Jane the Canadian me so hopeful to read

I'm calling my psychiatrist in the morning because my current Celexa (for depression and chronic pain) doesn't do shite, although I've asked her a few times and the answer has been "no" each time.

Saved my life as well!

@@karenbrown4524 it's very difficult to stop taking because the secondary metabolites have a 25 day half life.

How does affect ur organs like your liver etc have u had any problems since you’ve taken this for more than 20 years.

It is a trend. Doctors prescribe SSRIs and SNRIs way too often.

@@HyperRefined that's why therapy PLUS meds are part of the treatment. Therapy being the main one. They'll take you off the meds if you don't need them.

@@Lou-ni9bp people with permanent disabilities need meds , people who don't have permanent disabilities don't need meds it's that simple ,

@@geekedmaxx it's not but ok?? Not all mental illness' are lifelong, nor does a person require meds 100% of the time, yet they may have it lifelong

@@Lou-ni9bp never said all of them are lifelong , but some of them are and even depression can be lifelong to , it just depends on the type of depression you have , are you gonna tell a person with schizophrenia that there condition isn't lifelong stupid ? And they don't need meds ? Yea good luck with that

Me too!!👏👏👏👏👍

That's wonderful. 🙂

Same here, it's the only drug that's helped me.

Same. It gave me back my ability to function and gave me a chance at life.

helps my OCD a lot

@Hhj Jj I’ve been on it for about 2 years

@@sloanesteen8472 Will you get excited?

Hey from a fellow prozac user in Alabama. I took Effexor for 13 years. Didn't really help. Prozac is way better.

this is so hopeful to read. ive been suffering from panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder for almost a year now. I have been on zoloft lexapro abilify and multiple sedatives(not benzos) Now I am trying to get on prozac because it saved my mom from her panic disorder, and xanax for emergencies.

Can I ask what happened to you at the dentist?

@@extra_ice_girl I guess we'll never know. : (

@@karenbrown4524 Ehhh maybe she hasn't seen my comment, maybe she wants to keep the details private. The dentist can be a scary place.

Sameee

I gained somuch weight because I no longer cared about anything and ate to try and feel anything at all

Same 100% an I still have side affects from it; Also it completely depleted all of my “happy brain chemicals”.

Yeah my vision is super blurry I’m shaking constantly and I feel like I’m going to drop everything that’s in my hands I just don’t like it but my sister said it’ll eventually get better after 6 weeks

Thanks for posting this. I have been prescribed this med and I am VERY skeptical about taking it. I think it's going to go into the garbage can.

Me too and some of these comments to me are just like what???

Did it ruin ur sex drive?

me too, but the generic version of it.

Prozac is the Britney Spears of legal drugs!

Yeah it's because depression is just a fad, it's not like Schizophrenia which is a real mental illness

I drink coffee

I snort prozac

@@hannahbabel8464 I was dared to once

When I took it, I couldn't sleep at all

... but all drugs cause withdrawal symptoms when on them for that long. You're suppose to taper off of it to reduce withdrawal. Like yeah, therapy is suppose to be the main treatment but what does withdrawal have to do with this lol

Withdrawal can last indefinitely, look up akathisia too, you can take one pill and have a long term reaction. Akathisia is a main factor behind suicides and homicides induced by meds and its been covered up

​@@allseeinglies7091 Boo hoo no one cares, all drugs can potentially make you sick. Fucking aspirin and cough drops can kill you if your body can't adjust. It's not like its a conspiracy that we weren't meant to take drugs XD and that hasn't been covered up, most drugs list severe aggression or suicidal thoughts on them because companies don't want to be sued. Hell my meds even list it on the packaging that you're increased risk for suicides.

Luca D If ur taking for 10 years!!!! That’s a long time then the symptoms will take time too clear off ur body haha

This.

How did it happen, my psychologist prescribed me this but I’m too scared to take it to treat my anxiety and severe depression. Mostly because of what people say about it giving suicidal thoughts and having dependence on it.

Lol does it work? Well yes, but actually no.

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Top Dawg It’s unlikely for severe side effects however it can cause headaches and nausea

Takuma Mcdade I had 30 side effects and a lot of them were severe, had to go to urgent care and the emergency room, took it back in May 25th, took 2 weeks to get better but on the 13th of this month I had a panic attack where I lost control of my body while standing and fell to the ground, it was pretty bad. Never gonna take another one of these kinds of drugs again. All I took was 10mg.

What other med do u take in combination? I feel like I need an adjunctive med as well but it sucks when U have to dabble with all these different meds to find the right combination ☹️

You are a junkie and your brain has been fried. Save yourself before it's too late.

combine with meth

My Doc prescribed me symbyax which is the combination of fluoxetine and olenzadapine. I’m on day 11, I really want to know how long does it take for you to feel it’s effects.

