Does Prozac give many people weight gain or a heavy appetite?
957203
YES AND IT LOWERS YOUR SEX DRIVE TOO !!!
319953
Anything that effects your brain chemistry will likely interact with both the depression and the Prozac.  It's a bad idea to take anything that effects brain chemistry (anti-histamines, melatonin, whatever) unless your doctor knows. If your wife has actual clinical depression than she should be seeing a psyciatrist (as opposed to a gp or family doctor).  One of the reasons is they are experts at determining how psychotropic drugs interact with eachother and other treatments like over the counter medications.  Also, insomonia is a major part of depression both as a cause and as an effect.  Your doctor should be treating the insomnia as part of the treatment for the depression.  It's probably a bad idea to use nervous system depressants or hypnotics (example: ambien) but a new drug has come out recently that doesn't have alot of the problems associated with traditional treatments for insomnia.  That drug is Rozerem (look it up on the web to see what I'm talking about).  The important thing to understand about these treatments is that they need to be monitored.  You go back every few weeks to let your doctor know what your progress has been and so he can fine tune your dosages or discontinue ineffective treatments in favor of more effective ones.
515353
The first thing you have to know about Prozac is it takes a long, long time for you to feel the full effects of the medication.  I have heard it can take 3-6 weeks to start working.  It took about six months for me before I really started feeling better.  My OCD, anxiety and depression all got worse before it got better.  So, be prepared for that.  About a month after I got to the highest dose, 80mg, I started to feel a lot better.  I have been on Prozac for over six years now and am taking 40mg as well as 150mg twice a day of Wellbutrin SR.\n\nI started taking the Wellbutrin SR to compliment the Prozac when I asked the doctor to decrease the prozac.  i had gotten to a point where I was not feeling hardly any emotions anymore.  I just did not care about anything.  Plus, my memory was suffering immensely.  I now have no visual memory and struggle with long term memory.  I went to my 10 year class reunion several years ago and could barely remember a person there.  I can watch a movie or read a book and then a few months later, watch the same movie or read the same book and it is almost like watching it or reading it for the first time.  I attribute this to the really high doses of Prozac.  My memory improved some and I started caring again when we reduced it.  \n\nI still suffer a lot of memory problems.  The visual memory is the worst.  I can not describe to you what a person looks like.  However, i can recognize people, places and things.  Yet, I will gladly give up the memory to continue being symptom free for the most part.  I never want to go back to the constant anxiety and depression that I used to feel.  \nYet, I am thinking about talking to my doctor about reducing the Prozac more and increasing the Wellbutrin SR.  \nYou will also experience sexual side affects.  Your desire to have sex will decrease and it will take a lot longer to orgasm.  I have noticed, though, that Wellbutrin SR does not have the sexual side affects that Prozac does.  But, if you drink or use drugs, you run the risk of having seizures while taking Wellbutrin SR.\n\nRemember that all these drugs are working in your brain.  They will all have side affects.  You just need to pick which side affects you can live with!!!
501543
Please call your doctor tomorrow and tell the person who answers the phone that prozac gives you nightmares.\n\nDO NOT JUST SUFFER THROUGH THIS.  Take action.  Please.
752356
I love Prozac!  I can not live without out. I was told to stay on Prozac for nine months as well. This drug works good, well before the ninth month, with me anyway. I guess that is when you will get the complete effect of it.  The only thing I did not and do not like (the one that sticks out in my mind the most that is) is the lack of sex drive.  That is a bummer.  I have been on it now for 15yrs.  I tried to ween myself off a couple of times with my Doctors awareness but I would start to go down hill after a month or so. So back on it and feeling good again. Guess the other side effects were not worth remembering or just were not that bad to be burnt in my mind. Good luck.
517872
Taking prozac should have no effect on blood pressure. I take prozac and my pressure has not risen.  It takes about 3 or 4 weeks before the medication takes affect.
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I was on lexapro then seroquel then geodon, after weight gain creeping up for about year, all of a sudden I started rapidly gaining, like a pound or two a day, so I had to go off of the medication, I also started getting symptoms of diabetes and cushings syndrome, been off for three months now, lost the severe edema but weight loss is coming very slowly
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I was on zyprexa, I think 10 milligrams once, some higher dosage. Zyprexa and i had a love, mostly hate, relationship. Zyprexa made me gain 80 pounds by slowing down my metabolism. it also caused me to sleep through my freshman year of highschool and part of my sophmore year- greatly affecting my grades. On the flipside though, I was pretty psychotic and the drug may have been what it took to permanently tame me. Now I am on topimax and lexapro, which i find to be my personal ideal combination. I have on rare even taken a zyprexa as a PRN- as needed. I use it for the effect that is similar to valium, very calming if I am very manic. I haven't needed it in several years though. As for zoloft, that didn't work for me. \n\nI had a very bad experience with taking medication that was "thrown" at me. The only time I ever found a combination that worked for me was when I did my own research, advocated myself, and said "this doesn't work for me" and "i would like to try this combination." If you make realistic suggestions, your psychiatrist will probably listen. drugs alone are never enough to be the answer to emotional problems, unfortunately. the best they can do for anyone is regulate their moods and keep them from aweful feelings. anti-depressants do just that, work against depression- not cause happiness. be careful not to confuse the two. good luck.
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SSRIs such as Prozac balance out the serontin level in your brain. For a person with (genetic) depression, the chemicals in the brain are inbalanced so as to cause feelings of depression. Antidepressents regulate these chemicals to as to levels that allow a person to cope and function without depression. \n Some people may only have to go on antidepressents for a short time; however, others stay on antidepressents for their whole life so as to regulate the chemicals in their brain to prevent the depression from coming back.\n So, the depression might come back or it might not. Either way, see a therapist during this time. If it comes back, you'll need to get back on meds right away; if it doesn't, you might still need to see a psychotherapist for a little while.
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it may not be one of the side effects but it can happen cause you are maybe not as depressed and you feel like eating.
621780
Ummm I definitely know people who have gained weight on it.  Most anti-depressants have that side effect.  It depends on who you are...it doesn't affect everyone.
999338
I take Lexapro 20mg once a day and according to the paper you get from the pharmacist,it doesn't have decrease appetite on it,but if your having these symtoms,you might want to talk to your doctor.
174575
Common adverse effects include anxiety, which is possibly associated with an interaction of fluoxetine with the pineal gland,[9] in addition to restlessness and insomnia. weight loss, trembling, weakness, skin rash, anorgasmia, itching, and a decrease in sexual drive, have also been reported. Finally it has been reported to cause subsequent weight gain [10].\n\nLike other SSRIs, an overdose of fluoxetine or combining it with other antidepressants can lead to serotonin syndrome.
856023
whoa!!\nare you okay?\nbut yes I believe I will be on prozac soon,\nwhat should I expect?
856753
yes. They can loose weight too.  If you are gaining weight look at what you are eating...Maybe you're having sugar cravings caused by the medication, talk with your doctor, maybe he/she can prescribe another medication that won't cause you to gain weight.   Try to exercise everyday.  It will improve your mood....
864659
You should be calling your doctor ASAP and tell him/her what your symptoms are. Trazodone helps for sleep and obviously that is not working. Prozac takes 3 weeks or longer to get into your system....call your doctor. I don't think you have gotten all the information you need!
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Yes! I am on 100mg. of zoloft and i feel as if i can't fulfill my cravings at all. Especially in the middle of the night! All i can tell you is eat low calorie foods. I think of it this way... i'd rather be hungry and eat than to be depressed. Hope this helps. Take care!