New on prozac?!


Question: i just got back from my psychiatrist and she prescribed me 10mg of prozac. i haven't taken it yet but i'm really scared of it lol. she said i just need it to take the edge off my anxiety and then i can be taken off of it. so if i take it now and stop will it effect me later in life? like tough pregnancy or anything like that?
i'm just paranoid of taking it. i don't even take pills for headaches so i'm just a little jittery about taking it. i'm 15 by they way.


Answers: i just got back from my psychiatrist and she prescribed me 10mg of prozac. i haven't taken it yet but i'm really scared of it lol. she said i just need it to take the edge off my anxiety and then i can be taken off of it. so if i take it now and stop will it effect me later in life? like tough pregnancy or anything like that?
i'm just paranoid of taking it. i don't even take pills for headaches so i'm just a little jittery about taking it. i'm 15 by they way.

10 mg is a very low dose. Some ppl take 80mg. I take 40 and it has helped me tremendously. I, like you, don't like taking medicines. I have no problems with it. It doesn't make u feel high or anything. It takes a few weeks for it to build up in ur system and then, atleast with me, you just start having a better overall feeling. Nothing weird or anything. I just had a more upbeat outlook. Felt like doing more...stuff like that. I was much more happy and I could tell that the Prozac was helping me for sure. Don't feel jittery. Prozac shouldn't make u feel that way. Good luck...I know how anxiety feels....it's not fun.

I started my first anti-depressant when I was 16(now 25) and I am not dependant on them. I take them now, but went for years without taking them. I have a 2 year old and I have never heard of it making you less likely to get pregnant. Id say if you are seeing a therapist then def go ahead and take them, they will make lifes problems seem so little and not worth it. So, for me it helped me learn to deal with things better.

i just got off of it. if you doctor gave it to u its best u take it.there are af ew side effects but at your age u may not even notice them. it will calm u. U will be able to handel stressful situations better. and u will think clearier and be able to focus better u wont be so lost in your thought process. me it made me have depth perception issues when walking down steps and i woke up every morning at 3:00 am and couldnt go back to sleep but that doesnt happen to everyone

I take it and I wish that I started at your age life would have been a whole lot easier for me if I had. It just helps with my reactions to situations I no longer fly off the handle before I give it a thought . I can rationalize my thought first which has made living with me a whole lot easier! Take it if it doesn't do for you what it does for me than stop. Can't hurt!!!





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