Is prozac an anti-depressent?

This may be a silly question, but really is it?

Because I took it for over three months and it did nothing accept make me want to sleep more.I stopped taking this crappy drug four days ago, I have no intention of going back on it, it did nothing, I experienced nothing, no side effects, no change in mood, what a waste of time.

Though the long-term side-effects of taking this drug is loss of libido and hair loss, another reason why I'm off them as that would make me even more depressed.

As anybody taken Prozac and found it improves their mood?

No it does nothing to me either, a waste of time i didn't want to take them in the first place but they made me it was a lot of fuss over something that has no effect!

All medications work for people differently, I know people on it and found it helpful. I've however never tried it before.
What may work for others doesn't mean it'll work for you... did they up the dose at all during the 3 months? If so then have they talked about putting you on something else ?

Butterfly Faerie wrote:All medications work for people differently, I know people on it and found it helpful. I've however never tried it before.
What may work for others doesn't mean it'll work for you... did they up the dose at all during the 3 months? If so then have they talked about putting you on something else ?

No they never upped the dose, if they offered to I'd refuse it.

If they offered different drugs I'd refuse that also. I tried these pills to see if they really did anything, they didn't, I had a book about the dangers of psychiatric drugs, the effects they have on the brain, and the majority really do nothing, and if anything can make things worse.

I'm sceptical when it comes to taking any pills, I wouldn't even touch a sleeping pill normally, and from what I can tell Prozac's about as effective as a sugercube.

Don't believe everything you read hon, a lot of drugs (Effexor, Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft ) and other SSRI's are quite safe. Yes there are some who have a bad reaction, but that percentage is extremely low. Side effects suck, but that's the body getting used to the chemicals. I for one was really iffy about it myself, but once I found one that worked for me it did wonders. Upping the dose likely would have helped, as a low dose likely will do nothing for most people.

However, it's completely up to you... some people are completely anti-med which is fine... I wish that one day I can personally go without and be able to deal with it all on my own, time will tell I have been on medications since 16 (29 now) so it's been awhile... kinda used to having it... kinda scared to know what It's like to be off it to be honest...

But if you can do so without then kudos to you.

Butterfly Faerie wrote:Don't believe everything you read hon, a lot of drugs (Effexor, Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft ) and other SSRI's are quite safe. Yes there are some who have a bad reaction, but that percentage is extremely low. Side effects suck, but that's the body getting used to the chemicals. I for one was really iffy about it myself, but once I found one that worked for me it did wonders. Upping the dose likely would have helped, as a low dose likely will do nothing for most people.

However, it's completely up to you... some people are completely anti-med which is fine... I wish that one day I can personally go without and be able to deal with it all on my own, time will tell I have been on medications since 16 (29 now) so it's been awhile... kinda used to having it... kinda scared to know what It's like to be off it to be honest...

But if you can do so without then kudos to you.

Thanks, to be honest I'd have stayed on them if they actually did anything, but they didn't do anything and I wasn't allowed any booze either, which to me is a sin against life.

Upping the does may have worked, the side effects however would probably also be more noticeable

Anyway, I know what would improve my life and it isn't drugs.

Side effects come with all drugs you may be on, it's your body getting used to it that makes you feel #######5, but that passes.

As for booze, I always drank but only very minimal, and not all the time. The effect of booze triples when on medications... that's why they say to not drink while taking it.

Butterfly Faerie wrote:Side effects come with all drugs you may be on, it's your body getting used to it that makes you feel #######5, but that passes.

As for booze, I always drank but only very minimal, and not all the time. The effect of booze triples when on medications... that's why they say to not drink while taking it.

The thing is,some of these side effects such as loss of libido and hair loss are permanent.

Hair loss is quite rare but it does happen, loss of libido, making a man impotent is quite common with prozac and some other drugs, I haven't experienced any of these side-effects and I've no intention of waiting around for them to happen.

The booze never tripled the effects with me when I drank, though the following day I was very depressed, but I was like that when drinking before taking medication.

Also the first 7 weeks of taking prozac I never touched alcohol, I still felt no improvement.

Not always no.. in terms of hair loss and loss of libido.

When I first for instance started on Effexor I was having problems sexually, but after awhile it fixed itself. Not everyone on say Prozac will get that as a permanent thing. For medications they need to tell people every single side effect that could potentially occur because it's happened to one person or another. There are other anti-depressants that don't have that affect, like Effexor, Zoloft, and Celexa... Prozac has had a bad wrap regarding those but not everyone deals with them.

You also didn't feel the affects though because your dose was so low that you did not get anything out of it...

You didn't feel improvement on Prozac likely because you weren't upped at all in dosage, either that or it just did not work for you... just like I mentioned above not all meds will work for everyone....

Butterfly Faerie wrote:Not always no.. in terms of hair loss and loss of libido.

When I first for instance started on Effexor I was having problems sexually, but after awhile it fixed itself. Not everyone on say Prozac will get that as a permanent thing. For medications they need to tell people every single side effect that could potentially occur because it's happened to one person or another. There are other anti-depressants that don't have that affect, like Effexor, Zoloft, and Celexa... Prozac has had a bad wrap regarding those but not everyone deals with them.

You also didn't feel the affects though because your dose was so low that you did not get anything out of it...

You didn't feel improvement on Prozac likely because you weren't upped at all in dosage, either that or it just did not work for you... just like I mentioned above not all meds will work for everyone....

My dose was 20mg a day, that's usually the average they prescribe as far as I know. The loss of libido is quite common more so in men, where the sperm count tends to be lower, I don't know about women because it's different if you know what I mean.

Hair loss I'd have thought would also more likely be a male problem with these drugs, as it's very rare for a female to lose hair. Anyway the meds didn't work, whether it's just me or maybe the drugs just aren't any good, I can't comment on the drugs you're taking, I've never tried them, but prozac is a drug I personally will never bother with again.

I never experienced any side effects really, apart from feeling more tired, but no improvement either.