3rd week I should be feeling good?
It took me about 3 1/2 weeks before I was back to normal. Keep in mind every one is different. I remember I actually felt worse when I started taking it but hung in there until there was a positive change.If in doubt you should consult with your Dr.
It can be. If you're not better by week 2 and still feel worse, let your doctor know as you may be experiencing adverse effects.
Thank you so much for making this video! It answered so many of the questions I had about taking this medication. I feel a lot more comfortable starting on it now.
Is it helpful?...my doctor just placed me on it and am starting on friday
It’ works
Why isn't fluvoxamine as popular as other antidepressants in the SSRI class? I suffer from GAD with some mild depression. I'm curious about fluvoxamine. Fluvoxamine seems commonly used for OCD. Would it be helpful for other anxiety disorders? Do you have any experience with it? Thank you very much for making clear, informative videos!
Yes, fluvoxamine is good for anxiety, depression and OCD. Mostly used for OCD in the US since the most reasearch done was for OCD.
Absolutely great video Jezel! You did an amazing job breaking down complicated information into language that non-clinical people can understand which is super for patients! Looking forward to future videos!
Thank you, that means a lot!
I’m starting tomorrow, I hope this saves me
Me, my mom and my sister were all prescribed Fluoxetine for depression at different times in our lives. We all ended up experiencing “Activation Syndrome” from the drug. In every case, this occurred months into our treatment. Most medical practitioners have no idea how this condition presents itself. For the first few months, patients have very few complaints. They may sleep less and become more impulsive or anxious. Doctors bump up the dosage as more and more of this medication floats around in their bodies. Eventually, the patient complains of panic attacks, agitation, and paranoia. Doctors end up misdiagnosing patients with bipolar disorder and add sedatives and mood stabilizers to their treatment. 9/10 times, if the patient doesn’t pick up on what is going on in their brain, nobody else will. When someone goes into the ER suffering from “Activation Syndrome”, they usually get labeled as a drug seeker due to the erratic behavior exhibited. Benzodiazepines like Ativan being administered can actually make this condition worse. Prozac also has such a long half-life that it can take well over a month to clear completely from the body. Because of this, it makes it next to impossible to tell if your new antidepressant is working any better earlier on in treatment. Because SSRI’s and SNRI’s are not controlled substances, they get prescribed very loosely with little monitoring. When people typically think about dangerous drugs they usually think about Heroin, Meth, or Fentanyl. I have never used any of those substances but I’m here to say that Prozac and Cymbalta were the most physically and mentally damaging drugs that I ever put into my body. The fact that the side effects are quite unpredictable and that they can occur weeks to months after beginning treatment is what makes these drugs so dangerous. Zoloft ended up working out great for me but everyone responds differently to psychotropic drugs.
Thank you for sharing your story. That is so true that everyone responds differently to medications. It is very important to have a provider who is closely monitoring your effects and response to the medication. I'm glad to hear you finally found a medication that worked well for you.
how you get depressed in America, it's the best country in the world
@FeRoOOo71 It doesn’t really matter what part of the world that you live in. Even wealthy individual’s with good health can get depressed. External stressors do play a significant role in depression, however, they don’t necessarily have to be present for depression to occur. Some people struggle with depression for their entire lives. Other’s will experience it after a traumatic event or for no apparent reason later on in life. It’s not something people choose to have. It just happens. Certain people also have genetic risk factors that make them more likely to suffer from depression.
@@user-jq9oo2tx8i i live in north Africa we have nothing here, we have war and death with no future and still i don't know anyone who have depression. when you have no point in life or you are single woman you will have bad mood and doctors with prescribe you anit-depressants that will f up your brain and hook you for life, it's just business. women need to stop working and get married and have children, no woman with good marriage and lots of healthy babies have depression. as for men if they have depression it's simple they are lazy, weak minded individuals.
How were you diagnosed and what were your initial symptoms?
It takes me two years to start taking them, but when I start taking the fluoxetine since the first day, I feel amazing. I have a good energy. I woke up early. I can go out. I can see people I don’t have that anxiety like before.
First day you felt great?
man, im only 15 and got prescribed this. i took the pills only a couple minutes ago but they never told me whats gonna happen or what im gonna feel.. these comments got my hopes but ive also seen some shi saying they became more suicidal and had some bad side effects. getting mixed feelings.
