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It saved my marriage. I was on it for two years it gave my brain a chance to relearn what is good anxiety and what is bad anxiety and allowed me to learn coping mechanisms for the bad. I had to keep the mindset that it’s a tool not a crutch. As long as I kept that mind set, it worked great. I knew going in that there would be good days and bad days. It’s not a miracle drug there’s no such thing but it served it’s purpose and I was able to get off it in two years.
I was on it for years: 40mg Prozac and 300mg Wellbutrin. I didn’t add the Wellbutrin til later, but the combo together was life saving. The Prozac worked mostly on my anxiety and the Wellbutrin helped give an extra lift from depression. My anxiety is mostly social and would manifest as nausea which would then send me into a tailspin (emetophobia). I stopped eating and lost a bunch of weight, couldn’t go out and have fun, etc. Prozac stopped the anxiety and nausea and I could finally enjoy food again and felt capable of functioning in social settings. I loved it. I gained some weight but nothing too drastic.
After 5 years, I decided I wanted to try to come off. I’ve been off Prozac for 2 years now and honestly want to go back on it sometimes. I felt like I was able to lose weight easier after I came off so I’m mostly hesitant to go back on because of that.
Overall, Prozac was a success for me!
It worked wonders for me, I suffer from complex - PTSD. Make sure to still do all the small things like, make your bed, get sunlight, workout, eat well….etc.
Yes. I started with zoloft, didn't work, my primary moved me to Effexor which was absolutely awful. After (way too long) I got referred to a Psych who got me off Effexor and then on Prozac and a couple years of that and I haven't been on anything since (5 years and counting). If I ever need to go back on anything, it'll be Prozac.
Tough to say. But within a few months.
Various doses the last 2 years for anxiety- I had a pacemaker implanted Oct 2021 and that combined with work stress and a mom with Alzheimer’s I was a hot mess. I felt like someone turned the adrenaline spigot to full blast and broke the knob. Pill #1 within a few hours I literally felt the adrenaline surge drop. Dosage peaked at 40 mg.
I’m currently trying to wean off of it but currently at 10 mg.