@T.Y.G GAD I'm feeling pretty good with symbyax.

Its called fluctine in my country

Yeah fluoxetine is the generic version but pretty much the same. Fluoxetine has more options in how it comes tthough. I take the liquid form of fluoxetine.

@@mtshyna cendjksdsk the tablet version is so much easier

@@mtshyna omg shit I meant capsule*, the tablets are horrific

I just saw it too

Being female has nothing to do with it, ADHD doesn't exist

Well that's why you don't take these SSRIs for long periods of time. Do you still have TD after weening of the ADs? Also I heard there are medications to deal with TD in the states now

Vitas Zukowski I’m sorry. TD doesn’t have to be permanent. It may fade with time.

It actually made me gain weight which was a good thing because I wasn't eating as a result of OCD, the issue is that I gained a little too much weight lol

@@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305 It make me hungry 24/7

I got tremor. I’m taking less now and my tremor has gone away.

Are you planning to be on it lifelong or is there some sort of taper procedure?

Thanks 🙏🏼 for the information. I have depression and angry outbursts I will hopefully take it.

Did it cause you to gain weight ?

Dang I'm sorry

OMG who on earth puts a 9 year old on antidepressants! That is heartbreaking within itself.. did your mom ever just talk to u? Hold u🥺? Comfort u? Read bedtime stories to u? Do activities with u to stimulate your mind?? Maybe just have u write down little notes to her if u didn’t feel comfortable speaking directly to her? Idk just anything but meds for a kid.. that hurts me so bad to think about that.. I hope you are feeling better now and I’m sorry that you were so sad as a child 🥺💔☹️

Same

@@rosegold973 8 years plus can take it. Check the bottle or do the research online. It is safe for children.

Same I’ve been talking it for a few weeks now and I had no idea about all of this

I hope it helps you 😁

I just started 4 days ago... some days I feel better, some other days I don’t. I know it takes some time to take it’s full effect. I’m hopeful.

@@cecymadrigal4531 yeah, it takes a few weeks to work, bear in mind you start on a low dosage and it can always be increased by a psychiatrist if necessary

Cecy Madrigal how have the last few weeks been? I just started 2 days ago with a small dose and I have actually been a lot better. Curious to your experience?

I hope it helps. 😊

3 weeks later im starting to get over the side effects and i’m feeling overall good - not bad not upset but ok

@@ashton3808 I'm so glad to hear that for you 😊😊

How do you feel ? Are you still on it? Did it help?

Nayla Saleh i took it for almost a year now, i’ve switched as of a week ago due to other conflictions but it greatly helped me

13? That's shocking I hope you are ok now hun?.

Same here. Hey, we made it though

Lol

yeee

meta-depression. let's gooo

Lexapro (Escitalopram) is even worse regarding the ability to kill your libido than Prozac (Fluoxetine).

Not all medicines work the same! I experienced many side effects with Zoloft and Wellbutrin. I feel normal on prozac.

Cymbalta is hell.

I hated Cymbalta

Cymbalta and Wellbutrin were terrible to me. I felt hollow and empty like I was just ghosting through life will no real personality.

How are you today?

A lot of them need medicine to survive in the real world ADHD for example if it’s very severe which is what I have I would be living off my family because there’s only so long we can focus before our brain just stops same with depression

Facts

The dark age of psychiatry ended with thorazine and prozac. Previously ECT, cold water dunks, and transorbital lobotomies were the norm.

Honestly, I still have a grudge against my child psychologist to not put me on SSRI. I first got them prescribed when I was 24 or so. In France. In FRANCE where docs don't debate for years and sometimes just do. I have had psychotherapy since I was 6 and it helped okayish. Only on SSRI I could finally put unlogical anxieties away and only in combo with Vyvanse (ADHD diagnosis took until I was 29) I don't have racing thoughts. Some shit you can only solve with biochemistry and as a scientist I prefer to experiment with drugs than exposing my vulnerabilities to a psychologist I did not trust who made things lot worse. There is no point in trying to go out if you are only left with your thoughts. There is no point in trying to meditate when this "unconditional acceptance" feels like giving up and staying in a shit situation. There is no point in doing all this crap that is advertised against depression, anxiety etc if you have untreated ADHD and every method to try just makes you feel like a failure because you blame yourself for not functioning and not doing enough. Whatever you do, it is never enough. And THIS is what some people need these crappy drugs for. I didn't like trading in my sexuality but I did it willingly over and over again because I'd rather have no libido and sex life at all than being crippled by anxiety each and every damn day that just makes me wanna kill myself. I have seen severe cases of depression and anxiety in the clinic and if these cases are left untreated by science then we didn't try hard enough as researchers and have failed as humans. Humans are partly biochemical machines and we know so much about chemistry and have tons of computational power. Every life lost to suicide due to depression, every case that could be treated by ketamine and didn't get sufficient treatment because ketamine is schedule 3, outlawed in the 70s etc, each of these cases is a failure for the scientific community and humanity as a whole! There are few illnesses as crappy as mental illnesses and they all deserve to be treated. I never want to hear again I should just try harder, not think about X, think about it less when there are case studies where a woman who never dared to go to the supermaket got treated with an opioid, went out the first time in 20 years and when they took the opioid away she was like before. Case studies like that are the reason why I will never blame anyone for failing at X. Why I will never tell someone - just try harder, push yourself harder, you are too lazy and all the other crap.