I enjoy watching your videos. You really break them down very well, and I appreciate all that you do in educating us. Can you please do a video on Topiramate. Thank you.
Been on Prozac for five years and ready to try to come off. Have a doctor appointment next week and starting back up talk therapy. Husband and I plan to grow our family soon, and I’d prefer to not be on antidepressants while pregnant because it scares me since I can’t find research to say if it’s safe or not. But even without the thought of pregnancy, I want to see if I can live life without Prozac. It served its purpose. Helped with my OCD sooooo much. Helped my entire thinking and helped me feel better. I will not quit cold Turkey, but I do hope to come off. Is it possible to do so and not have a horrible process coming off? I’m on 40mg and assuming I’ll go down to 30, then 20, 10, 5, then off? I’m scared. Again, doing it under the care of a doctor but I’m scared of the withdraw and scared my ocd and major depression episodes will return. I am open to getting back on it when off if im super depressed. But I wanna see if I CAN get off it.
Its baddd
u should talk to OB i think a few can be taken with pregnancy with low risk
any updates?
I am about to start taking Prozac as I am extremely suffering from postpartum depression which slowly changing to psychosis. I am losing myself in bits and pieces. Also I survived one major surgery and two medical procedure just 40days after my c section it jocked me and I feel suffocated . I hope this pill work for me.
I'm experiencing these symptoms after 8 weeks of treatment :
illogical, disturbing or frightening dreams,
libido decreased
yawning too much.
fatigue and sleepiness in day time
i had been taking fluoxetine 20 mg since 6 April.
it had been really very very helpful in recovering from my depressed mood and anxiety.
Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bulimia,
and Panic Disorder: abnormal dreams, abnormal ejaculation, anorexia,
anxiety, asthenia, diarrhea, dry mouth, dyspepsia, flu syndrome,
impotence, insomnia, libido decreased, nausea, nervousness,
pharyngitis, rash, sinusitis, somnolence, sweating, tremor,
vasodilatation, and yawn.
So did help or not?
@@Anurag_Saxenaare these side effects?
I’ve been taking antidepressants since age 17. I am now 61. I’d love to come off them, but I’ve been on them so long. I have had lots of counselling through the years to deal with childhood sexual abuse then a follow on of mental physical and emotional abuse plus torture. The timing was from age 10 to age 18. Looking back I have been a complete mess. Unable to feel things, unable to know who I am. As I say though I would love to come off 60 milligrams of fluoxetine a day. Have you any advice for me please?
If you feel you are ready to come off to do so slowly. I would say reduce dose by 10 MG per month. If that is too much for you, consider using a compounding pharmacy and taper down 5mg per month. Also, before tapering, make sure your vitamin B12, Folate and D are normal as well as your homocysteine. Best to get those labs with routine labs as well to be sure you don't have underlying medical issues which may have been masked by medication.
Hey how are you now?
I hope you are doing well ❤
@@awomanssecondchance4965 it’s not easy. Just lost my 14 year old little dog too so I’m grieving. Thanks for asking. That’s kind xx
I started today. May my life change from today.
What are your symtoms
@@nellywhiteskincare4712 well. I don't feel like am faiting anymore.
Do you have a one monete update? Any side effects? Any changes?
How you doing now?
@@ACD1994 fantastic! Am living again!
Maybe a complete hormone panel should be run before pushing these poison. I went to my then doctor complaining of anxiety and low mood, fatigue, insomnia etc and without even running any bloods he put me on Zoloft and adivan. My symptoms went through the roof. After a few months I weaned off the crap and suffered horrible depression and withdrawls. My new doctor ran bloods and discovered that I had low testosterone. I’m now on testosterone replacement therapy and feel wonderful. Doctors are just a little to eager to treat symptoms rather than finding the real cause of your symptoms.
Testosterone treatment i heard it hard to measurre levels and can help but low or above levels can put a person through hell if the therapy is wrong as i heard most don't really know how to treat testosterone and its understanding.
