Starting Prozac today...

[wonder318]

I'm going to start taking 10mg Prozac today. If anyone has any experience being on this drug, please share it with me. I don't really know what to expect with it, I've never taken an anti-depressant before. I know a lot of people have bad side effects with it, but I'm really just worried that it won't help me.

[whodunnit]

Hi mate,

Prozac was probably the most hyped anti depressant in our time. It was hailed as THE wonder drug and it was common use in everyday language.

I was prescribed it a few years after it came out and I got zip from it. Nothing. I'm convinced it was just a sugar pill because of that.

That's just me though mate. The chemical make up shown tells me it's not a sugar pill and many have said it helped greatly.

You get that with every med there is for depression Wonder. Some say it work's great, others hate it and say it was useless. Every med OK. So if you decided not to take this one the next one will be the same. I might say it's good but others will say it's rubbish.

Not very encouraging I know but my opinion is that it's better to take a med with no expectations than dreams of overnight cures. I know too many who said they felt better just before they swallowed the first one you see, placebo there. DO you follow? Low expectations, anything plus is a bonus, right?

Good luck.

Check site RXlist for background info on it, side effects and response levels etc.

[Julie359]

This was the first anti-depressant i was put on 17yrs ago now and i didn't have a good time on it, but this doesn't mean this will be your experience.  Take it one day at a time and just keep a note if u start to feel anything u ususally don't and let ur doc know.  

You should start to feel better within a week or two depending on how sensitive you are to the drug.  Good-luck with it though and hope u feel better soon.