Is it normal to experience different symptoms every day? Yesterday I was the happiest with no symptoms, no ocd, and today I get extremely fatigued and headache then it will repeat like this throughout the week on and off for the past 5 weeks. It’s very unpredictable how I’m gonna be every single day

I started Prozac at 10mg at the beginning of September (roughly 6 weeks). Always struggled with mental health to some degree and have been in therapy for 15 years and never took meds. I’m sensitive to meds and have med anxiety. But I’ve been having a really hard time in life this year and really have not been functioning well at all so i decided to give Prozac a try. She purposely started me at a low dose and I felt some relief at first. Better ability to focus mentally which was a relief at first, then it kinda dropped off and I still have depressive symptoms most days and my physical motivation is still pretty nonexistent. I saw my doctor today and she thinks OCD is playing a part here and wants to increase my dose to 40mg over the course of the next month. She’s referring me to a psych as well to see about OCD and ADHD diagnoses that she suspects. She wants to increase the dose because of my depression and also because OCD treatment tends to need higher doses.

Has anyone been in this boat before and found 40mg the right spot for them? Should I be worried about increasing the dose by that much in a short period of time? I’m supposed to start 20mg tomorrow for one week and let her know how I’m doing.

I had pretty mild side effects on the 10mg. Some increased anxiety and nausea at first. Now mostly just struggle with insomnia (prescribed trazodone for sleep) and jaw clenching.

Hi all, writing this after waking up from 2 back to back nightmares. I recently tried melatonin and found it helped me sleep but noticed every time I take it I wake up in a cold sweat and have intense dreams.

A few hours ago I went to sleep and didn't take any melatonin and woke up twice within the space of 2 hours with intense nightmares and in a cold sweat, is this normal?

It feels a little defeating but I tapered down to 10. When I bumped to 20 after 3 weeks of 10, I had really bad side effects. One of which was increased ideation so I really had to calm it down. Back down at 10 I feel a bit better. I’m gonna try and rock the 10 for a while as I’m really trying to give this med a full trial period. I’m at 7 weeks in total.

I’m on Prozac 20mg and kinda freaking out bc I have a 9 hour flight in a few minutes and super TMI but I have a crazy hemorrhoid that is so painful and I need to sleep will I be ok to take Advil PM??

I’ve been on the lowest dose for 3.5 weeks now. For some reason the effects on mood were almost immediate for me. From day 1, it was blocking out negative thoughts and rumination.

The problem is sleep. I constantly wake up at night, feeling a sensation that I want to pee (and I do need to pee). It’s not UTI. I limit myself from drinking water at night and empty my bladder before sleep. But the same thing keeps happening.

I also wake up in the morning with weird tingling feelings on my leg muscles. It’s not sore, but it feels like I need a deep tissue massage on my legs.
Along with the muscle sensation, I feel restless and kind of anxious when I wake up.

But during the day, everything is fine.

I wanted to continue since it’s doing positive things to my mood but the sleeping bit is giving me so much stress.

- Does this go away eventually or is this a good enough sign to switch meds?

P.S i tried changing the time I take prozac from night to morning with food — still had the same side effects

Has anyone taken Prozac while they were pregnant if so what dose and did it cause any issues?

Been cruising with 20mg for a few years and I felt my depression symptoms reverting back to when I started. It worked very well for me up until recently. I consulted with a doctor and she bumped me up to 40mg. I was already nervous to try it, but I said fuck it. It's been almost a month now and I can't tell if its doing anything for me. I feel like a shell of a person and dizzy and shaky, but at the same time it doesn't feel much different than I how felt before. I do have more energy and motivation. I drank a few times in the adjustment period (which probably wasnt a good idea) and I felt sick to my stomach a couple of those times. Could I still in the adjustment phase? I just want to feel normal again and at this point I'd rather just die because I'm tired of feeling anything.

Felt great all morning until 4pm when I had a sudden panic attack and felt like I went numb in my whole body feel terrible since

does anyone else get weird and disturbing sexual dreams? ive had very unfortunate sexual dreams that are sometimes incestuous or involve me cheating on my boyfriend or have me in really weird scenarios and it makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable and i hate it.

Hi! I’m making this post to seek out individual experiences amongst people who are prescribed Prozac. I’m a 27 year old female. I’m diagnosed with ADHD and currently take Adderall XR 20mg and Lexapro 10mg.

For some background, Lexapro helped me a lot at first. I felt calmer and less explosive. However, after several months leading to a year I felt like it made me feel too numb. I just felt weird & didn’t care to be active and my motivation tanked immensely. I also put on 15 pounds after previously losing 50 pounds and changing my whole life in regard to my fitness health. As you can imagine, this sucked. I started taking less to hopefully make my self feel something again lol. I took 5mg and have been until now.

Anyways, so here I am getting ready to start my Prozac journey. I’m mainly concerned of the side effects for my libido and possible weight gain. Some questions I have, for those of you have OCD tendencies- did it help you?

With all of this being said, I do know that medication affects everyone differently and it’s hard to know how it’ll work for everyone.

**please be kind. I know that weight gain/ libido for some people isn’t a big deal but for me it truly is.

I, female, have been on Prozac for a year and a half and noticed that recently I have no sex drive. I am still able to finish and can enjoy sex, but my body never craves it, unless I’m drinking. I also craved it when I started a new relationship at the beginning of this year, but it fell off. I’m not sure if the Prozac is to blame in this situation. I am on it for anxiety, and it really helped at first but now I’m unsure if it’s even worth being on. I initially got on Prozac after being on lexapro and getting off because I saw no benefit, but suffered GI problems because of the anxiety. I’m also worried that the libido problem could be permanent.