I was started on 20 MG Prozac on Tuesday, January 3rd. within a few days, I was feeling strange. By the following Monday, I became jittery and anxious. And the next day I was tweaky, but slept all day. And by the following day, I felt so horrible, I decided to stop taking Prozac because I was so anxious and suicidal. I was nearly psychotic and just wanted this Hell to stop. Good thing I have a telemed therapist who suggested I go to the hospital ER. I could barely stand, barely walk, had horrible tremors and weakness. I did go to ER and was given Hydroxyzine and given a prescription for the same to take at home. That med helped me get through the next few days of Prozac Hell. Prozac stays in your system several days to several weeks, depending on how long you've taken it. I've been off it 5 days and still a little tweaky, but better than a few days ago. Never again. Not worth it.
It’s normal to increase anxiety before it gets better
High dose to start with. I was started on a 5mg baby dose and it feels pretty smooth
@@quinnemilepoe9604 Isn't 20mg the base dosis for adults?
That's why I don't trust doctors.
@@ievaanitagrunsberga2881 It is not always doctor's fault, the medicine does have these side effects and you cannot say which patient is going to have which reaction until they take the medicine.
Prozac turned me into a zombie. Like someone picked up the remote and pressed the mute button. Doesn’t necessarily make you happy only stops you from feeling sad. Stopped me from feeling anything at all :(
Same
I wonder what it does if that’s how you already feel
@@Zarmarria just puts a straight jacket on you so you don’t “Epstein” yourself :(
How long are you on it now?
@@hridoykhan-tl5kb I got off it years ago. Doing way better now 🤙
Prozac just make me feel everything is ok… i will stay on it until my life circumstances get better, to be honest i tried different types of ssri, prozac was the only one that worked and didnt cause crazy side effect, not even libido side effects.. lexapro, paxil were hell
Edit; the only problem is that they stop working after a while and then you have to increase the dose, 20mg stopped working in a year and I upped recently to 40mg
The last time Prozac worked for me was Oct. 5th, 6th & 7th in 2003 and for two and a half days I felt like myself again. In other words, I had risen from the grave. However, it hasn't worked again since then. I wouldn't say it made me feel good. What it did was make me feel like myself again. Also, the three times that Fluoxetine did work for me it started working before the fourth dose. One psychiatrist of mine believed that the reason that it started working very quickly was that the drug caught my brain off guard and started doing its "thing" right away but once my brain recognized what was happening it would re-adjiust itself to the way it was used to functioning and would shut it down. Even going up to 120mg a day did not make any difference. The only side-effects I get from Prozac are the loss of libido.
Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you are able to find a treatment plan that works well for you.
I would think one of the top 5 things you NEED to know is the black box warning in this drug.
Yes, I agree and I explain this along with all other rare and dangerous side effects of antidepressants in general in this video- th-cam.com/video/-JoTNsqyDxw/w-d-xo.html
just took my first 20 mg, let's see how it goes
How is it working for you today? Did you have any side effects?
Omg thank you so much 4 saying it doesn't cause addition because the psychiatrist around here seem to think every almost every medy there is is addictive fr no lie it's crazy!
I just wanna say something for that definitely small, but definitely non-zero, group of people who might feel a pinch invalidated when people say things like "Unfortunately" fluoxetine/other SSRIs can cause a decrease in libido/sexual 'dysfunction': I know you exist. You're not alone. This is a valid use case for these medications. For treating Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome, Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, Hypersexuality, or just lowering your libido for any reason because it's your body, your life, your rules. You are not crazy, you are not alone. You *are* worth it. Stay strong and do what you know is best for you. Good luck~
I'm on 40 MG right now, I guess I feel relax idk.. I been going thru some tough years
By any chance do you have a video on lithium? It absolutely wrecked me, and now I’m curious to know more info on it, but just as digestible as this video is. (I did find a new doctor who prescribed me Prozac, which is why I’m here! I just started this week! Wish me luck, I hope this is the one 🥲)
Best video on Fluoxitine in my opinion. Thanks 😊
Thank you Mary! That means a lot. 😊
Been on Celexa for 10 years. Finally began to taper a month ago. The withdrawal is rough, no one told me getting off of it was going to be rough
I am sorry you are experiencing this. One way to help ease this is to go very slowly and even consider half dosing, so instead of going from 40 to 30mg, you go down to 35mg which would require cutting a 10mg pill in half. Also, discuss with your provider, switching to fluoxetine to help alleviate these symptoms, because of its long half life it's easier to come off of. Tell your provider to go to switchRx.com to get a good idea of how to make the switch more smoothly. Also, the Ashton Manual has a section on withdrawing from antidepressants that may be helpful. Good luck with this process and I wish you well 🙏
@@LevelheadedMind thank you for your reply. It's getting better week by week. No more drugs for me. One antidepressant is enough
Hope you feel better I think my Xanax stop working going though with
@@henrylance6584 slowly getting better, still got on and off anxiety and depressive mood still. Hope you get well soon
@@LevelheadedMind I have burning tongue and mouth syndrome, angular cheiltus, canker sores, extremely dry mouth and the list goes on from Lexapro. It also took away my tears. I have been off for 2 months now. Will things change for the better? I am afraid to try another antidepressant.