Made me very agitated

You are the only truth in ma life 🌹

Same. I got so anxious and nauseous. Got brain zaps. Couldn’t leave the house for like 2 months.

I found my psychosis sort of gets rough on it

Same surprisingly a lot of people I know who been on it and myself know it’s very bad and had worsen the symptoms.

Same

@@madting8082 Oh those brain zaps I couldn't handle....

"traumatizing" 😅

Was it ur first time taking it ? cause this is my first time taking it

@@msdothedash Yes, it's my first time taking it. It's been pretty mixed In that first week - I couldn't cry when I wanted to. But I got used to it, as in I no longer even have that urge to cry for no reason anymore. I can still cry in super emotional instances. There were also some days that I truly felt happy and good about myself, but that was short lived. Most days now, I'm very unmotivated, still overall sad, want to sleep a lot and feel lost. These emotions are more toned down though, so I don't get overwhelmed. It hasn't been 6 weeks yet so I'll wait and see if it gets better.

Let's fix our shitty society instead of just treating the negative effects of our lifestyles.

@@JosedeJezeus What do you mean?

Should have tryed to snort it it makes u so happy

Same.

Hannah Babel snorting stuff kinda sucks

Interesting. Never heard that one before.

Since women carry life and have a unique bond with the children they carry, they are more likely to suffer greatly when their children leave home. "Empty nest syndrome" is the reason depression in woman is so prevalent, and why women are so often the target audience. Mothers belong with their children. The bond between mother and child, that's the bond that defines family. When it's broken, we become broken.

José de Jesus men still suffer from depression way worse than women with more men committing suicide because of it and a lot of men don’t talk about it to the extent that women do we just bottle it up until we can’t anymore or we die in one way or another

Kindness Kindness I said they men suffer worse I’m fully aware that women have higher depression rates than man

Kindness Kindness and plus men kill themselves more because most men can’t just throw themselves in a happy scenario like partying or hanging with friends because men on average work way more than women do so men can’t just have fun unless they can have the time and for me I wouldn’t I’d just drink my sorrows away

I've lost my appetite and it's been 4 weeks

I’m 20 also and my sex drive is DOWN the drain

Prozac makes you feel worse before you feel better! It means it’s working lol. You still on it? If so how do you feel now?

Have you tried Abilify?

At the psychological level, we’re just animals under the illusion we’re above them.

Account No, we’re not. If we are, then surrender to them.

@@account4345 Yes, and just like animals we respond to conditioning.

Keith Wilson Surrender to animals? Why? Do other animals surrender to each other? Where did you get this stupid idea? What makes us different from animals? We’re better at a lot of things that evolution has deemed dominant over the rest of animal kind, but we aren’t inherently different.

Cecilia Martinez Absolutely

Works for some people great other people it makes it way worse. It made me lazy and not feel emotions half of the time.

It is still on the market. I wouldn't consider it first choice for depression due to the sexual side effects. Other ADs work quite well as well. There seems to be a distinction between serotonergic (low mood, anxiety) and dopaminergic (can't get out of bed, can't do anything) depression. But SSRI are amazing for anxiety disorder and OCD.

more than a year later this drug saved my life

Can you explain it a bit?? Is it as nauseating as Zoloft??? Does it help your motivation or does it tire you please?

@@tessalogan586 i’m not longer on either drug, but have tried both. neither made me nauseated. i’m sorry!

Prozac is a very nice drug for chemical castration and should be used as first line medication for sex offenders who need to get chemical castration. Kills libido efficiently with 80% probability. But yes, it is a powerful antidepressant as well.

OMG my doctor said Prozac interacts with 5-htp! I would stop combining the two if I were you.

Eat healthy, stay active, engaged socially, get plenty of sleep and stay drug free ! You will live a much more happy fulfilled life !

@@allhandsondeck3308 Depression is the worst disease out there what you are saying is wrong and obviously she has no idea about the illness!

Don't let this video shake you, but do keep an eye open.

Is your libido already gone from the Fluoxetine?