I take prozac and I don't think I'm short tempered. I'm a very quite person normally and would just hold things that irritated me inside. With the prozac, I'm more able to verbalize the things that bother me. Maybe that's why it works for me. When I verbalize, I feel better.

I have taken it before and it made me a zombie so I stopped taking it, but it I never had that type of side effect with it. I have a friend that has taken it for years and she is extremely laid back. There are times when I tell her she needs to get mad so people won't take advantage of her. Have you ever tried any other type of meds?

My experience with psymeds is this: They ALL work for a while. But if I am not doing some other therapy, Pretty soon, the depression and disassociation just fight off the drug. I have a remission going now that is approaching two years. I have had a supervised taper off of all psymeds. Have not had any of it for about ten months. Being in this community, and hearing what everyone else shares is HUGE!

Bottome line, for me, the meds seem to make it so I can tolerate therapy. I am not so sure I could ever have done EMDR without first having the assistance of the chemical helpers. But the EMDR was the straw that stirred my drink. DBT works for some others, and Cognitive therapy also works for the kind of depression I have.

If none of this helps, at least I tried! How about a hugg! (HUGG)

the antidepressant queen is here, I almost invented them. Ha!!!
Prozac, which was one of my favorite antidepressants, is known to be more of a stimulating antidepressant. Therefore, it is likely that it makes you more vocalized and assertive when taken. Other antidepressants can cause you to be more passive as they have more of a tranquilizing effect. Hugs, susan

5 long years on prozac. My daughter was leaving home,I was going through terrible menopause,dealing with alcohol,an unfaithful boyfriend,emotional abusive mother,sexual abuse in the family...yes I was going crazy,this medicine is helping,no more outbursts of anger,but I still have my episodes of depression but not as long as before.I feel more relax.

I've been on Prozac for about 2 months (started it to get of Paxil) and feel more restless and anxious then before. So now my MD is switching me to Celexa- supposed to have less side effects.

I too take Prozac, have been taking it on and off for years now. It seems to be the only one that i don't have side effects with and it seems to actually work. I'm up to the max I think, 60 mg.. Once he upped the dose, that really seemed to help. I meant once SHE upped the dose. I know it stays in the system for up to 2 weeks and it is given to people for weight loss and fatigue. That's why they prefer that we take it in the morning. It's the only one that I trust to take now.

thanks so much, guys! this is all great advice/words of wisdom. after reading these posts, i guess what i realized is more than anything it makes me very vocal with my opinions (as you have all stated). i guess a short fuse wasnt the best way to put it (now that i read these posts). i find myself speaking out when irritated and verbalizing what bothers me instead of holding it in. i mistook that for having a temper, but it really is what you guys are describing.....
i started out on 20 mg and would sleep so well at night. my doc moved me to 40mg (bc i was still feeling depressed) and now i wake up every night at 1:00 and am up until 3:00. :-(
the 40 mg has worked wonders for my depression, but the lack of sleep stinks!!!!!!!!

As i told you I take prozac for five years now,you mention about not been able to sleep,same thing is happening to me,I have a dr.s' appt. i a couple of weeks,so i"m going to bring it up,thank you for sharing,and I'm also more verbal,I just had a wao moment,Thank you!