Prozac is pretty good. It didn’t make me incredibly all sunshine and rainbows but it got me out of bed which was I was hoping for. It did make my dreams weird, I did eat more, and i became more “speedy.” Sometimes I would be too “speedy,” so I got on bupropion in addition to the Prozac. Cause trazadone was awful for me 🤣. I don’t wanna go back to trazadone EVER. the bupropion definitely feels different. it did help with the mood swings i would get from Prozac. Overall not bad. But forsure my biggest side effects with prozac would be first appetite, cinnamon rolls, pizza, cheese, chips all hit SOO different on prozac. The bupropion makes food taste like plastic🤣. But anyways yeah thanks for coming to my ted talk about drugs.
I stopped this medication recently after being on it for 20 years for irritability with menstrual cycles . Now that I have slowly stopped , the side effects are so bad I have to go back on it! Irritability, severe, and waking up at night in panic mode. I have never in my life had that symptom. My body cannot function without it! I’m not happy about that at all.
It sounds like you need some free form amino acids for support and get labs to rule out vitamin deficiencies or other root causes of your irritability as well.
@@LevelheadedMind Makes a lot of sense but doctors family health pro's have no clue or study Vitamins today. they seemed to have slowed down completely and not good at all for the patient. iether its time consuming and payments arn't taken care of and makes the patient worse getting to be a big problem and many are in more danger than it was about 30 years ago when it was a normal checkup practice and helped greatly. . Patients vit count isn't checked many complaints of why even after years.
I love love love that you actually answered so many questions!!! Never seen anyone do as many as you. Thank you
Man first day i took it i felt so much better
How do you feel now ?
I took it yesterday for the first time with food and felt nothing. Took it this morning without food and noticed more energy right away and was more focused at work. I’m thinking wow 2nd day and I’m already feeling better. Wondering if it’s fluoxetine or placebo effect 😂
I went from 130 to 230 pounds. So it helped me with anxiety but with high price😊
Thank you. I have been on Fluoxetine 60mg for roughly a year. I've been on other medications but this seems to work best. It was helping to reduce my depressive thoughts, anxiety panic attacks. However in the last week I've started feeling odd, like I'm going through withdrawal. I haven't stopped taking my medication but I feel like it has stopped working.
Have you considered tapering off the medication? Your receptors are most likely adapted to the medication, so either taper off, increase dose, or add another medication like Bupropion. But most definitely have this discussion with your provider.
@@LevelheadedMind definitely thank you
@@LevelheadedMind Better not even start this shit 🤦♀️
@@Kitchguyhow are you?
I might wanna try out Prozac.
Using from last ten years . Satisfied with the pill. Best antidipresant fluoxetine.
Thank you for all the facts about Prozac. Great information 😊
I've just started it and I am so sceard of weight gain I am already overweight and I am terrified I will gain more and become twenty stone
Diet is important journaling is very helpful for daily feelings and workouts and daily meal by servings recipes
Absolutely!!
Everything you say comes out of caring
6 days now and I'm experiencing forgetfulness, zombie feeling and can't think also my anxiety is too high from the pill
Thanks for sharing your experience, these are things to discuss with your provider if they persist more than 2 weeks (typical time for adjustment) than best to switch medications. Good luck with your mental health care journey.
I told you not to take it
How are you now?
Hi doctor. Iam on
1. Fluoxetine 60mg
2. Thrive 10 mg
3. Lethium priadel 800mg
Though feeling better I occasionally feel unwell. I watched your video in combining fluoxetine and thryve. What is comment on my combination? What could be the problem? Also concerned about taking so much medicine 💊
It worked for me almost immediately …within 1 to 2 days…I have no idea why? But it always works … when I’m stressed more…I can up my dose with my doctor’s recommendation and prescription.
