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Reviewer: rosan, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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It definitely helped me through hard times. On the good side, i was neutral emotionally. On the bad side I got pssd and also rage symptoms (that i never had) that may remain or may not for the rest of my life.
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Reviewer: Pdee, 45-54 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I have been taking this daily for 19 years. I do not like taking it or the stigma attached. But if I do not take this there is a rapid decline into my behaviour before starting it. Paranoia, ocd and massive depression returns. Tried to reduce dose to come off it, I can't ever according to doctor. I believe taking this has saved me, without it I would be dead.
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Reviewer: StaySafe, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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I see from reviews here a lot of people had good results, I am not one of those people.. Everyone reacts differently.. I took one pill a long time ago and I actually had side-effects that lasted for 10 years. It gave me panic attacks and the taste of burning plastic in my mouth... My first day on Prozac I ended up calling 911, cause I thought I was having a heart attack, but it ended up being my
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Reviewer: B, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Only had one or two bad patches while of prozac. Made me unable to achieve orgasm.
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Reviewer: KR, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Side effects outweighed the benefits for me. Terrible night sweats (soaking the sheets!) and jaw clenching, but the kicker was the irrational bruising. If I so much as knicked my shin on anything I'd bruise like a peach and healing time was 3x longer than usual for any cuts etc.
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