I haven’t taken Paxil, but I’ve done well on Prozac for many years. I would think the combination may cause a little drowsiness at first, but both meds are effective and have been around for a long time.

Hi flynnster. I was put on Paxil years ago. I’m 38 now and I started taking it when I was 20 and I took it until I was 25 years old. I had no side effects. I started to feel it in my system about 3 weeks later. But it was one of the best medications for my anxiety attacks. I’m not sure what they have you on it for but it helped me. I know that was along time ago but it still worked for me

Can you tell me the name of the med? I can't find anything on this and that's wierd. And it would be strange to have these 2 medications together as they're both SSRI Anti-Depressants....doubling these into 1 pill is not a normal pharmaceutical move.

Are you sure you've got the names correct?

As for how people react, Prozac is an old school Anti-Depressant with low side effects for most folks. But everyone reacts differently to Psych meds, it's not easy to find many people that have the same reaction. I took it 20 years ago and never had a problem with it. Remember it can take 3 - 6 weeks for Anti-Depressants to reach their full pharmaceutical effect in your system, so don't be upset if you don't notice a change too soon.

I'd really be interested in the name of the new med your Pdoc gave you.

Take care,
Kat

I hope my reply helped you

Me myself I’m on Celexa 40mg it seems to work for me. I have been on it a little over 2 years

I looked it up now. She also mentioned Olanzapine, so maybe she meant that and Prozac as they come in a combination pill. Not sure though. I'll definitely call the pharmacy tomorrow and ask about it.

BASICALLY, the horror stories go back in time. Usually when too high a dose was prescribed. Also, different people can be effected in different ways.

I have not heard a 'horror story' in several years ... I am certain you are overly concerned. Of course your Doctor will tell you anything you want to know. It's his/her job.

Some medications you don't want to stop suddenly. Again, your Doctor is your best source of information.

So I looked and she just told me the wrong name. The paper is correct though. It is zyprexa and Prozac together in one pill.

One bit of advice, don't expect immediate results. It takes a while for these medications to build up in your system before you start to feel any real effects. I was placed on Prozac and it took about 10 days to 2 weeks before I felt a difference. Many people react differently but, I thought I should at least mention this.

That sounds better. As others have said, it's just going to take time. I'll be honest, I've been taking psych meds for 28 years and i've taken every one of them, but now their making these new dual pills and its going to take time to see how people react to them.

Personally it's not something I would ever agree to take because Anti-psychotics (Zyprexa) and anti-depressants (prozac) metabolize differently and they work at different speeds, plus your introducing 2 new meds at once and generally we try to do 1 at a time to watch the side effects. These aren't new meds, by any means, they've been around, millions of people take them, there as safe as all the rest.

Just take them as directed and let your brain do it's work. Write down any side effects so you'll have them for when you see your Pdoc next, as you won't know which med is causing the side effect.

hang in there.

Well I started them last night. And dang...I'm insanely tired today. Like, I could have slept all day and still felt tired.

Not likely they would have any effect overnight. You are possibly simply exhausted.

It's weird though because it's a type of tired I've never felt before. My whole body felt like dead weight and my eyes simply would not stay open for a good hour this morning.
And from what I've read and been told, it is possible to feel side effects the first day.