Did you hear her say that it's anti-inflammatory? It definitely is and I strongly suspect that when a person gets an immediate benefit it's primarily the anti-inflammatory action that they are feeling.
Will this help me find things enjoyable again?
Very helpful & you’re a great presenter!
Would you consider doing a video on lithium?
I heard that it's very good for retina infection ❤
I am on luvox its a generic brand works just as good. Saved my life
This is a great informational video. Are there any side effects with this drug and exercising? Thank you! 👏
As long as you are not "activated" by this medication, meaning you don't get increased heart rate or feel anxious on it, exercise would be good. However, consult with your doctor first as there may be other factors to consider if exercise is right for you, and determine what intensity of exercise is best for you. Exercise has been shown to treat depression and I discuss that in detail in this video th-cam.com/video/NvYZ2X0EVnY/w-d-xo.html
@@LevelheadedMind thank you 🏃♂️
@@goodrich06 you're welcome 😊 and thank you for watching my videos, it means a lot.
I just watched this video and it was 👍
Starting this medicine soon, so ready. I really enjoy how you explain things.
Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful! Thank s for watching and I wish you well on your mental health care journey.
Is anyone using both fluoxetine and thryve? Fluoxetine has worked very well for me too.
I'm on the max dosage of the fluoxetine. It's been working for me for quite some time. Could you do a video on amitriptyline and also how can I find your other videos?
I was tested and told I could tolerate everything except paxil. Everytime I try a new med end up in ER. I even starting having seizures. Now terrified. My facial pain is unbearable. What can take?
Thank you so much for this video! This video was very informative. I have a question. How does taking fluoxetine effect your brain or health long term? Say years from now? Can it damage your brain?
I haven't found any studies relating brain damage to long-term use of fluoxetine. However, I use it with my patients for 6 months to 1 year and then taper off. The goal is to prevent recurrence of symptoms. While under my care patients learn therapeutic tools that they can use and build on during treatment. Then when off medication they have tools to help keep them off. That is the long-term goal.
@@LevelheadedMind ok 6 months to a year I can do
I need help for my perspective but I’ve never really got help from anti-depressants. However, my psychiatrist wants me either to get on anti-depressants for my symptoms or try TMS. I’m still cautious about TMS. Anti-depressants have a tendency to prone to weight gain. I”m single and i can’t gain weight. I’m 65 years old and anti-depressants aren’t good for seniors.
Nice video ma'am, your presentation skill is impressive👍
Thank you for watching.
@@LevelheadedMind my pleasure
Thank you first for the slow talking because I'm Arabian and i need this way to understand what's going.
Second, I have obsessive and depression , doubt in everything , remorse , bad view about myself. always down, so my doctor ask for prozac , does it work in my case? I've been talking it for 17 days and thank God I'm better but not that much still overthinking and anxious and also I'm having anxiety symptoms like shudder and other ...
Thank you dear 🥰
Thanks for sharing your story. Yes, fluoxetine can help with anxiety and OCD. It does take up to 8 weeks to see its full potential, but also make sure you are on a therapeutic dose. Usually with OCD you'll have to be in the 40 to 60mg range. But titrate up slowly under the direction of your provider.
You are wonderful doc thank you so much. The psychiatrist I'm seeing doesn't have great bedside manner. I've been on Prozac for about 11 days now and the side effects are terrible. I already had insomnia to begin with which is basically the root of my anxiety. This all happened after having long covid. Prozac seems to be very activating because it's making me be jittery and shaky and also my ears are very plugged whenever I take it like I'm having vertigo and my pupils are dilated.
I'm very sleep deprived. My regular physician gave me Xanax to take for the time being at 0.5 but I don't want to get used to taking that and have only done it for about 3 days. It made me sleep the first day but the second day I didn't sleep very well after taking it. My psychiatrist decided to put me on doxepin but that didn't help for sleep either and plus I've lost weight with no appetite on this Prozac.
Do you think mirtazapine would be a better choice because initially he was going to stop the Prozac but instead he upped it from 10 mg to 20 mg but I've only been on it for about 11 or 12 days or so. I couldn't get a hold of him today and when I put in an appointment they abruptly canceled it without telling me why.