I started buspar 13 days ago 7.5 MG twice a day and also I’m on 40 mg of Prozac , for the past two days my anxiety is bad , I keep waking up every 2 hours and I feel like I’m scared of my thoughts once again… I was told to stop the buspar and go up to 50mg on Prozac…. Anyone else experience this with buspar being added?

Every time I go up a dose, I've had anxiety and panic attacks for like a week or 2 but this is a whole new level.

Dizziness/light headedness has never been one of my side effects until going to 40 mg. I was at 30 for 2 weeks and my doctor said let's go to 40. My eyes feel so heavy, I feel like I'm not a real person. It's weird I don't know how to describe it because it's not depersonalization I just feel like I'm on Mars. Felt a horrible panic attack coming on as well but it seemed to disappear before it started thankfully.

My hands were so shakey this morning like I couldn't even hold my coffee mug. My daughter was over an hour late to school because I was struggling so much with anxiety, shakiness and dizziness.

Has anyone else experienced this? I don't know whether to just stick it out or to go back down a dose. If this is going to go away I'd rather just get it over with but I feel scared like I'm losing my mind lol.

Any advice appreciated 🫶

I started taking prozac for anxiety going on to 6 month now. The first 2 months were awful then it got better with fluctuations some days I felt amazing then extremely tiered for the next month. Then on the 4th month I felt invincible great I was on a roll getting my exercise eating well. Not for weight management but because I actually head enery to do things that made me feel better. I even added meditation.Then about the end of the 5th month I felt it was hard to get up again so we added welbutrin to support with energy. It worked then mid through the 6th month I feel so exhausted again. Its extremely hard to get out of bed it feels like a heavy weight all around me. It takes me hours to even go to the restroom I cant get myself to get out of bed. It feels like my body has a tingling sensation all around as well. A heavy need to cry but I dont.

Hi everyone! Started Prozac 3 weeks ago today and feeling exactly how I did before starting Prozac: anxious and panicky. Week 1-2 I felt great which I’m sure was placebo effect. But now I feel like I’m back to where I started. Is this normal, do I need to give it more time? I hear so many people talking about how their anxiety and panic disappear and I want that :( please give me some advice !

Hey all, I am back on prozac 10mg after being off for about a year. I keep fooling myself into thinking I don't need it, since it's such a low dose, but then my anxiety and mood issues slowly creep back in. I gained some weight (15ish lbs) on it as well - granted idk if it's from the actual med, or other things. I'm 42f so I realize that could be hormonal/perimenopausal. Anyway, I went on a micro dose of tirzepatide a few months ago to finally get rid of the weight. My question is, is anyone else on both prozac and tirzepatide, and if so, do you feel like your weight loss has stalled, or you still gained weight? I guess I'm not looking to lose anymore, just maintain, but I'm worried that because of the prozac I'll need a higher dose of tirz just to maintain my current weight. I really don't want to go any higher on the tirz as I do have some side effects. TIA!

Hi everyone!! I’m here cus I saw a psychiatrist recently and he diagnosed me with GAD and prescribed me to take Prozac for my anxiety. This was my first time seeing a psychiatrist but I’ve struggled with anxiety for a very long time. Talking to him was a such a good experience cus he validated everything I was going through and told me yeah that’s not normal. I still have to pick up my medication and I’m doing more research on Prozac. I would appreciate if you can tell me your experience and any advice you can give as I start my journey with Prozac :)

Hello!

I am back on Prozac for the second time. I was on it for over a year about two years ago and decided to go off of it because I was in a really good place and didn’t feel I needed it anymore. Recently, where I live has had a lot of gloomy days so the lack of sun mixed with wedding planning made me go back on it because no way I was going to get through the little sun of winter. My first time starting it, I really only had severely sweaty palms. This time around, it’s insane nausea. It’s not constant and comes to random times but I feel absolutely horrible. For anyone else that has experienced this, is there anything that helped you? Any OTC medications, timing of taking med, etc.?

TIA!

Does anyone experience delayed hangovers while on prozac? i’ve been on a 10mg and recently 20 mg for 5 years now and just recently started socially drinking, and the day after I would be fine but after a day I wake up with a major hangover. I wanted to know if anyone has had a similar experience or maybe why this happens ?

60mg has not really helped much more then 40mg I still have anxiety and depression been on 60 for 8 weeks

But the fatigue is debilitating I can barely stay awake all day

If I move back down to 40 how long before the fatigue relieves.. Is it intense when decreasing dose like increases

All the tips and tricks are welcome 🙏🏼

I am in week 5 20mg, around week 3 I felt better and now I feel anxious, down, hopeless again.. I just tappered off benzos I used for 4 months, I wonder it's because of that?

I am so scared about my thoughts and I don't find any relief :-( what's going on in my mind?

how long were you on it till it helped? did it make things worse first? upped my dose to 40mg 7weeks ago and no relief. only worsening. worked perfectly for three years tho. i remember it took two ish months last time.

i was prescribed prozac (20mg) as my first ever antidepressant

i was prescribed by my gp without ever speaking with a psychiatrist (first meeting with the psychiatrist will be after a month and a half on the meds) and after doing some research decided to break my tablets in half to dose 10mg for the first little while

i’m 4 days in, super minimal side effects and feeling some benefits in mood in sleep (maybe placebo, idk) ((i also started taking the med at a point where my ocd was a bit more dormant, so my baseline anxiety at the time of starting was lower than normal))

i was thinking about upping the dose to my prescribed 20mg after a week, but if i’m reacting well to 10mg should i just stick with it until my next appointment?

maybe kind of a silly question but i have a lot of anxiety surrounding medication so it took a decent amount of courage seeking out my diagnosis and medication in the first place; i also see that 20mg is referenced as the minimum effective dosage for adults in a lot of places so wonder if 10mg might just not do much if i stick with it