Fluoxetine worries?!


Question: Fluoxetine worries!?
hi, im starting on fluoxetine tomorow for my depression and im worried that my personality will completly change,
is there anything should avoid!? and whats it like!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Hey!. I was on Fluoxetine (Prozac) too for a couple of months!. I was prescribed it after my nervous breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital for evaluation!.
lmao!. here's my opinion on drugs!. They don't work!. They treat depression like it's a disease when it's a state of mind!. You don't need drugs to feel happy; you are so much stronger than that!. to answer your question!.!.!. it made me feel drowsy all the time, and my eyelids drooped!. It really didn't help at all!. Just so you know, all drugs can be dangerous!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I'm a psychiatrist BUT I also took Prozac for about 5 years so my advice comes from both the patient and the doc points of view!. Prozac isn't meant to change your personality!. Most people will just note that they are less depressed/irritable or anxious!. Now that having been said, I have known some people, not a lot but enough, that have said they have felt "bland" on Prozac!. This is usually because the chemical that Prozac effects, serotonin, usually has the effect of making people feel calm and chill!.!.you know how you feel after a big turkey dinner and you have that fat and content feeling!? Turkey has a protein in it that is the precursor for serotonin so at the extreme-it would be like that!. If you get that feeling, you can always back off the dose, try another medication in the family or, if its otherwise helping the depression, add a little bit of something like Wellbutrin which usually gets people over the hump!.

The other scenario where people can feel odd is if their depression is really more of a bipolar depression!. If this is the case, people can get more agitated and keyed up, get tremendous abnormally great energy and can be irritable as all get out!. Unless you have symptoms of bipolar disorder already or have a strong family history, its most likely you won't have this problem!.

Like I said before, I took Prozac for years and had no problems with it!. In fact, I felt more like myself than I had in a long time since I wasn't as depressed when I was taking it!. Some people can have headache or upset stomach at first-I didn't have any of those problems!. The generic pill did taste nasty but that was all of the trouble I had with it personally and that was alleviated almost entirely by taking it with some food!. That having been said, everyone is a little different!. If you are very concerned, I would talk with a family member or friend, let them know you are starting the medication and to ask them to let you know if you if they notice anything different, both positive or negative!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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