I'm very nervous doc and don't know what to do. Can I stop taking the Prozac after 12 or so days even though I just upped it to 20 mg or would I have withdrawal or side effects? Please help.
Mirtazepine would be great for the insomnia and poor appetite, along with helping depression and anxiety symptoms. You can cross taper from fluoxetine to Mirtazepine, but most patients can stop fluoxetine and go right to Mirtazepine without an issue since fluoxetine has a long half life. Also stopping it abruptly after a couple weeks should be ok, but always a risk of withdrawal syndrome, but less of a risk with fluoxetine since it has such a long half life. Please discuss your concerns with your provider or consider finding another one who will support you better. I wish you all the best! 🙏
@@LevelheadedMind thank you so much for the response you always make me feel comfortable. I found a good psychiatrist who already has me on the mirtazapine at 7.5 mg. My next question to you is even at low doses like the one I'm on does it still help with depression and anxiety and does it take time to get in your system? My body is in flight/fight mode and I was wondering do antidepressant medications help with that.
I believe the octurnal panic attack is what caused this and now my mind doesn't want to let me go to sleep naturally. How long does it take something like mirtazapine 7.5 mg to work and what I have to go up on it or would I be able to stay at that low dose to see effects for depression and anxiety.
Typically when I get up in the morning my court is all levels are high that's when I experience the most anxiety by the way. Thank you again for your help
@@nerdbamarich2063 There are many variables here as to whether or not you'll need to increase the dose. Typically 30 to 45mg is required for antidepressant effect, smaller doses help with insomnia and anxiety. As for the fight or flight activation, best thing to do is elicit the relaxation response with deep breathing or vagus nerve stimulation techniques like vagas massage on the face, ears and neck areas. Speak with your provider about this as these techniques will be the most useful in turning down that sympathetic activation.
@@LevelheadedMind thank you again for the response I appreciate you so much and I hope you had a great weekend. At higher doses will it still help me sleep tho? Also even at lower doses did you still take time to get in your body and could it still possibly help with depression and anxiety once the low dose gets in your body after a few weeks? He did however tell me that if we need to go up in dosage that we can or will.
My regular doctor wanted me to take both mirtazapine and Prozac but I didn't like the way the Prozac was making me feel. I don't want to end up with something like serotonin syndrome plus my psychiatrist told me to stop taking it so I'm going to follow what he says as opposed to what my primary doctor said but I'm guessing you can take them both or else he wouldn't have said that unless he just doesn't know.
@@nerdbamarich2063 yes you can still get sleepiness with higher doses, which will help with insomnia. I think titrating it slowly as your psychiatrist is doing is a good idea. As far as using both prozac and mirtazepine I wouldn't recommend it, high risk for serotonin syndrome.
How fluoxetine uses for treatment of hyperhydrosis
Prozac is the only thing they can't ever help me but of course like any other magazine it stops working after a while but I've never heard of the 2nd medicine that you were talking about. Now I'm not on anyting my doctor passed away & I cannot see the lady that replaced him so I have been stuck with nothing for a while because I can't seem to get out of the bed to get to a doctor. And now we're online with write me any kind of at least just a depression medicine because they say I need to be on nerve pills bad but I'm trying to tell them I need help just trying to get up and get to the doctor. But they don't seem to care. Which is horrible because it had a twelve-year-old who has watched her mother being severe depression for three years now and can't get help and then doing good to take care of her and it really sucks that got them is there that shity nowadays pardon my French. Anyone that has being on any kind of depression medicines should already know it time for it to work
I love its energizing properties!
are you having success with this med?
@@jasongendron8309 sure am. It’s changed my life. Best I’ve felt in 7-8 years!
Im surprised how positive these comments are, I have never met anyone who has tried Prozac and thought it helped them much. (Including myself)
Great information thanks so much for sharing. Do you happen to know if Strattera affects dopamine too? I know it works primarily on norepinephrine but does it also have some secondary effects on dopamine as well?
Would love to see a video on medication for addiction like Antabuse , Naltrexone etc
Do a video on fluoxetine vs paroxetine
Always great informative videos! Would love if you could cover using prozac (despite it being a strong inhibitor of cyp2d6) w vyvnase for comorbid anxiety, depression, and adhd. Thanks again for these very informative videos!
I like to learn more about haloperidol and trazodone