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Thanks Pat
I took it for about two years, then went off it for three years, then had a relapse.
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 4, 2005 at 1:23 PM
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when I was on Prozac
its effect, after it finally kicked in, was to make me more patient with the idiots I worked with. Sometimes I thought they were deliberately acting stupid, but once I started living better through chemistry, I realized it was no act.
One of the side effects, the doctor said, was that some people lose about 5% of their body weight -- that didn't happen, but being overweight no longer bothered me. The good news was that after about 2 years, I no longer needed it.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 4, 2005 at 11:54 AM
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Thanks Jemmie. I'm on prozac and it doesn't seem to be helping much, but the Dr says I need to give it more time. It's good to know I have other options if the prozac never does work.
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 2, 2005 at 7:53 AM
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No problem sam you had a lot to say.
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 2, 2005 at 7:52 AM
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I work at a pharmacy part-time. But I try to not take too many medicines. I see people get hooked on medicine. Exercise and eat right and it helps with the number of meds you end up taking later in life. But you still end up having to take some meds sometimes , everyones different. A person heritage and body make-up accounts for some. I take depression pill sometimes. My doctor wants me to take it all the time. But I can't afford too and I don't always need it. But I don't reccomend getting off anything cold turkey. I have seen people have panic attacks from diagonising themselves and stopping their medicine. Sorry this is so long
posted by
Samantha39
on November 2, 2005 at 5:40 AM
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My current doc is cool.
She says that meds are good--to a degree. But people with depression also need to talk things through with someone else to get even more help.
I took Prozac in the past. Felt it helped, but now that I am taking Lexapro, I notice I am much happier than I was with the Prozac and I am not as obsessive-compulsive as I was before.
posted by
Jemmie211
on November 2, 2005 at 12:06 AM
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