Has Prozac helped any of you guys?

[like-spoiledmilk]

I just started taking it, getting desperate, haha..

Before, I've been on Zoloft, Lamictal, Wellbutrin and some Propranolol on the side. Now, I'm starting Prozac. I know I have other options with meds, but sometimes I get discouraged. All of these trials make me feel like a guinea pig, honestly.

If anyone has taken Prozac, or taken it after any of the aforementioned meds, how did it work for you? Did it help at all? Did something else work better for you?

 

[absent_nebulae]

I havent been medicated since 2023 but i was very breifly on Prozac and Sertraline. For me, Prozac made everything 10x worse and it stayed like that until a couple months on Sertraline. The side effects were tolerable, and i dont know what of it was derealization or medication side effects, but I felt like i wasnt in my body and like i had a constant itch under my skin. I was maybe only on it for 2 or 3 weeks, and ive heard it gets worse before it starts working, and ive also heard wonderful things about it. Of course, this is just my breif experience, but i hope Prozac works well for you :)

 

[dragonofenvy]

Zoloft didn't do anything. Prozac helped me be stable but I still don't like life, but at least I'm not horrifically depressed. I think a few weeks in I had a crisis, whether it was because of the Prozac I don't know, but afterwards I felt a lot better. I think it's even helped me be sober and reduce SH.

If you believe it works it will work better. If you believe it won't do anything then that outcome is more likely. The placebo effect is weird.

I'll second @absent_nebulae , it gets worse before it gets better. It's just something to have to tough out.

 

[limenlux]

I just started taking it, getting desperate, haha..

Before, I've been on Zoloft, Lamictal, Wellbutrin and some Propranolol on the side. Now, I'm starting Prozac. I know I have other options with meds, but sometimes I get discouraged. All of these trials make me feel like a guinea pig, honestly.

If anyone has taken Prozac, or taken it after any of the aforementioned meds, how did it work for you? Did it help at all? Did something else work better for you?

I personally felt absolutely no changes while taking Prozac, and nothing from stopping it cold turkey. Before that I was on Celexa/citalopram and felt like I was slowly becoming an inanimate object.

I had a positive experience with propanolol but was taken off of it because my doctors wanted to narrow down which medications might help with a separate medical condition I have. Despite not taking any of those medications anymore because they didn't help, they refuse to put me back on propanolol, naturally.

I started Wellbutrin somewhat recently and feel more depressed than ever.

I can relate to your feeling like a guinea pig. I've been on and off of nearly a dozen medications for neurological issues and once had four neurologists at a doctor's appointment step into the room at the same time to prod at me and argue about my brain. It was like an alien abduction.

I really hope something comes along that offers you some relief.

 

[iguazo falls]

it blunted my emotions but didnt address SH or suicidal thoughts. even eating a biscuit at times felt intolerable due to appetite changes. i still felt depressed. i think my environment and psyche have more to do with my emotions rather than raw chemistry.

 

[sadbh—itstimetogo🤎]

Prozac had an effect on me, but it's a bit numbing too.