I'm not taking it, but my husband does because he works swing shifts and swing sift work is suppose to cause depression. He hasn't had any adverse reaction to it.

I tried it but it didn't do a thing for me. I think it's an individual thing.

Gentle hugs, Linda

It is in a category of drugs call SSRIs. Some others similar are Cymbalta, Efexor but these also work on nor-epinephrine at higher doses. Prozac is similar as well. They increase the level of serotonin in the brain.

The key seems to be start low and work up on the dose to avoid side effects.

I made the mistake of staying on one of these just because I was desperate for even a little help. The side effects made my over all health worse.

These drugs are addictive in the sense that there are withdrawal symptoms. It took me months to taper off. I think this is not really called a drug abuse problem as there is not a street value but to me withdrawal is withdrawal.

If they don't work that well, question their usage with your prescriber before you start taking them long term.

I have tried a number of SSRI's. This one gave me severe nausea and vomiting. None of the others did that. I found, through trial and error Effexor works best for me.

Each of these works for some and not others. Prozac is the most popular and first of this type of drug. I couldn't tolerate that drug either - gave me severe insomnia. But guess who in the family is taking Prozac? My cat for Pica and wool sucking disorders!! It's helped her anxiety.

Melanie

Melanie-I find it interesting that you mentioned nausua and insomnia as side affects to a SSRI. I have just started the drug, but have been having issues with them. I am going to try and give it the two weeks to get into my system and see if things calm down...if not this one meds if off the table. Thanks everyone!