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23-04-2015, 04:02 PM
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LittleCloud
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Prozac question
Hey all,
I have recently changed meds to prozac. I've been taking it around a week and have a few side effects- numb sort of feeling, feel a bit fluey, exhausted but can't sleep. Anyone have these side effects? How long until they go?
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23-04-2015, 04:39 PM
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Emotional numbing can occur with antidepressants in some.
Flu-like symptoms are a known side-effect but they wear off with time. Maybe a few weeks.
Exhausted but can't sleep - also a known side-effect. In fact fluoxetine is quite well known to cause insomnia in some. That takes a bit longer to wear off.
I've been on fluoxetine for OCD. I had similar symptoms to you, but no emotional numbing as far as I can remember.
Last edited by Steel Maiden : 23-04-2015 at 04:40 PM.
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23-04-2015, 04:51 PM
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As Oly said, these side-effects tend to wear off after a while. It's generally one of the better tolerated meds but if after a while you see no improvement (or the negatives outweigh the benefits) then speak to your doctor.
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23-04-2015, 10:45 PM
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LittleCloud
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Thanks guys- like I said, just a week so far. It's definitely an improvement on the way paroextine eventually failed. Hoping the effects go. As it is, I've been working paid night shifts quite a bit since I started prozac so if anything you could say to some extent the insomnia has some bonuses
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So she lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Each wave a promise, a new hope reborn
Sunrise consoles at the break of dawn
Kamelot - A Sailorman's Hymn Lyrics
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24-04-2015, 08:42 AM
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I've heard some really nasty things about paroxetine. The evidence does suggest Prozac is better so fingers crossed!
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24-04-2015, 09:24 AM
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Yeah, paroxetine was not fun. I was given it as a 16/17 year old.
But with prozac the side effects will wear off over the next few weeks. You should start to get the majority of its beneficial effect in 4-8 weeks or so.
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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different…
you once called your brain a hard drive, well say hello to the virus.
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24-04-2015, 10:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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I'm having the same problems with my prozac atm especially the emotional numbing.
It's good to know it will wear off over time x
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The average,
well-adjusted adult
gets up at 7.30am feeling just plain terrible.
Call me Kate.
I have dyslexia so please excuse my poor spelling and sometimes poor understanding.
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24-04-2015, 02:33 PM
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LittleCloud
Join Date: Apr 2013
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I'm sorry your going through that too. It's not fun. I feel sick a lot too. Paroextine was actually a lot better than other things- Zoloft was the horror for me. Feeling a lot like I want to use this lack of appetite- eating feels as awful inside as it does in my head
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So she lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Each wave a promise, a new hope reborn
Sunrise consoles at the break of dawn
Kamelot - A Sailorman's Hymn Lyrics
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27-04-2015, 12:13 PM
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LittleCloud
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Australia
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To those who take Prozac- once the initial side effects wear off, did you have any side effects?
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So she lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Each wave a promise, a new hope reborn
Sunrise consoles at the break of dawn
Kamelot - A Sailorman's Hymn Lyrics
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